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

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

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 midterm elections.

There’s a movement to push the costs onto the companies that produce it, in hopes of boosting recycling and providing ...

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.

Local leaders are more apprehensive than ever about appearing in public, a survey from Princeton’s Bridging Divides ...

Two cities are using cameras and AI-powered vision language to more quickly track neighborhood nuisances, from abandoned cars ...

At least 30 states are paying parents to care for children with disabilities or complex medical needs, but determining cost ...