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Gov. Rick Snyder picked Flint's emergency manager Tuesday to be the next leader of Detroit Public Schools, a move that sparked criticism from people who believe the district should be returned to local control.
West Virginia joined 25 other states several years ago to help develop a set of standards for teaching science across the United States. Among other topics, the standards acknowledge the overwhelming scientific consensus that climate change is real and has been profoundly affected by human activity.
Gov. Mike Pence proposed a balanced budget amendment to Indiana's constitution during his State of the State address Tuesday night.
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Gov. Scott Walker called for combining government agencies in the first State of the State address of his second term Tuesday.
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Starting this month, state-run insurance exchanges are legally required by the healthcare reform law to be financially self-sustaining. But that mandate is being ignored across the country, and there do not appear to be any immediate consequences for the states.
Joseph D. Morrissey was reelected Tuesday to the House of Delegates, opening another chapter in a made-for-TV-movie-style drama likely to captivate the General Assembly session starting Wednesday.
Gov. Christie pledged his commitment to New Jersey during his annual State of the State speech Tuesday, but to many observers, he made clear he had an eye on the national stage.
Health IT firms are urging Congress and federal agencies to clarify and simplify several aspects of regulation, and to more frequently update their guidance.
With the help of his father, mother and little sister, Alex Mason is leading the charge to get cannabis businesses and charities much-needed access to banking.
The town also agreed to pay $500,000 to the Americans United for Separation of Church and State, which filed the suit in 2012, to cover legal fees and costs.
Lawyers for the states told the appellate panel it should disregard the high court's 42-year-old Roe v. Wade decision.
Residents confront difficult questions after a midwife asks about infant deaths.
At least two families are suing Newtown, saying that lax security led to shooting deaths.
An incident at L'Enfant Plaza Monday killed one person and hospitalized dozens more.
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Once tightly controlled by commercial publishers, legal codes are becoming more accessible online, thanks to the open data movement.
Education, economy, transportation were all highlights in the governor's 2015 State of the State speech.
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New Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey moved Monday to make good on a campaign promise to shrink state government, announcing a hiring freeze and promising new systems for cutting waste and inefficiencies in schools and state operations.
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Post Falls, Idaho, Police Chief Scott Haug, who was forced to issue an arrest warrant for a nine-year-old boy who failed to show up to his assigned court date for stealing a pack of gum. Haug said the child didn't come to court because his relatives had no way of getting him there.
Gov. John Kitzhaber stood before a full House chamber at the Oregon State Capitol on Monday morning as he was sworn in for a historic fourth term, following the inauguration of new and veteran legislators.
The decline in the number of marijuana seizures by U.S. officers along the Mexico border from 2011 to 2014. States' decriminalization of marijuana is leading Mexican cartels to shift to heroin and methamphetamine production.
A new GAO report says the nation's largest cash assistance program fails to incentivize states to help people find work.
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Gubernatorial pardons have been in decline since the 1980s, but that appears to be changing as views evolve on rehabilitation and drug offenses.
In the wake of high-profile data breaches, President Obama proposed legislation to require companies to notify customers within 30 days of discovering that their personal information was exposed to hackers.
A mistrial was declared nearly 12 hours after the jury of nine women and three men started deliberating in the murder trial of a white former police chief charged in the killing of an unarmed black man.
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