Also in this week's Government Notes, the Cedar Rapids school board will meet Monday to consider proposed budget reductions.

Applicants are not supposed to use AI to write college essays. But colleges are using AI to help assess applications. At ...

Jessica Davis Ba, US envoy to the Ivory Coast, and Adam Coulibaly, Ivorian finance minister, sign a new health assistance agreement in Abidjan, Ivory Coast [Diomande Ble Blonde/The Associated Press] ...

The United States and Ivory Coast signed a health deal Tuesday requiring the U.S. to commit $480 million to the West African ...

Trump-Netanyahu meeting: President Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel presented a united front on Monday after meeting at Mar-a-Lago, Mr. Trump’s private club in Florida, while ...

(WBFF) — Maryland is grappling with a $1.4 billion budget deficit, and state auditors have uncovered an additional financial challenge. A year-end report from Maryland’s Office of Legislative Audits ...

Steve Westra was South Dakota’s commissioner of economic development four years ago when the office first agreed to provide financial assistance for a CJ Schwan’s company project. After leaving state ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — While it wasn’t an easy decision, Governor Kathy Hochul said she has decided to sign Medical Aid in Dying into law next year after amendments are made. “Hopefully this will ...

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Wednesday announced her support for medical aid in dying. Writing in the Albany Times Union, the Democrat expressed her intent to sign legislation that allows for ...

Terminally ill New Yorkers deserve the right to make their own end-of-life decisions, with appropriate protections in place. Gov. Kathy Hochul says her decision to support medical aid in dying in New ...

Swarnjit Singh has spent the last 10 days getting settled in as the new mayor for Norwich. After his Dec. 2 swearing-in ceremony, he’s been focused on his priorities of housing and economic ...