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In the first presidential race since Democrats cast the GOP nominee as an out-of-touch millionaire, Republican Jeb Bush is aggressively trying to flip the script.

Lawyers for a Christian ministry that's building a Noah's ark theme park in Kentucky say state officials violated First Amendment religious protections when they denied the project a state tax incentive worth millions.

Illinois Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner appeared ready Tuesday to reject a Democratic proposal aimed at keeping state services functioning for another month, leaving the state without a way to pay bills and leading to questions about what will happen Wednesday morning.

Maine lawmakers overturned Republican Gov. Paul LePage's veto of the state budget on Tuesday, passing into law a spending plan that will cut taxes for many residents, fund additional drug enforcement agents and maintain state aid for cities and towns.

The California Legislature is holding two special sessions this summer to tackle long-vexing funding shortfalls in the state's transportation and health care programs.

New Jersey residents with low incomes could see higher tax rebates under a proposal from Gov. Chris Christie being considered by the Legislature.

Now that same-sex marriage is legal nationwide, religious conservatives are focusing on preserving their right to object.

The owners of Atlantic City's former Trump Plaza casino plan to keep it shut for at least 10 years.

Smokers would see a 35-cent hike on a pack of cigarettes, all residents would see an state income tax cut and public colleges would freeze tuition rates for two years under a finalized $71.2 billion spending blueprint that cleared the Ohio Legislature on Friday.

Democratic legislative leaders announced Friday they've reached an agreement with Gov. Dannel P.

Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie used his veto pen Friday to strip more than $1.6 billion from the 2016 budget approved by the Democratic-controlled Legislature and signed a roughly $34 billion budget into law.

The Supreme Court has upheld the nationwide tax subsidies under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, in a ruling that preserves health insurance for millions of Americans.

Opponents of a new Providence stadium for the Pawtucket Red Sox gathered Thursday at the State House as the legislative session comes to a close to tell lawmakers they're opposed to any stadium deal that would require public funding.

Investors in hospital stocks rejoiced Thursday after the Supreme Court upheld a key portion of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul and eliminated the prospect of a sudden influx of uninsured patients seeking care.

Wyoming lawmakers likely will face tough choices in coming years over how to fund the state's K-12 educational system because of falling mineral revenue, legislative staffers warned Wednesday.

More than a dozen transportation and progressive advocacy groups sharply criticized the Democrat-led Legislature on Wednesday, calling on lawmakers to allocate more funding to NJ Transit so it can evade an expected fare increase.

11:20 a.m. (0920 GMT, 5:20 a.m. EDT) Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has arrived in Brussels to meet with the heads of the International Monetary Fund, the European Central Bank and the European Union's executive Commission.

Operators of surgery centers across Connecticut are working to persuade state lawmakers to scrap a new tax in the Democratic budget they claim will prompt some facilities to close.

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Gov. Jerry Brown has approved a spending plan that uses California's growing surplus to fund new anti-poverty initiatives.