Fixed costs for debt service and retiree benefits comprise a high and growing share of general fund spending....

This translates to an additional $191.4 million in anticipated revenues to the state general fund for fiscal biennium 2016-17....

Sex-selective abortions typically target baby girls for death, based simply on their gender....

...IRS is seeking volunteers to serve on the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel, a federal advisory committee that identifies major taxpayer concerns and makes recommendations for improving IRS service....

...county and state salary and overtime records, as well as retirement, health insurance, budgetary, and other data....

This is all part of a scheme hatched by two lawyers famous for helping OJ Simpson get off on his 1994 double murder rap in Los Angeles....

The Department of the Attorney General released its annual report detailing statewide and county firearm registration statistics for calendar year 2014....

...House bills will now move through Senate committees and Senate bills will move through House committees....

Only eight states saw increases under 15 percent: New York, Virginia, Mississippi, North Dakota, Hawaii, Maine, Connecticut and West Virginia....

NELHA currently accommodates 37 tenants ranging from companies bottling deep sea water to solar and biofuel companies....

...Ten open government bills are still alive after First Crossover....

$100 million in bonds to unabashedly promote a motorsport center on parkland determined eligible to be declared a National American Battlefield by the National Park Service....

All three nominations are subject to confirmation by the Senate....

...2015 Edition of Facts and Figures: How Does Your State Compare?...

...25 are in shelter; 43 are receiving homeless prevention assistance; seven were placed directly into housing; and another six have been assisted with airline funds which have enabled them to be reconnected with families in the U.S. mainland....

...Obama Hawaii Christmas vacations over the past three years have cost taxpayers $15,540,515.10 in travel expenses alone....

...HHC will not be self-sufficient for at least 8 years ["if ever" adds Senator Slom]....

The commission highlighted several areas for special recognition....