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Soon after the Supreme Court salvaged a key part of the nation’s Affordable Care Act on Thursday, Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe was rallying the troops in the state capital to expand Medicaid under the law.
A controversial proposal that would make California one of the strictest states in the country in requiring school vaccinations passed a critical vote Thursday, moving the bill one step closer to landing on Gov. Jerry Brown's desk.
Minorities account for the majority of the population in only four states, but that's set to soon change. View updated data for each state.
U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, delivering the opinion of the court in King v. Burwell, and holding that the Affordable Care Act authorized federal tax credits for eligible Americans living not only in states with their own exchanges but also in the 34 states with federal marketplaces.
The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the broad reach of a federal law that forbids racial discrimination in housing, ruling the civil rights measure covers more than merely cases of intentional and blatant racial bias.
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Clementa Pinckney was killed in the Charleston church shooting, but his legislative legacies will live on.
The 6-3 decision protects health subsidies for millions of Americans and spurs states to rethink the future of insurance marketplaces.
With fiscal year 2015 coming to a close, more than a dozen states have yet to strike a budget deal.
Metra will likely face fines or other penalties for failing to meet a federally mandated deadline for installation of a high-tech safety system at the end of the year, the nation's top railroad regulator said Wednesday.
Expensive specialty medicines used to treat cancer and chronic illnesses have forced some very ill Americans to choose between getting proper treatment and paying their rent.
The tumultuous debate over the future of healthcare funding for the poor came to a quiet end Tuesday as the governor signed into law a budget that includes $1 billion in federal funds to pay for charity care and raise Medicaid rates at Florida hospitals.
Christine White pays $300 a year more for her health care because she refused to join her former employer’s wellness program, which would have required that she fill out a health questionnaire and join activities like Weight Watchers.
Gov. Scott Walker on Wednesday loosened gun restrictions in Wisconsin by signing a pair of bills that would make it quicker to buy guns and easier to carry them.
Gov. Jerry Brown signed a $115.4 billion general fund state budget on Wednesday, using his veto pen to wipe out $1.3 million in program increases sought by the state Legislature.
A Massachusetts law that makes it harder to outsource services is working better than its critics acknowledge.
Rochester, N.Y., native Jim McLaughlin, who finished the Syracuse Ironman triathlon on Sunday and received a medal for his efforts. The medal, however, featured the Rochester skyline and the iconic Frederick Douglass-Susan B. Anthony Memorial Bridge over the Genesee River, which runs through Rochester. Syracuse race organizers are still trying to determine how their medals came to feature images of the wrong city.
Recycling used to generate profit. But now no-sort recycling means almost every processing facility in the country is running in the red. More than 2,000 municipalities have to pay to get rid of their recyclables.
Gov. Robert Bentley calls the flag "a major distraction" as the state confronts serious budget problems.
Convicted murder Randall Daluz maintains a website. But once he is sentenced and moved to the Maine State Prison, his writings will challenge a recent policy by the Maine Department of Corrections that has forbidden inmates from publishing their work.
A host of ballot measures and legislative initiatives could push other states closer to decriminalization or legalization before the year is over.
Number of states -- Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina and Tennessee -- that retain elements of the Confederate flag in their state flags.
Moving with surprising speed and secrecy, Gov. Rick Scott vetoed $461 million from the state budget Tuesday, enraging fellow Republicans for wiping out their priorities with the stroke of a pen.
An autopsy that ruled Freddie Gray's death a homicide is likely to be a controversial piece of evidence in the criminal case against six police officers who are facing a range of charges.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio had been handed three defeats on two political fronts in less than 24 hours, and he wasn’t eager to talk about it.
Saying a proposed ballot measure calling for the killing of gay people is "patently unconstitutional on its face," a Sacramento County judge has ruled that the state attorney general can halt the proposal.
Reducing the greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change could prevent tens of thousands of deaths and hundreds of billions in economic losses in the United States, according to a new study by the Environmental Protection Agency.
The Obama administration is giving seven more states and the District of Columbia continued flexibility from the requirements of the Bush-era No Child Left Behind education law.
Gov. Terry McAuliffe said Tuesday that the state will move "quickly" to erase the Confederate flag from state license plates, and to reclaim existing plates with the controversial emblem.
A federal law enacted in the late days of the Bush administration is starting to force states to take a closer look at local Amtrak routes that they subsidize.
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