More States Pass Drug Testing for Welfare Recipients
Tennessee is the latest state set to require drug tests of those applying for welfare benefits. But while such proposals are popular in statehouses this year, their legality is still unclear.
View ArticleMore Voter ID Laws Enacted in the South
Two more Republican governors sign legislation making sure voters show proper identification before they cast their ballots.
View ArticleLife After the American Community Survey?
The Senate plans to vote next month on a budget cutting measure that could eliminate Census Bureau data used to allocate Medicaid, education grants and other state money.
View ArticleInteractive: Job Gains and Losses 2007-2012
While most states posted modest gains, Rhode Island, Wisconsin and New Hampshire were among seven states that lost jobs.
View ArticleBest of #StateReads: What Happens When 700,000 Prisoners a Year Return Home?
This week’s extraordinary journalism about state government, tagged to #StateReads on Twitter.
View ArticleDistricts Eligible for Race Funds
Eleven states and the District of Columbia shared $4 billion in funds for the first two rounds of the competition. The latest round will award individual districts, or groups of schools, for offering...
View ArticleGrandparents Need More State Help to Raise Kids
More children are living with relatives or close family friends because their parents can no longer care for them, but most states aren’t doing enough to help, a new report says.
View ArticleRegistry Catalogs Over 2,000 Exonerations Nationwide
Researchers found more than 2000 wrongful convictions and exonerations from 1989-2011 in state and federal courts. But they say that these cases are just the tip of an iceberg.
View ArticleIs Federal Red Tape Tying Up Innovative Job Programs?
The federal government has made money available for a new approach to unemployment, but states have to jump through bureaucratic hoops to get it.
View ArticleInsurance Plans Fall Short of Health Law Standards
A new study says individual insurance plans often fail to meet the guidelines of the Affordable Care Act.
View ArticleBest of #StateReads: California Diverts Funds From 9-11 Plates
This week’s extraordinary journalism about state government, tagged to #StateReads on Twitter.
View ArticleGovernors Vow Vigilance on Air National Guard Funding
Drastic cuts to the Air National Guard were frozen after intense lobbying by governors and guard leaders, but the defense budget still has to withstand a full House and Senate vote.
View ArticleNew Federal Grants for Aging and Disability Resource Centers
The federal government is giving states another $52 million to help elders and adults with disabilities receive the long-term care they need without abandoning their homes.
View ArticleWalker Win in Wisconsin Tops Historic Primary Day
In one of the busiest election days of 2012 and one of the most historic, voters in Wisconsin decided not to recall their Republican governor who set off a national debate by curtailing collective...
View ArticleBest of #StateReads: When a State Runs Out of Psychiatric Beds
This week’s extraordinary journalism about state government, tagged to #StateReads on Twitter.
View ArticleCongress Seeks Input on State Nuclear Waste Woes
A U.S. Congressional subcommittee on Thursday (June 7) addressed a question states have long hoped the federal government would answer: Where will nuclear power plants permanently store their growing...
View ArticlePublic-Sector Issues Erupt in Presidential Campaign
President Obama and GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney both found themselves over the weekend explaining comments they made involving the public sector.
View ArticleFor Many State Budgets, a Year of Relief
With their fiscal circumstances improving this year, many states had the luxury of debating tax cuts and spending increases for the first time since the recession began. Still, the progress is uneven...
View ArticleCivil Service Changes Gain a Foothold
Three states have made major changes to the personnel policies that govern the public workforce.
View ArticleRuling Drops 200 Candidates From S.C. Ballot
South Carolina voters head to the polls for primary elections today. What’s missing is most of the candidates. Two decisions by the South Carolina Supreme Court—one in May and another earlier this...
View Article
