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Gov. Rick Scott and his cabinet face a case alleging that they broke the state's Sunshine Law when they fired Florida Department of Law Enforcement Commissioner Gerald Bailey.
At a Congressional hearing, the Indiana governor, who could be a presidential contender, touted his state as a national leader and expressed his support for diminishing the federal role in schools.
Rick Snyder backer John Yob joins the fight against a sales tax hike proposed by the politician he twice helped elect to office.
Gov.John Kitzhaber is already enacting policies Cylvia Hayes was paid to promote.
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Gov. Larry Hogan used his first State of the State address to follow through on a campaign promise, vowing Wednesday to push for tax relief for small businesses, motorists and some retirees, and to seek repeal of a controversial stormwater fee.
Declaring it's "make or break time," Gov. Bruce Rauner used his first State of the State speech Wednesday to lay out a comprehensive conservative agenda aimed at repairing the state by helping businesses while putting the brakes on the power of organized labor.
Gov. Bruce Rauner wants to give cities, towns and counties the authority to file for bankruptcy protection, a move that could give local governments a stronger foothold when negotiating with local police and fire officials over costly pension obligations.
A case headed for a Staten Island courtroom on Thursday that seeks to unlock grand jury evidence in the police killing of Eric Garner is part of a national push to pry from law enforcement information long kept secret.
Health insurance giant Anthem Inc. said late Wednesday that hackers had breached its computer system and the personal information of tens of millions of customers and employees was possibly at risk.
Cleveland police have begun wearing body cameras as part of a program to outfit 1,500 officers with the devices, the department announced Wednesday, nearly 10 weeks after a city police officer shot and killed Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old who was holding a toy gun.
In 1993, Lisa Bashert's partner proposed to her by phone, popping the question while she was at work.
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Tennessee lawmakers ended the special legislative session called by Gov. Bill Haslam to consider his health insurance plan for the working poor Wednesday afternoon after a Senate committee killed the plan on a 4-7 vote.
In the past decade, heroin abuse has exploded—and it is hitting white people in suburbs and rural areas particularly hard. As the demographics of heroin use have changed, so have states’ efforts to combat the problem.
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Municipalities' increasing reliance on bank deals, which governments can legally hide from investors for more than a year, has spurred calls for better transparency.
Governments can use this approach from the world of design to help them effectively and quickly evaluate new policies.
Gov. Phil Bryant touted the Mississippi economy during his annual State of the State address Wednesday night, but also announced programs that he said would help the state move to "a new level."
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Gov. Pete Ricketts proposed strengthening the state economy, cutting taxes, cutting regulations, and expanding educational opportunities in his first State of the State address.
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Read and watch the governor's annual address.
Gov. Mary Fallin, in her annual state of the state speech, urged lawmakers to improve the way the state budget is drawn up so that priority areas of education, public safety and health can be adequately funded.
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His idea is to eliminate the estate tax and cut the Maine income tax by more than half a billion dollars annually by 2019.
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Patrick Cannon, now serving 44 months at a federal prison camp in West Virginia, was indicted this week for an illegal vote he cast last fall.
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