Diya Vij is set to lead New York City’s Department of Cultural Affairs, a post that controls hundreds of millions in arts funding and programs across the five boroughs.

Lt. Gov. Dianne Primavera will lead Colorado’s Behavioral Health Administration after Commissioner Dannette Smith’s retirement amid staff complaints and an outside probe.

A federal judge found that arrests during a South Shore ICE sweep violated the Castañon Nava consent decree, identifying defective field warrants and ordering releases and reporting.

Citrus Heights is weighing 18 new rules for massage businesses — from criminal‑history disclosures to banning table showers — to curb illicit activity while therapists warn of overreach.

Cutoff day in Olympia left the 0.05 DUI proposal dead while bills on toxicology testing, face‑covering limits and supplemental budgets moved forward.

Nine years after Reagan Tokes' murder, her mother is backing a bill to require real‑time GPS tracking and faster 911 alerts for certain violent offenders in Ohio.

Proposed state rules would raise retail hemp fees from $150 to $20,000 and could force out small shops across Texas.

Rep. Mark Hiner unveiled HJR 7 to amend Ohio’s constitution and exempt owner‑occupied homes from property taxes, a change he says would deliver more than $10 billion in relief. The measure now heads to committee as officials weigh local budget impacts.

A federal appeals court has vacated the injunction blocking Texas’s SB 12 and sent the case back to district court, clearing the way for the law to take effect March 18. Advocates say they will keep fighting in the courts.

A new petition drive wants St. Louis voters to approve a local fund for sliding-scale child-care subsidies this November.

Dallas council voted 10-5 to restart hiring an investment adviser for $5.5B in pension assets, drawing sharp warnings about who will oversee the funds.

A regional demographic study warns Rock Hill Schools could lose about 10.1% of students over the next decade while many campuses are more than 50 years old.

DraftKings and FanDuel reported roughly $120M in early Missouri winnings while the state collected about $659K — promotional write-offs largely erased taxable revenue.