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A total of 16.4 million non-elderly adults have gained health insurance coverage since the Affordable Care Act became law five years ago this month – a “historic” reduction in the number of uninsured, the Department of Health and Human Services said Monday.
As the nation's largest private health care provider, Hospital Corporation of America owns 155 hospitals, 112 surgery centers and three psychiatric facilities across the country.
A new report tallies federal grants and tax credits across more than 100 different programs.
Sheltered from the scrutiny of the state courts, the municipal courts are a system run by municipalities and lawyers that often serve to enrich municipalities and lawyers.
The city of Albuquerque, a finalist in the second round of the City Accelerator, is focused on improving the business climate for local immigrant entrepreneurs through more effective public engagement.
The city of Atlanta, a finalist in the second round of the City Accelerator, is focused on finding better, more sustainable solutions through more effective public engagement.
The city of Baltimore, a finalist in the second round of the City Accelerator, is focused on more effective engagement of people leaving incarceration and their families.
The city of Minneapolis, a finalist in the second round of the City Accelerator, is focused on bridging racial disparities through more effective public engagement.
The city of New Orleans, a finalist in the second round of the City Accelerator, is focused on increasing use of healthcare services by overcoming points of resistance through more effective public engagement.
The City of Seattle, a finalist in the second round of the City Accelerator, is focused on creating an inclusive, scalable and adaptive path for growth through more effective public engagement.
Lobbyists don’t have to report the names of the legislators they are entertaining unless the expenditures go over $114 per day.
Alaska is staring down a $3.5 billion deficit. Investment income from state savings has shown remarkable resiliency and has overtaken oil-production taxes in their value to the state. But the deficits will require the Legislature to spend down those savings accounts.
Number of congressional districts in which trade with China has produced more jobs than it's cost.
Anthony Weiner, the former Congressman from New York, explaining why he agreed to appear in the movie "Sharknado 3."
Adam Eidinger, chairman of the D.C. Cannabis Campaign, on Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser's decision to give him the special license plate number "420," which is a popular reference to marijuana. Eidinger said he suspects the license plate is due to his recent decision not to protest the mayor's support for banning pot clubs in the city.
Two former county sheriffs convicted of misspending public money are cited as examples of what not to do in a state training manual for sheriffs.
The state Supreme Court, citing the burden imposed on poor defendants by uncollectable court fees and fines, has reiterated that judges must ask about a defendant’s ability to pay so-called “legal financial obligations” (LFO), and not impose them if they can’t be paid.
Too many consumers have learned the hard way that their credit rating can be tarnished by medical bills they may not owe or when disputes delay insurer payment.
A powerful new surveillance tool being adopted by police departments across the country comes with an unusual requirement.
Identity thieves are growing more sophisticated this year, filing phony tax returns that closely mimic those of legitimate taxpayers and then depositing refunds onto prepaid debit cards that are difficult to trace, state tax authorities and fraud investigators said Thursday morning.
Advocates say the state's counties need to shore up care for their remaining uninsured residents.
An infusion of $2 billion into Texas' state water plan — once a little-known wish list of water projects — has highlighted the role of private engineering and consulting firms, which play a big role in writing it.
The initiative's leader shares his aspirations as the next round kicks off this week.
The information is out there somewhere. Now, can governments find and use it?
A growing number of cities, counties and states are trying to tackle traffic problems by improving the way lights are synchronized.
The prison radio program and a partner newspaper, the San Quentin News, represent a burgeoning media enterprise produced by inmates in the home of California's death row.
In the 22 states that haven't expanded Medicaid -- most of which are controlled by Republicans -- many lawmakers will only agree to it if hospitals pay the price.
A roundup of money (and other) news governments can use.
A Governing analysis shows how a new accounting rule dramatically changes some plans' pension liabilities and will likely force many states to finally face their obligations.
Early signs are positive for the latest crop of big infrastructure public-private partnerships.
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