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Gov. Sam Brownback vetoed a bill Monday that would have put new regulations on Uber and other rideshare services in Kansas, citing the importance of innovation.
If you call the fire department in Mesa, Ariz., chances are it won’t respond with a big ladder truck.
Gov. Scott Walker appears to have some key allies in the race for the 2016 GOP presidential nomination: influential conservative political donors Charles and David Koch.
In a stunning, abrupt end to the first trial in years of a Chicago police officer for a fatal off-duty shooting, a Cook County judge acquitted the veteran cop Monday on a legal fine point, drawing outrage from the black victim's family and leaders in the African-American community.
The drugstore is long gone. So, too, are the bank and the barbershop, the opry house and the hardware store.
A state appeals court dealt a potentially serious blow Monday to local governments' attempts to encourage water conservation in drought-parched California, ruling that they cannot charge higher rates to big users simply because those customers guzzle more water.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday threw out a North Carolina Supreme Court ruling that had upheld the state's Republican-drawn legislative and congressional districts.
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To be successful in reaching the poor, common-sense communication often prevails.
Lawyer Gary Giacomini, announcing film director George Lucas' plans to build low-income housing on his 1,039-acre ranch in Marin County, Calif. The median price of a house listed there is $950,000.
Number of gallons of water California uses every year to grow almonds, which is more than the state's residents use indoors. Farms, however, are exempt from the state's water restrictions.
Range of parked cars with disability placards or license plates on 10 blocks in Washington, D.C. Only 5.3 percent of working-age Americans have ambulatory disability.
The Legislature approved a request from Gov. Asa Hutchinson to use $2.65 million in rainy-day funds to pay to put people in Texas jails.
Federal officials called the state's health agency this week to say that Texas' reluctance to expand Medicaid will play into whether his administration extends a waiver that helps the state's hospitals cover uninsured patients.
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Percent of students (519 of them) in Madison, Wis., whose parents refused to let them take the state's standardized tests this year. That's up from 87 last year.
How integrated oversight over enterprise facilities saves you money.
Ohio Gov. John Kasich, indicating on "Meet the Press" that he's awaiting a signal from God to determine whether or not to make a presidential bid. But the governor is active on the campaign trail, just in case.
A 25-year-old Baltimore man died Sunday a week after reportedly suffering a partially severed spine during an arrest, and the mayor vowed "to find out exactly what happened" and "hold the right people accountable."
An end-of-session baby and a marathon series of confirmation votes on Gov. Bill Walker’s political appointees helped propel the Alaska Legislature into overtime Sunday, as the House and Senate were certain to miss the scheduled end of their 90-day session at midnight.
Gov. Jay Inslee declared a drought emergency in nearly half of usually damp Washington on Friday, and officials said the entire state could be classified as drought-stricken by early May.
The beginning of the 2016 campaign has thrust Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe back into a familiar role as a spokesman for Hillary Clinton, with one appearance Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” and another scheduled this week in South Carolina.
State Sen. Jamie B. Raskin (D-Montgomery) formally announced his candidacy Sunday for the Maryland 8th Congressional District seat being vacated by Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D).
Gov. Nathan Deal signed legislation Thursday that legalizes medical marijuana in Georgia, though tremendous hurdles remain for patients who want to get the drug.
California pharmacists can hand out an overdose antidote to patients on powerful painkillers without requiring a prescription under new rules aimed at curbing drug-related fatalities.
The program that insures millions of lower-income kids has been extended for two more years, but questions about its long-term role in a post-Obamacare world still persist.
Legislation is on the table that would expand use of programs that incentivize customers to use less power during high demand times.
Part of Indiana’s Medicaid expansion plan calls for raising reimbursement rates to try to persuade doctors to accept Medicaid patients. Fourteen other states are doing the same.
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