state budgets

By BRUCE SCHREINER - Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Fresh off an event trumpeting Kentucky's largest-ever economic development project,…

By SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON - Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republicans have maintained their veto-proof majority in both…

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota voters on Tuesday are weighing whether to expand Medicaid health insurance to tens of thousands of low-income residents through a…

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina's health agency is weighing whether to challenge a judge's order demanding that the state ramp up services for people with intellectual…

By BRUCE SCHREINER - Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear renewed his push Thursday for higher teacher salaries and…

By BRUCE SCHREINER - Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Gov. Andy Beshear on Thursday extended Medicaid coverage for dental, vision and hearing care…

By REBECCA GRIESBACH - AL.com RUSSELLVILLE, Ala. (AP) — As part of an exercise to help the class learn English, a third grader pulled a block from a…

By JOHN HANNA - AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Republican candidate for Kansas governor is pivoting from education to crime as a focus in…

By DAVID A. LIEB - Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — States brimming with cash are cutting taxes at a rapid pace.With the enactment Wednesday…

By SOPHIE AUSTIN - Associated Press/ Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Beyond what they learn academically in kindergarten, students learn…