In a sudden reversal, Gov. Jay Nixon on Monday said he will not call a special session to appropriate emergency funds for security measures in Ferguson and the St. Louis area after Missouri Republican leaders voiced their doubt over its necessity.
After months of acrimony in which the chances of passage seemed bleak, plans for a $40 million early childhood education program in Indianapolis are on the verge of becoming reality.
The Philadelphia Police Department launched a pilot body-camera program Monday in which more than two dozen officers will wear the cameras while on duty for six months.
Even with new laws outlawing "revenge porn" and cyberbullying, sexting is difficult to prosecute not only because youth are involved, but also because in most states it's not illegal.
The Obama administration proposed Wednesday to tighten the allowable limit of ozone in the air, a bid to curtail the rising problem of asthma and other respiratory ailments but one that faces strong opposition from industry groups and Republicans on Capitol Hill.
For the 2014-15 school year, the Kentucky Department of Education has approved waivers that allow Wolfe and Owsley and 11 other districts to use virtual or other non-traditional means of instruction when school is cancelled because of weather or another emergency. In many cases, students will participate in the snow day lessons online.
