Generous health care and pensions will go by the wayside for future political appointees overseeing the Chicago area's local bus and train service, but the current officeholders will get to keep the benefits until they are reappointed to new terms under new legislation signed by Gov. Pat Quinn.
Even though cities have higher rates of crime and murder, a new study finds that overall, urban areas are safer than the sticks. However, that doesn't apply to every American city.
Wisconsin state Rep. JoCasta Zamarripa, on the new law that targets food stamp trafficking, which she believes is redundant and mean-spirited because it targets low-income recipients.
The number of states where the top paid state executive is the person who oversees the higher education or entire education system. The highest of these salaries is $525,000.
The Justice Department's civil rights division has filed suit in federal court against Florida healthcare agencies claiming the state is violating the Americans with Disabilities Act by forcing disabled children to live and grow up in nursing homes for the elderly.
More kinds of food stamp fraud would be explicitly subject to state sanctions, under a bill signed privately Monday at the state Capitol by Gov. Scott Walker. It was passed in the legislature with broad bipartisan support.
Stepping up efforts to enroll young Americans in health insurance this fall, the Obama administration is enlisting the help of actors and entertainment industry officials to educate 20-something consumers about the need to get covered.
Jamie LaRue, who runs the Douglas County, Colo., library system, talking about the need for libraries to change how they operate in a digital age. Read more about his ideas for keeping libraries relevant in our July cover story.
The number of states that have fully recovered the number of jobs they had before the recession. Of those, only oil-rich Texas, North Dakota and Alaska recorded notable job growth exceeding a couple percentage points.
The U.S. water infrastructure system needs expensive upgrades in the next decade, but many states and localities have failed to set aside the funding or come up with a timeline to make them happen.
