Both are certainly important questions, but they leave out a critical issue that confronts governmental entities from coast ...

It’s the most error-prone method of execution and has gone wrong several times this year. Christa Pike’s case was the latest.

New data shows relatively low reconviction rates among 18-year-olds handled in family court as the state weighs expanding the ...

Oregon is furthest along, developing a single-payer plan that could become a model for California, New York, Washington and other states.

Solar-powered devices are helping control harmful algal blooms in a reservoir that supplies the community’s drinking water.

An 1874 political cartoon by Thomas Nast: Nast was an early popularizer of the elephant and the donkey as the symbols of the major parties. (Library of Congress) Americans complain frequently that ...

As more colleges shut down, communities are looking to convert their campuses into housing. Zoning, costs and neighborhood opposition can make that harder than it sounds.

A dusty haze settles over the City of Imperial at dusk near the site of a proposed 950,000 square foot data center on March 12, 2026, in Imperial, California. Many residents are concerned about the ...

Ann Arbor, Mich., teachers and supporters rally for better pay on Wednesday at a meeting of the local board of education. One in eight teaching positions in American schools — more than 400,000 — are ...

With new billions coming from a social media giant, states have an opportunity to get the spending — and the accountability — right. That hasn’t always been the outcome.

(TNS) — Out-of-state guns wreak far more havoc in New York City than in any other big city in America, federal data shows. From 2017 through 2021, some 93 percent of the 12,910 guns recovered from ...

A new state program reimburses local jails for housing and treating people with mental illness while they wait months for a ...