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Stolen vehicles recovered in Oakland since California Highway Patrol officers were deployed to the city last year ...
Alexandra Syphard, senior research scientist with the Conservation Biology Institute and the director of science for the Global Wildfire Collective. The Trump administration wants to open up more protected forest land to roads, arguing that this will allow firefighters easier access to fight blazes. Syphard contends that roads themselves provide places for more fires to start. (NPR)
An analysis of 11 million vehicle records shows Teslas and imports dominate in Democratic areas, while Ford trucks and other American brands lead in Republican strongholds.
Student enrollment has plunged by 27 percent in the last decade but campuses and staffing remain largely intact, stretching resources and budgets.
Cities and counties are asking Congress to include more direct funding for local projects in the next transportation bill. States are fighting to protect existing formulas.
Seeing an absence of strong national leadership on education reform, the Fordham Institute’s Michael J. Petrilli investigated the difference between red and blue state approaches.
Fewer students are enrolled in Miami-Dade Public Schools this year compared with last ...
Marten Lodewijks, U.S. president of IWSR, a global beverage market analysis firm. He spoke as bourbon sales slump and small distillers shut down, squeezed by shifting consumer tastes, falling resale values, and tariffs blocking U.S. spirits exports to Canada. (BBC)
Median home values have risen 60 percent since 2012, yet the city has 20,000 fewer housing units than before the storm, with nearly 29,000 still vacant.
From Omaha to Orange County, Democrats and Republicans face off in districts with margins of less than one point, where even small shifts could decide control.
Seattle looks likely to reject a mayor yet again, while San Francisco voters are poised to recall a local supervisor.
Colorado will no longer allow donors of sperm or eggs to remain anonymous. Georgia recently guaranteed adoptees the right to see their original birth certificates.
California is considering a slew of bills that would penalize smaller companies and squash intervention. Congress should step in.
Minnesota state Sen. John Hoffman. Recovering from being shot nine times in June, Hoffman rallied Democrats at the DNC summer meeting in Minneapolis, invoking the late House Speaker Melissa Hortman’s rallying cry to keep fighting heading into the 2026 elections. Her killing, along with that of her husband, Mark, earlier this summer loomed large as Democrats from across the country gathered at the Minneapolis Hilton to chart a path forward. (Star Ledger)
The exemption applies to profits from stocks, real estate and crypto at an estimated $625 million cost to state revenue.
Travel and visitor spending fell sharply in early 2025, resulting in a $14.4 million loss. Polling points to U.S. policy and rhetoric deterring travel.
Local health officials pleaded for CDC help as the worst U.S. measles outbreak in three decades continued to spread.
The judgments we make about them can be difficult to shake, even when their reality has changed a lot.
There are plenty of strategies that have proven effective at dramatically reducing crime. Sending soldiers into the streets of our cities isn’t one of them.
Total plague infections reported in New Mexico since 1970, accounting for about half of all U.S. cases ...
Marlene Benke, a resident of Richmond, Calif. Speaking at the Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front National Historical Park, Benke joined local leaders and advocates protesting the Trump administration’s agenda to defund national parks and erase historical narratives. (The Mercury News)
At least 92 children have died or narrowly escaped death since the reform raised thresholds for removal from parents. Legislators are weighing policy changes to prevent further tragedies.
Eighteen youths have been killed so far in 2025. Local leaders are turning to mentorship, counseling, and community programs to reach kids before violence does.
The 2025 count shows more than 22,000 homeless on a single night and nearly 159,000 overall, up 25 percent since 2022 despite unprecedented spending.
Akron, Ohio, reopened a major downtown park after a $17 million renovation last year, part of a strategy to promote downtown growth by investing in public spaces.
By tying payments for services to results, a successful program in Anchorage demonstrates the impact of a data-driven focus on accountability.
Share of Americans who say any voter should be allowed to cast a ballot by mail if they choose ...
Ken Cuccinelli, former deputy secretary of Homeland Security. He described how Republican governors are competing for billions in federal immigration enforcement dollars under the Trump administration’s expansion of migrant detention capacity, with new state-federal detention facilities already announced in Florida, Indiana and Nebraska. (Politico)
With 933 pedestrian fatalities over the past decade, officials are pursuing traffic calming, sidewalk improvements and faster emergency response to save lives.
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