A missed deadline to apply for federal money could cost 14 Arkansas counties more than $1 million for road projects in national forests around the state.

A state lawmaker last week called on the Legislature to reject a proposed rule banning preschools from using state money for religious activities, but legislative leaders say a line between church and state has to be drawn somewhere.

The Legislature's fiscal session is supposed to be all about the state budget, so much so that approval by a two-thirds majority in each chamber is necessary to even consider unrelated bills.

After scraping by on handyman jobs for a year, Bert Qintana figured he'd have to leave his wife and teenage son at their home near Taos, N.M., and find work elsewhere.

AUGUSTA, Maine — The Medicaid program in Maine is short of money, and conservative Governor Paul LePage has a blunt proposal for solving the problem — drop people from the rolls.