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Drivers in and around downtown D.C. were gridlocked in traffic Wednesday as a caravan of angry taxi drivers made its way from East Potomac Park to Freedom Plaza — in a protest against app-based ride sharing services such as UberX.
Two federal courts struck down state marriage laws in Utah and Indiana against same-sex unions Wednesday, continuing a sweep of rulings that all find that people have a constitutional right to marry someone of the same sex.
Advocates of legal recreational marijuana in Oregon plan to submit a ballot petition with more than 145,000 signatures on Thursday to force a vote in November on legalizing pot.
House Republicans on Wednesday blocked funding for a new D.C. law that would eliminate the threat of jail time for pot possession, leaving the fate of one of the country’s most liberal decriminalization efforts unclear.
Journalist Perry Stein, on how the Washington, D.C., Metro system's new Silver Line, which provides service to Dulles International Airport, could potentially change users' lives (at least according to commercials the city is running).
Number of states that require elementary schools to provide at least 150 minutes of physical education a week -- the minimum recommended by the Society of Health and Physical Educators.
A report sent to the United Nations (UN) from a coalition of welfare rights groups in Detroit on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation. The group called the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department's decision to shut off water for delinquent bills a “massive human rights atrocity” and appealed to the UN for funds.
There is much to learn from Seattle's approach to adapting and building resiliency.
Prudent fiscal stewardship is essential to self-government.
Oregon’s workers’ compensation reform shows benchmarking (when done right) can lead to big gains in efficiency.
Wall Street can be hard on a state that moves to keep its local governments solvent or help them through bankruptcy. But it's a chance that some states have decided is worth taking.
It’s not that governments don’t want to give the public the services they demand, it’s that they increasingly can’t afford to -- even by raising taxes.
As the SEC steps up enforcement against states and municipalities, it's now investigating one suburban town for allegedly diverting at least $1.7 million in bond proceeds.
According to a new report, states are passing more laws that make teacher colleges more selective and require educators to demonstrate mastery of their subject areas.
Scaffolding, closed roads, hidden store signs, you name it. Public works projects annoy customers and hurt businesses. But there’s a lot cities can do to soften the blow.
A poor economy and all the problems that come with it actually benefit some people, giving powerful players less incentive to improve the status quo for the rest.
Local governments are using mesh networks to stay connected during outages, offer high-speed Wi-Fi and breach the digital divide. But it’s not perfect.
Officials say 1.3 million were affected by the state's data breach.
A new agreement between the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority and the city goes into effect on July 1 and it absolves SEPTA of the requirement to pay delinquent taxes.
The largest outbreak of measles in recent U.S. history has spread quickly among the largely unvaccinated Amish communities in the center of the state.
Advocates worry the state's decision could chip away at hard-won coverage gains for mental health conditions.
In the past, pension funds have pulled their investments as a way of spurring change. But they’re changing their strategy when it comes to oil, coal and gas companies.
Former S.C. Attorney General Henry McMaster soundly defeated Mike Campbell, son of the late GOP icon and S.C. governor, in Tuesday’s Republican Party runoff for lieutenant governor.
Republican Molly Spearman and Democrat Tom Thompson won landslide victories in their party runoffs Tuesday for S.C. superintendent of education.
Faced with the choice of a far-right candidate or a more moderate mainstream pick, Colorado Republicans chose the latter Tuesday, selecting former Congressman Bob Beauprez as the party's gubernatorial nominee.
A conservative Republican who allied himself with the tea party defeated one of his own party’s top leaders in the Maryland General Assembly, even as several other veterans easily survived spirited opposition from inside their own ranks in Tuesday’s primary election.
Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown cruised past his two rivals in Maryland’s bitter Democratic gubernatorial primary on Tuesday, setting up a November contest with GOP nominee Larry Hogan, a Cabinet secretary under the state’s last Republican chief executive.
Loveland voters on Tuesday struck down a proposed moratorium on hydraulic fracturing, a controversial oil and gas extraction process that has been restricted in several cities along Colorado’s Front Range.
In an opinion released Monday, the examiner recommended the state employees' retirement system reinstate the $4,900-a-month pension Sandusky collected before being convicted on child sex abuse charges in 2012.
A district court judge has ruled that enactment of the 2012 voter-approved law banning undocumented immigrants from accessing state services is pre-empted by federal law and is unenforceable.
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