An investigation across five states finds companies using lawsuits, payouts and gaps in local zoning rules to overcome local resistance.

The Roughrider Coin pilot will test whether digital currency can make transactions faster and cheaper for the state’s ...

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

(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 ...

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

Construction workers rebuild a home with an ocean view amid cleared lots and sparse construction after the Palisades fire in the Sunset Mesa neighborhood of eastern Malibu, California, on Tuesday, Oct ...

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

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.

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.