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For an elected official, it's a challenge to decide when to block ill-mannered commenters and when to just let them have at you.
An integrated system like Virginia's is a must for states that want to procure goods and services efficiently, and it's good for suppliers as well.
With confidence in Congress at an all-time low, governors' distance from D.C. politics could help them win over some voters in the presidential race.
Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner's opposition to raising the income tax and proposal to slash the state budget have Democratic lawmakers pushing more than a dozen other tax hikes as they try to bring in more money to save social service programs that are on the chopping block.
Two bills that New Mexico Republicans call their "right-to-work" package are probably dead after a Senate panel blocked them Tuesday night.
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon on Wednesday said he was willing to work with Republicans on a plan to expand the state's Medicaid program and even offered endorsements for conservative ideas that have drawn reproach from some health advocates.
Fourteen states are joining in the push to salvage President Barack Obama's plan to grant legal protection to millions of people in the U.S. illegally _ even if it's only revived in their parts of the country.
Suffice it to say there is no love lost between Howard Dean and Rahm Emanuel.
That's what a new report proposes as states limit potentially life-saving but expensive new drugs. But some say that would be surrendering to drug makers.
Legislators approved a bill on Wednesday to establish a state-run registry for convicted white collar criminals to combat Utah's high level of affinity fraud, which occurs predominantly among Mormons.
Legislators are wondering why Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration has such a policy in place.
The Supreme Judicial Court ruled that if the attorney general is in active opposition to the state, as Janet Mills is over health care policy, she loses her right to oversee the use of outside counsel. But it's a limited victory for Gov. Paul LePage
Here's the latest chapter in the complicated tale of Kathleen Kane's legal problems.
Employees from Florida’s transportation, health and water agencies have approached reporters to confirm that they, too, were pressured to drop any references to the man-made phenomenon in official communications.
Utah state Rep. Paul Ray, who sponsored a bill to bring the firing squad back as a method of execution. Utah, like other death penalty states, is having a hard time procuring the drugs for lethal injections amid a nationwide shortage.
Edwin Gray, who's being sued by his neighbors for smoking inside his home in Washington, D.C., which legalized marijuana last month. The lawsuit asks for $500,000 in damages.
Time after which New York state workers’ emails are automatically deleted by Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration. The purge policy has recently come under fire.
Massachusetts' film incentives cost taxpayers a lot and don't deliver much in jobs or local spending. The new governor wants to do away with them.
A lawyer for the state faced skeptical questioning from Illinois Supreme Court justices Wednesday as she defended a landmark pension reform law by arguing that benefit cuts to public workers were a response to a financial emergency tied to the Great Recession.
Utah lawmakers and Mormon church leaders celebrated a landmark moment Wednesday night, when a bill banning discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people passed the state’s Republican-controlled legislature.
The new executive director of Get Covered Illinois is Karin Zosel, a former CIA intelligence officer and college director, the group said Tuesday.
A controversial powdered alcohol product called Palcohol, intended to be mixed into drinks, has gained approval from a federal agency.
Police Chief Thomas Jackson resigned Wednesday, saying he always wanted to do what's best for his community and realized that now meant leaving it.
Two St. Louis County police officers were shot outside the Ferguson Police Department during another night of protests in the troubled Missouri city, police confirmed early Thursday.
Robert Pondiscio, a senior fellow at the Fordham Institute, a conservative education think tank, on the state of civics education in America. Arizona and North Dakota recently made passing the U.S. citizenship exam a requirement for high school graduation, and similar bills are pending in 19 states.
Legislative efforts to punish judges for their rulings on the issue are destructive to an essential institution.
Timely disclosure of financial information could save states and localities a lot of money.
Republican Gov. Sam Brownback may be open to it, but the legislation faces daunting challenges.
The state Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the governor's Council on Affordable Housing wasn't effective.
Scott Walker now has at least two dozen staffers or consultants associated with his gubernatorial election committee and Our American Revival, his PAC.
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