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Three years ago, Dean LeMire thought he would die before getting treatment for heroin addiction in New Hampshire. A University of New Hampshire graduate who grew up in in Exeter, LeMire, 29, began drinking as a teenager, progressed to prescription opiates...

WASILLA, Alaska—This state has more money in the bank than most small countries. Decades of collecting royalties and revenues from the companies that drilled for oil on its slopes have endowed Alaska with a $50 billion savings account. Residents pay...

Luis Sánchez Saturno / The New Mexican Rep. Patricia A. Lundstrom, D-Gallup, speaks during a House Appropriations and Finance Committee meeting on Wednesday about bills to balance state government’s budget for the current fiscal year, which ends June...

Colorado law: The Colorado PERA base benefit "shall" be paid, the Colorado PERA COLA benefit "shall" be paid.  The challenge for Colorado PERA's lawyers?  Make that plain statutory language appear to be ambiguous.  If Colorado PERA's lawyers are successful...

SANTA FE – New Mexico lawmakers signed off Friday on a $6.2 billion budget for next year, but the House and Senate appeared to be on a collision course over a massive public works package as the clock ticked toward today’s noon finish line of a 60-day...