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By combining skills training, mental health support, and guaranteed job placement, the R.I.S.E. program offers a rare promise of post-release stability in Oklahoma.
Under the One Big Beautiful Bill, states must decide whether to participate in the nation's first federally backed school voucher program or reject federal dollars amid partisan and fiscal concerns.
Supervisors say the move is about transparency and civil rights, but federal officials warn it could compromise agent safety and operational security
St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter. This week, Carter declared a local state of emergency in response to a dayslong cyberattack that shut down the city’s Internet-based systems. The FBI and Minnesota National Guard cybersecurity experts have been called in to investigate and restore services, most of which remain offline, except for emergency operations. The breach has prompted a full network shutdown, affecting everything from library terminals to City Hall operations. (Government Technology)
That’s how much Nebraska and Iowa’s Gross Domestic Product declined in the first quarter of 2025 ...
Legislators on both sides of the aisle have moved to regulate these kiosks, which allow customers to purchase cryptocurrency and send it to a digital wallet.
They raise issues of fairness, and critics claim they’re only about revenue. More speed and red-light cameras, however, would prevent a lot of deaths and injuries.
Revoking the 2009 endangerment finding would weaken regulation of greenhouse gases and shift more responsibility to states already bracing for climate impacts.
The funding comes amid an immigration crackdown and growing pressure on states to build temporary facilities, raising fiscal, legal and environmental questions.
A Medicaid work rule tucked into the sweeping law is now being cast as a liability for Republicans in competitive districts.
Share of full-time workers who say they’re likely to look for new employment in the next year ...
Andrew Rumbach, a housing and disaster resilience expert at the Urban Institute. As floods, hurricanes and wildfires grow more intense, mobile homes — often a last affordable option — remain especially vulnerable, despite improvements in modern construction standards. (Washington Post)
Congress voted this month to claw back funding from some awards made during the Biden administration, particularly those focused on equity. The rescissions will leave dozens of transportation projects partly planned and without promised funds.
Despite all the rhetoric about an environmental "war on coal," what drove its decline were falling prices for natural gas.
Facing a push by Texas Republicans to redraw congressional maps, California’s governor is weighing a special-election effort to override the state’s independent commission and protect Democratic seats.
Tucked into President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax and spending bill, the new rural health fund has state leaders rushing to design plans. But clinic advocates worry vague guidance and uneven distribution could dilute its impact.
With scorching temperatures blanketing nearly half the country, power providers brace for peak demand as cities issue health warnings and transit systems slow under the strain.
Increase in emergency room visits for heat-related illnesses among children ...
Teamsters Local 25 Secretary-Treasurer Steven South. As Waymo begins mapping Boston’s streets for potential autonomous vehicle deployment, labor leaders are raising alarms about public safety, transparency and the future of driving jobs in cities already grappling with congestion. (Mass Live)
The power of legislatures has waxed and waned over the centuries. It's been on an upswing during the 50 years since the founding of NCSL.
Virginia has the nation’s oldest legislature. It’s also arguably the most powerful.
Subsidies distort fair competition. If these technologies are the future of America’s energy sector, they should compete without the crutch of federal aid.
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres. In a major climate address ahead of the COP30 summit, Guterres called on tech companies to commit to powering all data centers with 100 percent renewable energy by the end of the decade. He warned that AI-driven demand could overwhelm global energy systems without urgent reforms. (Newsweek)
The fallout from a strike by prison guards continues to paralyze prisons, forcing officials to suspend programs and rely on emergency deployments.
A new report shows homicides fell 17 percent in early 2025, but experts caution the trend is concentrated in a few major cities and not yet clearly linked to specific policy changes.
From politics to economics, closing old or bad prisons is not always straightforward. Even some incarcerated people have mixed emotions.
Our universities’ real problems have little to do with DEI or antisemitism. Genuine reforms would encompass expanding access and equity and confronting a history of institutional racism.
The U.S. fertility rate hit a record low in 2024, with fewer than 1.6 births per woman ...
Tennessee state Rep. Brent Taylor. The Memphis Republican is pushing for a state takeover of Memphis-Shelby County Schools, calling local school board members “dumbasses” and questioning their leadership. The remarks drew backlash from city officials and education advocates. (Chalkbeat Tennessee)
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