Officials from both parties have halted proposed warehouse conversions in several states, even as federal officials continue ...

Proposed legislation would allow schools to check immigration status and potentially deny enrollment or charge tuition, ...

States are beginning to receive hundreds of millions from a new $50 billion federal rural health program, but lawmakers and health groups are challenging how the money will be spent.<br/> ...

Formerly incarcerated women have expertise that is policy-ready. We need to mandate including them on the bodies that shape jails, prisons, parole, sentencing and reentry.

The fast-tracked bill would limit use of voter registration information, shield ballots from disclosure under open records law and expand rules governing recounts.

Homeowners in major metros are holding onto properties for longer periods, with Los Angeles topping 20 years and state tax laws helping discourage moves.

An Indiana district is experimenting with small, flexible learning environments to counter declining enrollment.

Every seat in the Michigan state Legislature is up for grabs this fall, with opportunities for Democratic or Republican gains. A three-way gubernatorial race could complicate candidates’ strategy.

The U.S. homeland is out of range of military strikes, but state and local governments could see cyber attacks, cloud service disruptions and rising supply costs.

This long-depressed city has overcome some of its most serious problems. Maybe others can accomplish the same thing.

Firefighters respond to a five-alarm fire in a row of apartment buildings in Queens, N.Y., on Jan. 6. (Gardiner Anderson/New York Daily News/TNS) A New Year’s celebration in the Swiss Alps turned ...

Lawmakers halted a proposal to bar unvaccinated children from schools as the state faces its largest measles outbreak in two decades.