The three-term lieutenant governor has already become one of the most powerful and successful policymakers in Texas history.

Nashville Mayor Freddie O'Connell wants voters to approve a half-cent sales tax to fund transit-service improvements and ...

The Supreme Court seems likely to curtail federal agencies’ interpretations of laws passed by Congress, but Washington ...

Companies that grew tech talent rapidly during the pandemic are now firing workers in droves in an effort to reduce operating costs and improve profitability, creating an employer’s market.

ERCOT, the power grid operator for Texas, has warned of flaws in some solar, wind and battery storage resources that could disconnect the grid if there are frequency disturbances such as lightning ...

Organic waste in landfills is a major source of methane emissions. Orange County, Calif., is making progress in diverting it.

Though Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has said she wants to keep the July special session narrowly focused on public safety, a group of Republican state senators has proposed packages that aim to secure ...

As several states propose child marriage bans, Missouri state Sen. Holly Thompson Rehder hopes that she can use her ...

The potential for delays in the negotiating process between owners of utility poles and providers that want to attach lines ...

The court is considering whether criminal penalties for sleeping in public places amount to cruel and unusual punishment. But ...

The Walmart grocery in Atlanta’s Vine City neighborhood. It closed two years ago following arsons at two of the company’s ...

It is an article of faith among those who do not believe Donald Trump lost in 2020 that mailing ballots to voters increases illegal voting — often called voter fraud. “Before the machines were ...