Even for those governments that have mechanisms to hasten the firing process, it can still be laborious to get rid of deadwood.

The biggest factor influencing transportation policy is the need to accommodate a 23 percent gain in U.S. population by 2020.

Much-derided modernist architecture is now viewed as having historical value.

Whether baby boys remember the pain of circumcision later in life has long been the subject of debate among medical researchers. But whatever the case, lawmakers in North Carolina won't soon forget their agony over the question of whether to end Medicaid coverage for the procedure.

Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman's affinity for Beefeater gin martinis is well known on the local scene. Soon, he may become even more famous for that fondness.