North Carolina's fight over LGBT protections is part of a larger recent shift in political dynamics: States are thwarting local laws any chance they get -- while simultaneously complaining about federal intrusion on their own.

The former mayor, convicted of corruption, is trying to win back voters’ trust. The odds are she will.

While states are focused on the opioid epidemic, they may not be paying enough attention to the lab-created drugs that are hard to control.

The state’s secretary of transportation, Stephanie Pollack, is a liberal in a conservative administration and an advocate in an administrative post. But she’s making it work.

States and cities want to support women- and minority-owned businesses. But they often don’t know who they’re really paying.