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Reduction in criminal summons issued in New York City, compared to this time last year. Police union leaders denied an organized slowdown, but for the past two weeks, the NYPD drastically scaled back law enforcement.
Number of the 16 original directors of the state-based health exchanges that have resigned since the online marketplaces launched.
Headline on an editorial in a local Maryland paper after Frederick County Councilmember Kirby Delauter threatened to sue the newspaper for using his name without his permission. The tongue-in-cheek editorial proceeded to use Delauter's name another two dozen times and also spell out k-i-r-by-d-e-l-a-u-t-e-r using the first letter of each paragraph in the article.
After reporters had vanished from the anteroom on Tuesday afternoon, Kasim Reed opened the door to his private City Hall office and fired up his email account.
Yolanda Farrell lay mostly paralyzed in a nursing home, unable to feed or dress herself, when her homeless daughter persuaded her to move out.
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Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, giving his State of the State address that opened his second term Wednesday, said the state's traffic congestion is "unacceptable" and demands a bold new approach toward improving roads and railroad lines.
One arraignment courtroom instead of two. Clerks watching “Batman” on their computer screens and playing with their cellphones as they wait for something to happen. And Manhattan’s night court shutting down an hour early because there are no more cases to call.
The Obama administration is delaying rules aimed at curbing carbon emissions from power plants and will write a separate implementation plan for states that have threatened to refuse to submit their own.
Kirby Delauter, a Frederick County councilman, issued an apology Wednesday after he wrote on social media earlier this week threatening to sue The Frederick News-Post for publishing his name without permission, garnering national attention.
The Texas Public Policy Foundation has a new building, and can claim credit for the conservative makeup of the 2015 Legislature.
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At least 601 people in the U.S. died of influenza or pneumonia during the last week of 2014, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, delivering the eulogy for his father, former Gov. Mario Cuomo, on Tuesday.
Value of Nike sneakers that a Massachusetts man gave as bail to Framingham District Court. The man said he lacked money for bail because he was going through a divorce, so the judge let him be creative.
Some states run their own insurance exchanges, while others leave it up to the federal government. A new study shows which model is cheapest for consumers.
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Getting rid of poor performers is good not only for students but also for taxpayers.
Decades after a federal law banned discrimination against pregnant women in the workplace, some states are providing additional protections to pregnant workers who want to stay on the job.
North Dakota is “stronger than ever,” and depressed oil prices shouldn’t prevent the state from boosting tax relief and continuing the progress made on roads, housing and other priorities, Gov. Jack Dalrymple said Tuesday in his State of the State Address.
They weren't the Big Ones -- but a couple of the earthquakes that hit Tuesday were the biggest in a cluster that's been rocking North Texas since last fall. And by the end of the day, eight had been reported.
Hydraulic fracturing at two well pads in Mahoning County caused 77 small earthquakes last March along a previously unknown geologic fault, a new scientific study says.
Former Florida governor Jeb Bush and his supporters launched two new political action committees on Tuesday as he moves closer to a 2016 presidential campaign, underscoring his desire to get a head start on his potential rivals on both fundraising and organizing.
After hearing impassioned pleas for leniency, a federal judge on Tuesday sentenced former Gov. Bob McDonnell to two years in prison for public corruption -- considerably less time than federal guidelines advised but not the community service sought by the defendant's legal team.
A new City Accelerator guide addresses some of the key barriers to innovation in local government and provides a path forward for cities to follow.
Governors are busy preparing their agendas for state legislatures, but they have a to-do list for Congress too.
Many best practices are commonly overlooked in the development of government social media policies.
In 2015, for the first time, a majority of states have minimum wages above the federal minimum, which is $7.25. Activists, fast-food workers and others are calling for increasing the minimum wage to $15 an hour in some cities.
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