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Governor touts business improvements and workforce training in speech.
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Washington Post columnist Petula Dvorak, on the lackluster turnout that lead to Virginia Del. Joseph Morrissey's re-election despite his jail sentence stemming from a relationship with a 17-year-old girl. Morrissey will serve in the state's House of Delegates and return to jail each evening to serve out his sentence.
A recent applicant for a job as a correction officer at New York City jails had several friends who were gang members. Another had been arrested four times and had been fired from a job as a security guard for stealing from the business he was supposedly guarding.
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In a 5,500-word State of the Commonwealth speech Wednesday night that was bullish on Virginia and absent partisan criticism, Gov. Terry McAuliffe urged the Republican-controlled General Assembly to work with him on bolstering the economy and creating jobs.
West Virginia education officials on Wednesday retreated from an earlier curriculum decision that expressed doubts about widely held views of climate change.
When it comes to the taxes closest to home, the less you earn, the harder you’re hit.
U.S. President Barack Obama said laws that impede local governments from bringing competitively priced, high-speed Internet to their residents hold back businesses and raise prices for consumers.
The Affordable Care Act set aside funding for health care co-ops, to enable the organizations to compete in places where there aren’t many insurers. CoOportunity Health was the second largest co-op in the country in terms of membership.
Though few seem to be aware, yes, parents can bring cupcakes – or other junk food – to classroom birthday parties and school events.
In addition to being presidential battlegrounds, these states will host several other pivotal contests.
He recommended tax hikes to make it happen.
The Supreme Court Wednesday clarified what local governments must do when rejecting plans to build new cellular towers, instructing authorities to promptly provide their reasons to carriers but leaving towns broad discretion over how they do so.
Gov. Nathan Deal used his State of the State address to build support for his proposal to give the state broad new powers to intervene in failing schools and declare that doing nothing to raise new transportation revenue is “unacceptable.”
Budget shortfalls will make it difficult for some newly-elected Republican governors to keep the tax-cutting promises they made during their campaigns.
Officials discussed the upcoming challenges earlier this week.
Scientists are investigating whether oil and gas drilling is causing the quakes.
Albany Park Neighbors decided this month to give its "Block Star Business" award to the Admiral Theatre at 3940 W. Lawrence Ave for "keeping the neighborhood clean and presentable."
The prisoners argue existing drug protocols lead to constitutionally prohibited cruel and unusual punishment.
The shortage that began the state's controversial legalization policy appears to have eased.
The community in Fitchburg, Mass., came together to solve youth crime and budget challenges.
Gov. Jay Inslee urged legislators to "reinvest in Washington" by spending more on education, the environment, the homeless, health care, mental health facilities and public services.
Read and watch the speech here.
Read and watch the speech here.
Read and watch the governor's annual address.
While budgets were more stable last year, several states still tapped into their reserves.
Branstad seeks $7.3 billion budget for fiscal 2016.
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Excerpt from a letter sent from Valley, Ala., middle school principal Priscella Holley to parents urging them to stockpile cans of food in classrooms so students could hurl them at intruders.
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