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The water rights enjoyed by about 4,000 farmers, companies and public agencies _ some dating back to the Gold Rush _ are the latest casualties of the historic drought.
Supporting diverse businesses is the cornerstone of the city’s plan to spark economic mobility.
Gov. Rick Snyder is expected to sign a $54.5 billion state budget.
The state's leave payouts in the event of shutdown because of budget problems would likely exceed the budget stalemate amount.
Car shares are often too expensive for lower-income people, so a nonprofit in Buffalo, N.Y., started its own. But insurance problems might spell the end of it.
There are times when transportation and other infrastructure work just as they should. Smart cities look for ways to make that happen all the time.
Launching his presidential campaign Thursday in a sun-soaked airport hangar here, Rick Perry worked hard — sweating profusely in the process — to tell supporters who exactly he is: the proud son of Paint Creek, Texas; an Air Force veteran who has never forgotten what the military taught him; the longest-serving governor of one of the biggest states.
Under a proposed initiative filed Thursday for the November 2016 ballot, voters would decide on pension benefits offered to government workers in California.
Colorado voters will be asked in November whether the state can retain an estimated $58 million in recreational marijuana taxes that have been collected this fiscal year.
A second state has announced a backup plan in case the Supreme Court rules against ObamaCare this month.
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon Thursday vetoed a controversial "right-to-work" bill, calling it a threat to unionized workers and wages.
Hillary Rodham Clinton positioned herself as a crusader for voting rights Thursday, calling for an overhaul of election laws so that every citizen would automatically be registered to vote on their 18th birthday.
Ride-sharing has declined in recent decades, but there's a lot that could be done to revive it. The potential savings are enormous.
His hometown paper has offered nothing more than wire reports and a stinging editorial suggesting that his bid will give Rhode Island a bad name.
During the Great Recession, the cash-strapped state borrowed billions to fund unemployment insurance. It's still paying for it.
Its health and other societal costs are staggering. Phasing out coal-fired power plants would be good for the country.
The bill discourages undercover investigations of farm and workplace conditions. The State House also delayed an override vote on an anti-gay marriage bill.
Many expected the insurance exchange, or marketplace, established under the Affordable Care Act would reduce the number of uninsured patients the clinic sees. The opposite happened.
A Facebook post from Stephanie Chafee, the wife of former Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee who launched his long-shot bid for president earlier this week. Chafee's campaign lost track of the log-in information to his page that staffers started and managed for him while he was governor.
A roundup of money (and other) news governments can use.
It finally stopped raining this week in Oklahoma and Texas, where a nearly nonstop series of storms resulted in deadly flooding and made for the wettest month in both states' recorded history.
Gov. Wolf this week formally proposed setting up a state-based insurance marketplace, potentially protecting hundreds of thousands of Pennsylvania residents from the consequences of a Supreme Court decision that could gut Obamacare later this month.
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders launched his White House bid on the lakefront of the city where his political career began. Florida Sen. Marco began his quest in Miami, surrounded by friends and family. If former Rhode Island Gov. and Sen. Lincoln Chafee takes the White House, history will show that his quest started a few metro stops away, on a college campus in Virginia _ and that he mused about an American "rapprochement" with the Islamic State.
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York has made no secret of his dislike for Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman. Now, Mr. Cuomo’s office has begun to solicit the opinions of others.
Governor Pete Ricketts' plan to begin executions again in Nebraska hit a road block when state senators abolished the death penalty.
Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval has signed a wide-ranging collective bargaining overhaul bill that received support from both businesses and unions.
The bill would end the requirement that couples obtain marriage licenses from probate judges prior to a wedding. Instead, marriages would be a legal contract, witnessed by a clergy member, attorney or notary public, and filed with the state through the probate office.
New data suggests education spending remains below pre-recession levels in most states. View charts and maps showing trends for each state.
New rules from the Texas Medical Board could make it a lot harder for people to get antibiotics through telemedicine. In response to the board’s restrictions, Teladoc, the largest telemedicine provider in the U.S., has filed a lawsuit that accuses the medical board of artificially limiting supply and increasing prices.
Zionsville can now reorganize and take over Perry Township.
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