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Happy Earth Day. DNR staff received layoff notices from the Wisconsin governor amid talk of budget cuts.
The technology giant and the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers are working to defeat a bill to update Texas law for driverless cars.
A new Bloomberg Philanthropies initiative aims to help 100 cities govern more effectively.
New Jersey Education Association accuses Chris Christie of mischaracterizing its agreement for political gain. On Tuesday, it formally abandoned talks with the governor's commission.
The city's shift to privatized trash pickup last March brought with it the opportunity for homeowners citywide to opt in to curbside recyling. But a year later, the recycling program remains largely unused.
Amid angry jeers from Portland taxi drivers, the City Council voted 3-2 Tuesday night to allow ride-hailing companies to operate in the city as part of a 120-day pilot program.
Fed new revenue forecasts Monday, Kansas lawmakers now face roughly $400 million in tax increases or budget cuts in the wake of deep income tax cuts.
Using some of its strongest language to date, the Oklahoma Geological Survey said Tuesday the state's ongoing earthquake swarm is "very unlikely to represent a naturally occurring process."
A federal judge in Manhattan on Tuesday ordered the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to display an ad from a pro-Israel group on buses after the agency declined to run it last year.
Add Tennessee and Kansas to the list of states that have been warned by the Obama administration that failing to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act could jeopardize special funding to pay hospitals and doctors for treating the poor.
Officials and community leaders welcomed Tuesday the Justice Department's announcement that it is opening a criminal investigation into Freddie Gray's death in Baltimore police custody _ an incident that continues to spark angry demonstrations.
The Frederick County Council delayed a vote Tuesday on whether to approve a historical designation for Trout Run, a Camp David stand-in on “The West Wing” that a Scientology-affiliated drug rehabilitation program wants to use as a treatment facility.
There are two primary ways retiring baby boomers will impact revenues.
A project that was designed to study space colonization has lessons for communities on this planet.
As they search for ways to reduce incarceration and improve public safety, federal policymakers can look beyond the Beltway for inspiration.
The rules that governments work under have little to do with reality.
License requirements are intended to improve the safety of services like nail salons. But in many other professions, the negative effects of licensing can outweigh the positive.
St. Louis journalist Sarah Kendzior, on recent criminal problems in the city.
Gregg Abbott's refusal to expand Medicaid will likely lead to a fight with the feds over billions of federal dollars for hospitals.
A roundup of public-sector management news you need to know.
To the surprise of many, Lincoln Chafee, the Republican-turned-Independent-turned-Democrat, joined the presidential race Wednesday.
Called "Turnaround Illinois," the fund will be able to raise an unlimited amount of money as a super political action committee to support legislative candidates who will implement Gov. Bruce Rauner's reforms.
Three members of the New Jersey governor's transition team are backing the former Florida chief executive for president.
A 10-cent-per-gallon gasoline tax increase will start to pay off.
The state's law banning welfare spending on entertainment and luxury goods and services sparked a national debate about how people use public assistance.
The new slogan for South Dakota’s advertising campaign aimed at attracting young people to move to the state.
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.
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