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Former New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey, on the fact that the United States spends $74 billion a year incarcerating people yet does little to help them when they're released from jail or prison.
The latest Brookings report is perhaps the broadest ranking yet, rating more than 4,000 two- and four-year schools.
A typical annual percentage rate offered to small business owners taking a loan from an alternative lender.
"Judges are not politicians," wrote Chief Justice John Roberts in a 5-4 ruling.
All library locations, including those at the epicenter of the riots, are welcomed patrons yesterday, because "the community needs us."
Gov. Rick Scott filed a lawsuit claiming that the federal government tried to force Medicaid expansion on the state after federal health officials said they would be more likely to continue a $2.2 billion hospital funding program if state lawmakers voted to expand healthcare coverage to low-income Floridians.
Judge Catharina Haynes stopped short of rebuking state lawmakers, but she sounded perplexed that lawmakers had not made the law more palatable to critics as it winded through the federal court system.
An NTSB report said that a March crash near O'Hare Airport shows CTA should update and add safety systems, changes that would cost tens of millions of dollars.
The state privatized its Medicaid services in 2013 under the KanCare umbrella. None of the three companies awarded a state contract have turned a profit.
Thanks to a February federal court victory, Douglas Marshall set up the table with pamphlets for the first time today. It's across from a prayer station that has been in City Hall since 2009.
Freddie Gray's death sparked the riots in Baltimore, but they reveal deep systemic problems that plague many American cities.
Waste California's water, risk a $10,000 fine.
The House's decision to leave town Tuesday, three days earlier than scheduled, is ending the chance many bills will make it to Gov. Rick Scott's desk for his signature.
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Wednesday on Oklahoma's execution protocol, specifically whether or not the use of a particular drug in the state's lethal cocktail is constitutional.
Gay rights lawyers went to the Supreme Court hoping to find a majority of justices ready to support a historic ruling that would declare same-sex couples have an equal right to marry nationwide.
With the National Guard on patrol and the city under curfew, officials struggled Tuesday to prevent a second night of rioting and appeared to succeed.
Listing price for a 1,096 square-foot garage in Washington, D.C., one of the most expensive real estate markets in the United States.
President Barack Obama forcefully condemned the riots in Baltimore as "counterproductive" on Tuesday, labeling the rioters as "criminals and thugs" and striking a new tone of frustration with the cycle of allegations of deadly police abuse followed by violent protests.
Police said in an earlier statement that they have received information that members of "various gangs" — including the Black Guerrilla Family, the Bloods and the Crips — have "entered into a partnership" to harm police.
States and localities are afraid to take on new debt these days, missing a golden opportunity to invest in infrastructure and other long-term projects.
More than 200 state legislators have participated in workshops aimed at improving civil discourse and building bipartisan trust. Can they work?
How automation and connected technologies keep communities safer.
Dustin Smith, a 21-year-old man from North Dakota who received sexually suggestive messages on a gay dating app from state Rep. Randy Boehning, a 52-year-old Republican legislator who has a history of voting against gay rights bills.
State Rep. Randy Boehning says a Capitol employee told him a fellow lawmaker vowed to out him as gay if he continued to vote against bills granting gays legal protections against discrimination.
The state legislature approves budget with funding shortfall. Gov. Bill Walker calls members back into special session to fix the problem.
Transportation advocates all agree on the need to boost the country's spending on roads, bridges and transit. But they, like Congress, are split on how to pay for it.
Attorney Kevyn Orr had been a consultant after leading the Detroit bankruptcy case.
Anthony M. Kennedy was a 44-year-old appeals court judge in Sacramento, Calif. _ a Republican appointee and happily married Catholic _ when he first confronted the question of whether the Constitution protected the rights of gays and lesbians.
Ride-share giant Uber has signed several high-profile lobbyists -- including Gov. Sam Brownback's former campaign manager -- to represent it in an expected legislative fight over new regulations for the ride-share industry.
The City Council voted 7-1 Monday night to prohibit people from using e-cigarettes in public places, making Portland the 275th U.S. community to restrict use of the relatively new technology.
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