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A $34 million behavioral health campus that will provide on-site care to children and adults experiencing mental health crises will be built in Uvalde, Gov. Greg Abbott announced Monday.

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As Iowa lawmakers ended the 2024 legislative session, Republican leaders said they passed their priorities, including changes to Iowa’s Area Education Agencies, many K-12 education initiatives and income tax cuts. “Iowa has set a course for transformation, and it was the driving force of the 2024 legislative session,” Gov. Kim Reynolds said in a statement […] The post The 2024 legislative session: What passed and what failed appeared first on Iowa Capital Dispatch.

Senators have scheduled emergency meetings to demand answers from the V.I. Water and Power Authority.

Commission Chairman John Daniell will talk about ballot referendums to trim County property taxes.

The Boston consulting firm leading the nationwide search for an executive director to head Rhode Island’s new life science agency has narrowed a field of 100 applicants to seven. Now, it’s up to the 15-member volunteer board of the Rhode Island Life Science Hub to make its pick ahead of the end of the 2024 […] The post Nationwide search produces seven semifinalists to lead new R.I life science agency appeared first on Rhode Island Current.

The fervor of far-right candidates collided with a broader effort by some House Republicans seeking to discredit Speaker Dade Phelan's conservative bona fides.

Anyone who follows the Legislative Session each year in Montgomery knows that it is never short of controversy.

Anyone who follows the Legislative Session each year in Montgomery, knows that it is never short of controversy.

In a republic, the form of government that the U.S. Constitution prescribes for states, the will of the people is supposed to be exercised through elected representatives. In Kentucky, we call our government a commonwealth, a term borrowed from our mother state, Virginia, meaning that it should serve the well-being of the people. The people’s […] The post Did Kentucky legislators serve our common wealth? appeared first on Kentucky Lantern.