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Renters across the country are struggling as their incomes fail to keep up with escalating housing costs.
Number of days the city of Lancaster, Pa., spent as capital of the United States. On September 27, 1777 delegates of the Continental Congress were forced to flee Philadelphia. Delegates met in the county courthouse for several hours, and then moved their capital again, to York, Pa.
Free preschool shows strong early gains, but questions about long-term effectiveness remain.
Judge Steven Rhodes said he lacked the authority to issue a restraining order to stop water shutoffs over delinquent bills and there is no constitutional right to water.
Number of pounds of potatoes used at PotatoStock, a festival created by an Ohio man who raised $55,000 on Kickstarter by jokingly asking for $10 to buy the ingredients for potato salad. PotatoStock proceeds went to charities that fight hunger and homelessness.
Mike Litterst, spokesman for the National Park Service.
Approximate number of Virginia voters who may lack the proper identification needed, under new state law, to cast a ballot in the November elections.
Mental trauma and emotional wounds mean many vets end up in the streets. They deserve better.
The Knight Foundation begins accepting applications for its new Cities Challenge program Wednesday. Unlike other competitive grant programs, anyone can apply.
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott on Friday appealed to the Texas Supreme Court a district court finding that the state's school finance system is unconstitutional.
Utah intends to appeal a federal judge's ruling that struck down part of the state's anti-polygamy law in a lawsuit filed by the family that appears on the TV show "Sister Wives."
The 25 largest U.S. public pensions face about $2 trillion in unfunded liabilities, showing that investment returns can’t keep up with ballooning obligations, according to Moody’s Investors Service.
Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill Sunday that requires colleges and universities in the state to adopt anti-sexual-assault policies that radically rewrite what constitutes consent, a move that some critics have called an unfair shift of the burden of proof to the accused.
Local police continue to search today for a suspect who wounded a Ferguson police officer Saturday night, but now authorities say the incident involved only one person and that it appears no burglary took place.
Since moving to this small city on the eastern flank of Atlanta’s suburban sprawl, Lorna Francis, a hairdresser and a single mother, has found a handsome brick house to rent on a well-groomed cul-de-sac. She has found a good public school for her teenage daughter.
The best public workers are looking for a lot more than good pay. There's plenty that can be done to keep them engaged and productive.
Traditional public pensions widen the public-private pay gap, and they aren't a good fit for a younger government workforce.
Sam Brownback's administration is auctioning off thousands of interesting adult products seized by the revenue department for nonpayment of income, withholding and sales taxes.
Paul Lombardo, law professor at Georgia State University, on the way politicians eventually respond to citizens' concerns.
Portion of Newark, N.J., police stops that are "legally unjustified," according to a Department of Justice study.
Percent decline in state spending on transportation (compared to a 4 percent decline in federal spending) between 2002 and 2011.
Espanola, N.M., police detective Solomon Romero, referring to a surveillance video that apparently shows a ghost walking through the gates to the police station. Police indicated that there's no way in or out out of the gate without the alarm sounding.
The state’s headway with graduation rates has not been matched by similar success in measures that track students’ college and career readiness, prompting questions about what it takes to earn a high school diploma.
Despite the fact that the U.S. Senate has very little control over education, the issue has taken a leading role in the race between incumbent Sen. Kay Hagan, and her GOP opponent, state Speaker Thom Tillis.
The state has more new jobs, and also more unemployment. Gov. Nathan Deal says federal officials might be toying with the data for political reasons.
A California ballot measure would, among other things, make the state the nation's first to require drug testing for doctors, who supporters say may actually be more susceptible to drug use.
A roundup of money (and other) news governments can use.
Nine months after declaring war on opiate addiction — at a time that coincides with his re-election campaign — Gov. Peter Shumlin called a news conference to report on the progress of this signature initiative.
The U.S. Education Department has opened an investigation into charges that the Recovery School District's policy of closing and chartering New Orleans public schools violated the civil rights of African-American students.
The San Francisco and Los Angeles district attorneys have sent letters to ride-share companies Uber, Lyft and Sidecar claiming they are operating illegally and warning them that legal action could follow if they don't make major changes.
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