It's been 16 years since a Democrat ruled Massachusetts. That won't make Deval Patrick's job any easier.

States believe the new Congress will listen to them more than the old one did.

Public school enrollments are plummeting along the West Coast. Statewide, California schools lost 10,000 students this year, the first such decline in a quarter-century, the Los Angeles Times reported.

California governors have a penchant for reinventing themselves in an election year. And voters seem to admire the audacity of a chameleon.

Not since the expansion of railroads in the 19th century has such a horde of international capitalists been so eager to invest in our transportation.