In 2012, California Gov. Jerry Brown announced changes to California’s badly underfunded public employee pension system to save taxpayers billions of dollars. Now state lawmakers are preparing to ...

A new consumer protection law prevents merchants from adding debit card surcharges, but businesses still have to pay banks and card networks every time a customer swipes — costs that may ultimately ...

Bay Area researchers found that gardens created to capture stormwater can do more than reduce flooding and manage water flow.

North Texas districts are opening their doors to students from neighboring communities as declining enrollment and growing school choice turn recruitment into a financial survival strategy.

As increasingly soundproof cars make traditional sirens harder for drivers to hear, the LAPD is turning to low-frequency technology designed to literally shake motorists into paying attention.

Angelique Hinton, executive director of PA Youth Vote, reacting to a new report finding that Pennsylvania ranks last among 31 states for youth voter registration. Only 22 percent of the state's ...

New York City is increasingly relying on half-century-old floating power plants to prevent blackouts as extreme heat, ...

It survived last year’s congressional tax and spending debate, but efforts to repeal it are likely to come up again. Before ...

In too many places it costs more to build than market-rate homes. Colorado is an exception, thanks to an array of policies ...

Is it really true that the excessive influence of the elderly is corrupting government? If so, it raises the question of what ...

Eighteen months after the Eaton and Palisades fires, survivors are running out of resources and far short of what they will ...

With traditional transportation revenues under growing pressure, Oregon is examining how other states fund their transportation needs.