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Maryland required insurers to cover in vitro fertilization, but it was generally difficult for same-sex couples to get coverage for such treatment.
An editorial in The Wisconsin Gazette, a progressive alternative newspaper, criticizing the close relationship between Gov. Scott Walker -- who announced his run for president Monday -- and conservative talk radio show hosts.
Number of valedictorians this year, which is 25 percent of the graduating class, at Washington-Lee High School in Arlington, Va.
Gov. Jay Nixon on Thursday signed a broad municipal court reform bill that will cap court revenue and impose new requirements in an attempt to end what the bill's sponsor called predatory practices aimed at the poor.
Gov. Tom Wolf on Thursday vetoed the Republican-crafted bill that eliminates guaranteed public pensions for new school and state employees.
An appeals court on Friday upheld the corruption conviction of former Gov. Bob McDonnell in a decision that one analyst said makes it "highly likely" he will go to prison.
Joseph Mat Windsor grew up in Surry County but was in graduate school in Australia in November 2012 when he sought an absentee ballot so he could vote in the presidential election.
Reynaldo Rodriguez was 19 with a young son, a good job and no criminal record when he shot and killed a man.
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker said he is running for the Republican presidential nomination in a video shared by his campaign on Monday, touting his experience as a conservative governor in a blue state against his GOP rivals in Washington, D.C.
Knowing your organization's story and why it's important can go a long way toward helping workers cope with change.
To get ahead of the game, public leaders need to be proactive, and they need to collaborate.
In this year's survey, the Center for Digital Government recognizes 54 counties as adaptive IT leaders, collaborators and arbiters of the public trust.
State lawmakers are getting more involved in the workings of colleges and universities — from establishing how accusations of sexual assault are handled to allowing concealed weapons to be carried on campus.
The proposals--put forth by conservative policy organizations, such as the Heritage Foundation and the American Enterprise Institute--generally would allow more flexibility in the type of health plans that can be sold. But the proposals are examples of the inescapable problems in health care reform.
Across Puerto Rico, populations dropped in 68 of the 78 municipalities, including San Juan, from July 2010 to July 2013. San Juan's population dropped 5 percent in that period.
Latino plurality in California points toward changes to come. Overall, Latinos have lower incomes, education and job skills than the average white Californian.
The controversial banner was lowered for the last time Friday in front of the Confederate Soldier Monument by an honor guard of seven South Carolina Highway Patrol officers.
A new company has been chosen to develop the assessments for New York State students in third through eighth grades, a contentious group of tests that spawned a backlash in recent years.
Backers of a bill that would have allowed terminally ill Californians to get lethal prescriptions to end their lives shelved the legislation Tuesday morning because they lacked the votes to move it out of a key committee.
It had all the makings of a latter-day water war, pitting a Ventura County water district against actor Tom Selleck.
The Florida Supreme Court took a wrecking ball to Florida's political landscape Thursday, throwing out the state's carefully-crafted congressional districts drawn by the GOP-led Legislature and ordered a new map within 100 days.
Vowing to free Maryland businesses from what he called "nonsensical, out-of-control" regulations, Gov. Larry Hogan launched a commission Thursday charged with reviewing every rule on the state's books with an eye to streamlining or eliminating them.
Uber drivers prefer the flexibility of being independent contractors, Uber said in a sharply worded response to a lawsuit from drivers seeking reclassification as employees.
A roundup of money (and other) news governments can use.
Gov. Paul LePage had more than 10 days to veto 19 bills sent to him by the Legislature in late June. Though he was outspoken in his opposition to the bills, he didn't get around to vetoing them and they will all take effect as law. But LePage on Wednesday said his administration just won't enforce them.
Lawmakers who locked horns on the Assembly floor over the contentious two-year budget shared laughs and engaged in spirited debate at The Coopers Tavern, a bar across the street.
A Federal Aviation Administration official presented Ellington Airport and city officials with the launch license establishing the airport as the nation's 10th federally designated commercial spaceport.
Highway agencies are increasingly using humor and wit to try to get people to drive safer.
The squirrel is not a suspect. It's just a picture. Used to draw attention. Please do not call in squirrel sightings.
By cutting out the middlemen, our pension funds are harnessing the power of their capital.
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