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Gov. Bill Haslam urged skeptical state Republican lawmakers Monday night to set aside the "easy political argument" against his Insure Tennessee proposal and embrace it as conservatives' opportunity to improve people's lives while attacking soaring health care costs.
Hawaii lawmakers are proposing legislation to study state laws with the goal of creating a state-owned bank to assist homeowners who are having trouble making their mortgage payments.
Federal transportation officials have preliminarily agreed to help fund a $150 million downtown Sacramento streetcar project this year, as long as Sacramento can come up with local matching funds in the next few months, according to local officials with knowledge of the federal plans.
Voting mostly along party lines, the state House rejected an amendment that would have made private e-mails by public officials about official state business open to public scrutiny.
When raising campaign cash last year, prosecutors say, former Pennsylvania Treasurer Rob McCord had a simple and crude message:
Two leading Republican presidential hopefuls waded into the argument over childhood vaccinations Monday, with Sen. Rand Paul declaring that he had heard of "many tragic cases" of children suffering harm after receiving shots and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie saying parents should be given a choice on the issue.
Map shows new data from a report on the economy's advanced industries
Total amount of state aid given to the New Jersey cities of Camden, Harrison, Newark, Paterson, Trenton and Union City to help prevent fiscal difficulties in 2014.
A new study takes a novel approach in identifying types of jobs vital to prosperity, finding some regional economies lag behind others.
The popular GOP governor wants to increase taxes to pay for schools and other improvements, after 80 percent of voters rejected a tax hike on the ballot in November.
USDA orders zoo to stop the practice, which may cause elephant anxiety.
Some states' alternative approaches to expanding the program are compromising access to health care for the neediest.
Minimum number of new teachers the Philadelphia School District plans to hire for the 2015-16 school year after closing schools and laying off teachers for the past few years.
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, speaking at the American Action Forum.
Governing correspondent John Buntin, examining the national data on gentrification.
The president's budget would be a boon in a host of areas but also includes cuts to popular programs.
As the popularity of electronic cigarettes continues to grow, California’s top public health official warned residents Wednesday about their dangers and announced a new campaign to reduce their use.
The Philadelphia School District plans to hire at least 400 teachers for the 2015-16 school yea
The Arkansas Senate voted Thursday to continue the state's compromise Medicaid expansion another year and create a task force to look at alternatives for the hundreds of thousands of people receiving coverage through the first-in-the-nation initiative.
Toledo Mayor D. Michael Collins remains heavily sedated and in critical condition at the University of Toledo Medical Center, the former Medical College of Ohio, following his hospitalization for cardiac arrest, a city official said tonight.
Gov. Bruce Rauner faces an immediate test of his ability to work through the challenges of running cash-strapped Illinois now that the state has run out of money for a popular subsidized day care program.
Many low-income, working adults are caught in what experts call the coverage gap, eligible for neither federal subsidies nor Medicaid because they live in states that have declined to expand Medicaid under the health care law.
Just about everyone agrees that performance budgeting is good for government. But making it work in practice is tricky.
Police in a Maryland county combined analytics with aggressive goals to put a serious dent in armed robberies.
The most effective academic programs give tomorrow's public-health workers the chance to experience these vital services firsthand.
Rene "Boxer" Enriquez was taken downtown to be the featured speaker at a meeting _ arranged by police _ with a private group of prominent business leaders and local law enforcement officials.
The former budget analyst is set to lead assembly as its first black speaker.
Hoping to increase competition and lower premiums, three states allow consumers to buy health coverage from out-of-state insurers and more are trying. But the laws have fallen short of expectations.
The U.S. Secretary of State will have to pay $50 for failing to shovel snow around his Beacon Hill mansion.
State Treasurer Rob McCord steps down amid signs of federal probe.
