The state will require platforms to limit potentially addictive features and strengthen privacy protections for children.

After years of tougher state requirements and new laws aimed at boosting construction, nearly every city and county is still falling short of its housing targets.

Mary Beth Uretz, a Homewood, Ill., resident who spent Tuesday morning crying in her basement clutching her pets as severe storms swept through a broad swath of the Chicago area. The storms tore down ...

Indiana, Illinois and New Hampshire have offered taxpayers a break on penalties and interest as fiscal pressures mount, despite warnings that the strategy can come with long-term costs.

New York City and the MTA are studying a possible thermal energy network in Lower Manhattan, hoping to capture excess heat ...

Xeriscaping with native plants and no turfgrass in these Roseville, Calif., yards reduces their water needs. California is among states that now require HOAs to accommodate drought-resistant ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

The state expanded benefits dramatically back in 1999. It proved to be unsustainable. Now lawmakers of both parties are supporting changes that would cost the taxpayers billions.

After a recruit died, the academy asked international policing experts for help learning how to improve. In recent years, many academies are rethinking their approaches.