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Charlie Baker's sweeping directive alarms advocates for labor and the environment.
By moving to wealthier areas, hospitals can reduce the percent of uninsured and lower-paying Medicaid patients, while increasing the proportion of privately insured patients.
The head of the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division Special Litigation Section said two weeks ago that the city had stopped responding to phone calls and emails about an excessive force investigation.
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, after the legislative session ended in a standoff because the General Assembly refused to fund some of his budget requests. This is in contrast to the beginning of the session, when the Republican governor and the Democrat-controlled legislature pledged to compromise.
View state health data depicting disparities among children
Holly Leonard has been homeless on and off for years. There was a stint in jail and, more recently, a period in a women’s homeless shelter, while her husband slept in their car.
Indiana's economic development and tourism agencies announced Monday they have hired global PR firm Porter Novelli to help rebuild the state's image in the wake of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act debacle.
President Barack Obama is crossing South Dakota off his list.
A cadre of wealthy liberal donors aims to pour tens of millions of dollars into rebuilding the left’s political might in the states, racing to catch up with a decades-old conservative effort that has reshaped statehouses across the country.
A volunteer Oklahoma sheriff's deputy was charged with manslaughter Monday after prosecutors said he was negligent for shooting an unarmed suspect with a gun instead of a Taser during an arrest.
Ten former Atlanta educators convicted of racketeering in a test cheating scandal have been given an evening to make a life-changing decision: apologize for their crimes and waive a right to appeal or go to jail.
Gov. Chris Christie failed to report as income or pay taxes on $380,000 in expense allowances he received from the state, according to a New Jersey Watchdog examination of Treasury data and the governor’s tax returns.
“Housing First” initiatives can fall short if other resources aren't in place for individuals suffering from complex problems.
Many states are looking to end the “double deduction” of state and local taxes from their state income taxes.
Nearly two-thirds of California voters say race relations in the state are better than elsewhere in America.
As more states consider photo requirements for food stamps, a new report finds Massachusetts' law to be ineffective in preventing fraud.
Because the state is so big, the impact of a change in the law is likely to matter significantly for the rest of the nation.
After stumbling off the stage during his last presidential run and being indicted on criminal charges, Texas’ longest-serving and possibly most influential governor wants to redeem his political career.
Portion of recently hired New York City correction officers whose applications should have disqualified them.
The decrease in the number of Washington, D.C., businesses with five to nine employees between 1998 and 2012. During that time, D.C.'s increase in big retailers outpaced the nation's by 30 percent.
A sign posted by Latosha Jackson-Martin outside her father's 50-year-old hair salon in Washington, D.C.'s Bloomingdale neighborhood, where rent in the now-trendy area has skyrocketed. "I can't afford to pay double the rent like other folks," she said.
Letter from the Utah Division of Motor Vehicles to Vietnam veteran Arnold Breitenbach, who wanted the license plate CIB-69 because he earned a Purple Heart in 1969. Utah, however, bans the number because of sexual connotations.
Number of people in southeastern Indiana who have tested positive for HIV in the state's largest-ever outbreak of the virus among intravenous drug users.
The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents finalized tuition increases for nine campuses on Friday, and pushed back against a key lawmaker who blasted UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank for proposing a 35% tuition increase over four years for nonresident undergraduates.
Gov. Jerry Brown has billed his $25 billion plan to build two massive tunnels under the Delta as a way to not just make it easier to move water from north to south, but also increase the reliability of water supplies and bring back salmon and other endangered species.
The Lenape tribe got a better deal on the sale of Manhattan island than New York City’s pension funds have been getting from Wall Street, according to a new analysis by the city comptroller’s office.
The State of New Jersey tracks hundreds of workers, gathering data from their cellphones about when they clock in, where they are at any given moment, what route they take to get there, how fast they drive, and whether they make unauthorized stops.
As they scramble to balance the state budget, N.C. lawmakers could use a little help from Koren Robinson.
A reserve sheriff's deputy accidentally shot an unarmed man with a gun instead of a Taser, and Oklahoma law enforcement officials berated the man as he lay dying on the ground, according to body-camera footage released this weekend.
Poor people are unhealthier not only because of their lower incomes, but also as a result of where they live.
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