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With electric bills increasing over the hot summer, state officials are calling for greater scrutiny of costs that have been driving up bills for consumers. There are several factors that go into ...

Though New Jersey's 2026 fiscal plan was signed into law on June 30, details on special line-item requests included in the state's new budget — commonly called pork spending — were not made public by ...

Communities from Mercer to Clinton to Delaware Counties have faced the sudden shuttering of hospitals and medical centers, ...

For the third year in a row, California lawmakers are trying to undermine the open-meeting law that for more than seven ...

Former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in Michigan, says he is passionate about literacy.

Criminal District Court Judge Nata Cornelio gave Jared Wilson a personal recognizance bond, or get out of jail free card, ...

The measure mirrors an Assembly bill introduced last month and would impose licensing, and fee caps on crypto kiosks ...

The bill also includes $600 million in borrowing to fund road projects, with about half focused on rural roads to gain ...

Legislation that would send $213 million in funding to mass transit, including SEPTA and BARTA, now sits in the hands of the ...

The new bill requires those making property transactions to present identification at the county clerk’s office, where Bates says most fraud cases happen.

Sen. Gerald Allen (R-Tuscaloosa) said Senate Bill 8 is about prioritizing public safety and emergency preparedness. The bill ...