The Pentagon consolidated Microsoft licensing under a five‑year, $9.69B agreement that could save about $422M a year and names Dell to manage the new vehicle.

Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell sued UnitedHealthcare, alleging the insurer misclassified senior‑care patients and secured at least $100 million from MassHealth. The filing could reshape state Medicaid oversight as budget pressures mount.

Gov. Polis posted photos from a signing that extends Colorado’s Job Growth Incentive Tax Credit and pushes more loan funding to startups and Main Street businesses.

After a 33-6 vote, the Massachusetts Senate agreed to hand a narrow set of financial records to Auditor Diana DiZoglio, but legal fights and House resistance continue.

A family-owned taqueria's county contracts to feed homeless shelter sites overlap with board seats and vendor ties, prompting questions about procurement and oversight.

A new Education Department push to speed college mergers and relax owner liability could give private equity a clear path to buy struggling private colleges.

Grosse Pointe school board trustee Sean Cotton sued after a social-media post linked him to the KKK. The case will test Michigan’s updated hate-crimes law in court.

Dyersburg’s April jobless rate was 3.5% as state data show 89 of 95 Tennessee counties under 5% unemployment. The statewide, seasonally adjusted rate held at 3.6%.

Justice Anita Earls told voters in Charlotte the court should restore its 2022 ruling barring extreme partisan gerrymanders, saying the standard would protect voters no matter who controls the legislature.

A state waiver filed with the U.S. Department of Education would give Ohio new options to redesign, convert, contract out or close chronically low-performing schools.

Mayor Brandon Johnson plans a sweeping "Protecting Renters Ordinance"—a rental registry, junk‑fee ban and eviction protections—that will test City Council math this summer.

Former Gov. Roy Cooper brought his 'Make Stuff Cost Less' tour to Charlotte on Friday, pitching policies to lower grocery, health-care and utility bills as he runs for U.S. Senate.

A grassroots group says it’s gathered thousands of names to repeal Oregon’s new waterway access permit — a campaign that pits paddlers against a program funding inspections and launches. The July deadline is looming.