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The cost of a 15-minute in-state call for San Francisco inmates, which will soon drop to $4.05 as the city becomes one of the first to change its contract with phone companies to dramatically reduce the cost of jail calls.
Officials are looking to reduce the price of jail inmates' phone calls, which place a heavy burden on inmates' families.
Ray Nagin received a 10-year prison sentence after being convicted on corruption charges.
An incident with a homeless woman on the freeway raises questions on how the police interact with the public in crisis situations.
Structural monitoring using highly accurate sensing devices can enable objective, precise and timely performance data on the condition of our nation's bridges.
Nelson Lichtenstein, labor historian at the University of California-Santa Barbara, on the barriers to the organization of public-sector employees.
Slate political reporter David Weigel, on why Cleveland, Ohio, is the perfect city to host the 2016 Republican Nation Convention.
Fraction of U.S. households using only cellphones, which is twice the rate from five years ago.
A U.S. Supreme Court decision that makes mandatory life sentences without parole unconstitutional for juveniles should not be applied retroactively, a divided Michigan Supreme Court said Tuesday in a ruling that brought joy to some families shattered by horrific crimes, but heartbreak to others.
The City of Detroit reached a tentative contract with its largest police union late Tuesday, potentially resolving one of the city's last remaining labor disputes as it nears a potential exit from Chapter 9 bankruptcy.
New York on Monday became the 23rd state to legalize certain forms of marijuana for medical reasons as Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed legislation into law at an event in Manhattan.
After watching a $5 million grant to Gov. Rick Perry’s office go unspent nearly four years after it was presented in the wake of the April 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, BP is asking Texas for its money back.
North Carolina's teachers will no longer face the choice of getting a pay raise or keeping their tenure.
After years of debate, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors overwhelmingly voted in favor Tuesday of implementing Laura's Law, the state measure that allows mentally ill people to be compelled into treatment by a court.
In no longer heeding federal immigration requests to hold inmates who might be deportable past their jail terms unless a judge has vetted the request, the Los Angeles Police Department is joining scores of other cities and counties that have stopped the practice.
Cleveland was picked Tuesday by the Republican National Committee's site selection panel to host the GOP's national convention in 2016.
Home health care workers took the first step in their push for higher wages and benefits Tuesday, seeking a union election for about 26,000 personal care attendants in Minnesota.
Texas Gov. Rick Perry, in a TV interview on the border crisis. After writing a letter to the president urging him to take action, Perry is set to meet with Obama July 9 to discuss the issue.
In unhealthy eastern Tennessee, limited patient options bring some of the country’s cheapest premiums.
Some governments, particularly those with money problems, borrow to quickly pay down their pension obligations. But a new study shows it can leave them more financially vulnerable.
New York hopes to end the frustrating parking game between drivers and street sweepers.
After Supreme Court ruling, fewer state workers are likely to organize.
Michael Abbott, CEO of the New York-based mobile payment service Isis, explaining that the company plans to change its name to avoid association with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, the militant group commonly referred to as ISIS. The company was named for the ancient Egyptian goddess Isis.
Two former transportation hubs are bringing back economic vitality with a focus on their most vulnerable populations.
Percent of employer costs for public workers' compensation that goes to pay for health insurance and defined-benefit pensions. That's up from 16 percent in 2004.
Number of poll workers hired by Los Angeles County for election days. With 4.8 million registered voters, it's the largest jurisdiction in the United States.
An appeals court blocked Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer’s policy of denying driver’s licenses to young immigrants who have gotten work permits and avoided deportation under an Obama administration policy.
Less than two weeks after a Supreme Court ruling struck down a Massachusetts law requiring protesters to stay outside a 35-foot buffer zone around abortion clinics, cities around the country are moving to repeal similar laws or are not enforcing the buffer zones.
The plan calls for states to submit new, comprehensive plans for improving equity and getting great teachers into classrooms with disadvantaged students, and creates several support structures to help states follow through.
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