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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.
Fears rise as the country revives relations with Havana.
The state rings in a new era as clerks' offices in South Florida staged same-sex marriages midnight Monday and early Tuesday morning.
Length of time that the District of Columbia Public Library will spend live-streaming a reading of George Orwell's 1984, as part of a festival called Orwellian America? Government Transparency and Personal Privacy in the Digital Age.
Read and watch the governor's annual address.
Bit by bit, the federal judiciary is tearing out the legal ground from under "America's toughest sheriff."
CVS Health announced Monday that it plans to make Gilead Sciences' hepatitis C drugs the exclusive option for most of its consumers starting Wednesday.
Ferguson is likely to be a key theme during the Missouri Legislature's 4 1/2 -month session that opens this week.
Marion Christopher Barry, the son of the late D.C. mayor and council member, announced Monday that he will run for his father’s seat on the D.C. Council.
Gov. Jerry Brown on Monday unveiled two major long-term initiatives for California that he intends to open during his historic fourth term in the governor's office: mapping out the fight against climate change beyond 2030 and tackling the enormous $59 billion problem of deferred highway and bridge maintenance.
A child welfare judge in Miami has accused the state of denying necessary psychiatric treatment to abused and neglected children in its care, and has ordered Florida social service administrators to appear before him and explain why they have "no duty" to help sick foster kids.
Going beyond the upcoming U.S. Supreme Court ruling on subsidies and looming reauthorization of the Children's Health Insurance Program.
The 5-1 decision stokes a growing nationwide debate over keeping track of children who have committed sex crimes.
Watch and read the highlights and text of every governor's annual address.
University of Michigan demographer William H. Frey, in his 2014 book, Diversity Explosion: How New Racial Demographics are Remaking America.
Number of times states increased tobacco taxes between 2000 and fiscal year 2015. During the same period, states raised taxes on alcohol 23 times.
Opponents argue hoodie bans are similar to previous bans on sagging pants; both target clothing items or styles worn predominantly by black men.
Colorado and other states are frustrated they cannot bring banking to the cash-heavy legal marijuana business.
A recent poll shows the advantages and challenges of citizen engagement.
The state's high cost of living has pushed hundreds of thousands of low- and middle-income workers to other states,
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