The U.S. Congress usually keeps its hands off state taxation, but it may meddle a lot in the near future.

It didn't seem to make much sense that within a two-mile stretch of his commute south into Boston, Daniel Grabauskas, Massachusetts' secretary of transportation, drove on a road maintained by the highway department, a bridge run by the port authority and a parkway run by the conservation and recreation department.

In New Hampshire, a state system will track the progress of each student--as well as each school.

Louisville to let EMS stand on its own.

Health coverage for kids hits a downturn.