In his eighth and final State of the State address, Gov. Bill Haslam delivered an at-times emotional early farewell by reflecting on his years in office while calling for lawmakers to take further action to help lead the nation on job growth and education gains. 

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Gov. John Bel Edwards will present a budget proposal Monday that will include potentially devastating cuts to higher education and health care funding — the result of the looming $1 billion state budget shortfall.

Educating children, making overdose-reversing drugs available to all state troopers and adding hundreds of prison beds to treat those fighting opioid addiction are part of Gov. Bill Haslam and legislative leaders' comprehensive $30 million proposal to combat the epidemic.

Very few vulnerable adult populations in Louisiana -- including those who are elderly, developmentally disabled, mentally ill or drug addicts -- wouldn't be affected by the health care cuts Gov. John Bel Edwards included in his state spending proposal Monday (Jan. 22). Thousands of people would lose the support services that keep them living at home and not in an institutional setting under the budget plan introduced by the governor.

Florida officials including two Cabinet officers want to whack a $10 fee to freeze your credit report after hacked credit reporting agency Equifax emerged as the state’s most complained-about company in 2017 in beefs to the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Nine months after abruptly landing in the state's top office, Gov. Kay Ivey tonight delivered an upbeat message with a State of the State address that she hopes will not be her last.

Georgia lawmakers kick off another legislative session on Monday facing big questions about a state budget that should push a record $26 billion, new mass transit spending, a wave of new healthcare decisions and age-old debates about socially conservative legislation.

It's a rare day at the Tennessee state Capitol when politics does not reign supreme.

Bullies, texting, hurricanes and juvenile detention facilities are some of the issues that will get attention when the legislative session begins Jan. 9.