Percent of students (519 of them) in Madison, Wis., whose parents refused to let them take the state's standardized tests this year. That's up from 87 last year.
The law Obama signed Thursday marks the third time in three years that cuts to safety-net hospitals have been pushed back but the first time the amount of cuts has increased.
America's prison population has aged significantly, increasing the costs of incarceration. These four inmates show just some of the challenges older inmates bring.
New reporting requirements are going to make many pensions look worse off -- even if they're not. Public officials need to be ready to talk about that.
After stumbling off the stage during his last presidential run and being indicted on criminal charges, Texas’ longest-serving and possibly most influential governor wants to redeem his political career.
It's not easy for manufacturing to attract the younger, skilled workers that it needs. We need to focus on both the educational pipeline and public perceptions.
Metro areas earning top positions in the Gallup-Healthways survey are geographically diverse, but the Northeast continues to trail the rest of the country.
Police across the country are being outfitted with body cameras, but managing all the hours of footage comes at a price and poses unintended consequences.
Transit agencies and companies have tried raising toll prices at peak times, but even that's not keeping drivers away, so they're looking for new ways to reduce congestion.