Such an option, paired with an income-based cap on premiums, could make health insurance more affordable for everyone while ...

The prison system is seeking $298 million for air conditioning, a fraction of the estimated $1.5 billion needed to bring ...

Connecticut has lost nearly two-thirds of its volunteer firefighters since 2017, forcing some communities to hire staff, rely ...

With some of the nation’s worst congestion, California offers a case study in why adding highway capacity may not solve the ...

Instead of repeating the mistakes they made with tobacco money, states should set clear goals — and measure outcomes through ...

The state says schools can switch to another federal program to continue serving students evening meals, but the abrupt ...

All 56 state and territorial plans have won approval, but building the networks presents a new set of challenges.

The crimes Americans are most concerned about are financial ones. Identity theft tops the list, with 77 percent expressing ...

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

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 ...

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

In Illinois, Nebraska and other states, family farms are colliding with estate- and inheritance-tax thresholds tied to an illiquid asset. Many of the states that tax wealth at death have already built ...