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Number of high schools in Montgomery County, Md., (out of 25) that are switching to a single color for graduation gowns in an effort to embrace transgender students. Most public schools have different color gowns for boys and girls.
The Department of Revenue unveiled an interactive revenue and expenditure model Saturday. By downloading the Revenue and Expenditure Model, users can change the lines on future budgets by adjusting dozens of revenue and spending assumptions.
By a 23-6 vote, the council authorized the council attorney to file a suit to nullify the $32 million no-bid contract with California-based Vision Fleet on the grounds that it was signed illegally.
Republican Susana Martinez remains committed to the controversial standards introduced five years ago to measure student proficiency in mathematics, language arts and literacy.
An executive order by Gov. Steve Beshear raises the minimum wage for employees of the executive branch of state government from $7.25 to $10.10 an hour.
The federal government plans to expand the use of a web-based tool nationwide after a pilot of the system showed good results.
A dose of outsourcing could go a long way toward fixing some of the Boston-area transit system's problems. But a state law makes that practically impossible.
Gov. Paul LePage on Monday made good on a previous threat to veto all Democrat-sponsored bills if the Legislature rejected his constitutional amendment to kill the income tax.
Students who picked up a smoking habit during their first year of college won't be buying cigarettes if they're home for the summer in Upper Arlington.
Millions of Americans could soon lose health insurance when the Supreme Court decides the latest challenge to the Affordable Care Act this month, but states have made few plans to deal with the potential fallout, and they may get little help from Washington, President Barack Obama warned Monday.
The white South Carolina police officer whose shooting of a fleeing, unarmed black man was captured in a chilling cellphone video earlier this year has been indicted on a murder charge by a grand jury.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear a case pitting Maine Gov. Paul LePage against the federal government that could have resulted in thousands of low-income young adults losing their health care coverage.
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected efforts by gun owners and the National Rifle Association on Monday to halt San Francisco's enforcement of a 2007 ordinance requiring residents to keep handguns locked when stored at home.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, marveling at the escape of two fugitive murderers from a maximum-security state prison over the weekend. The inmates cut through a steel wall of their adjacent cells, shinnied down a series of internal catwalks, and burrowed their way more than a city block away before emerging from a manhole. The state is offering a $100,000 reward for information leading to the capture of the men.
A new report from the Volcker Alliance shows how states regularly get around balanced budget requirements with accounting gimmicks.
Who killed the State House and Senate's top energy bills? Their autopsy evokes the names of T. Boone Pickens and Koch Industries and involves plenty of squabbling between the chambers.
Starting in the fall, about 250,000 low-income Missourians may have access to dental care for the first time in a decade.
Michigan is one of only 11 states that does not require home-schooling parents to register with the state or have any contact with officials.
Jerry Brown wants to keep the budget under control, but other Democrats want to spend.
Businessman Hasan Harnett says he can expand the Republican party's appeal to minorities.
Some cash-strapped cities shut down their 311 services during the recession. But they can actually save cities money.
The plight of California's fish is not a new element in the state's protracted water wars. Several species have been listed by the government as endangered or threatened for years, bringing legal protections and sparking conflicts with farmers and others over the state's limited water supply.
The governor of Illinois has called the Chicago proposal a "kick-the-can-down-the-road" approach.
The massive manhunt for two escaped killers from Clinton Correctional Facility entered its second day Sunday, with state officials saying the prisoners could be anywhere in New York state, Vermont or Canada.
Both chambers of the Louisiana Legislature have now approved medical marijuana legislation that seeks to give certain patients who need it access to the drug. The House of Representatives OK'd the measure Thursday (June 4), by a vote of 70-29.
On the eve of the 39th birthday of Carl E. Heastie, then a little-known assemblyman from the Bronx, his campaign paid a $270 tab for “food” at Happy Valley, a Manhattan nightclub that did not sell food but was popular for its throbbing dance floor and caged go-go dancers.
Shortly before former Gov. Rick Perry officially launched his second presidential campaign in Dallas on Thursday morning, his successor ended a long-criticized initiative from Perry’s tenure.
The Kansas Legislature rapidly pushed through a bill Saturday to avert a midnight government shutdown, with Gov. Sam Brownback signing it despite concerns about its legality.
Many people who care for the elderly and disabled aren't paid enough to cover their bills.
Two social justice organizations raised money food, travel, and gas for protesters. What happens to the $50,000 that's left?
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