The razor-thin margin between GOP Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith and Democrat Scott Colom is shining a light on an election process in ...

Rural areas saw a dramatic increase in participation in a state program that funds scholarships for private school tuition ...

State officials aren’t requesting more money for next year and say they’ll resume processing applications only when monthly ...

NPR Music culture critic and reporter Rodney Carmichael ruminates on the latest in rap culture. This week: How Yung Miami's summer bop became a sweeping indictment.

Criminologists say voters may view the necessity of paying for police differently than paying for additional incarceration ...

Some Americans squeezed by high prices are relying more on their local libraries for things like books, streaming services ...

Tuesday's dramatic midterm results have transformed the electoral map, ensuring the path to future power for Democrats and ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Anna Greenberg, a Democratic pollster, about what polls captured (and underestimated) after Democrats performed stronger than expected in midterm elections.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with former congressman and Obama advisor Rahm Emanuel about what Democrats' strategy should be, now that they'll soon control both houses of Congress.

Missouri Department of Conservation data showed hunters harvested 1,633 turkeys during the firearms portion of Missouri's fall turkey season.

Democrat Bill Ellis won the race for Division IX associate circuit judge over Republican opponent James Egan on Tuesday night ...

Four weeks of flooding washed out roads and sent thousands fleeing their homes on the Navajo Reservation. But many worked ...