Students are returning to classes this week with new backpacks, new outfits, and a new rule: no phones out during the school ...

An independent review finds APD’s force incidents exceed rates in major Northwest departments and recommends broad reforms.

The nation’s largest school district is banning generative AI through eighth grade, but parents and teachers say exemptions ...

Big-city mayors are experiencing whiplash as violent crime drops to historic lows following a sharp spike in the early ...

These states face the most potential disruption if the Trump administration is able to implement new mail voting rules by the ...

The incentive is projected to cost the state $188 million this year, and lawmakers from both parties have voted to repeal it.

Frederick, Md., is adding AI-powered live translation to officers’ body cameras, hoping to make everyday interactions with non-English-speaking residents easier and more effective.

Local advocates in North Carolina are mobilizing residents and pushing county officials to confront the fallout from federal ...

There’s a movement to push the costs onto the companies that produce it, in hopes of boosting recycling and providing incentives to change the packaging they use. Some states have moved in that ...

Six incarcerated women have become the state’s first prison students to earn bachelor’s degrees, part of an expanding higher education program aimed at creating opportunity and reducing recidivism.

Two fires destroyed more than 800 structures, but the state’s request for federal disaster assistance remains unsigned.

Rochester’s rapid growth is putting new pressure on groundwater supplies, raising difficult questions about development and water use in a state accustomed to abundance.