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2013 was a record-breaking year for exonerations in the United States, according to statistics compiled by the National Registry of Exonerations.
All Tennessee high school graduates could attend two years at a community college free under a proposal presented to the Legislature on Monday by Gov. Bill Haslam in his fourth annual State of the State address.
A new bill would require South Carolina school districts to provide an anonymous online form to report instances of bullying.
Months after finale, 'Breaking Bad' is still cooking in Albuquerque.
The states' widening ideological gulfs have begun to spill over into the implementation of federal programs. Are we headed for an age of 'variable-speed' federalism?
More California campaigns pit Democrats against each other.
The National Climatic Data Center, on the significance of Groundhog Day.
Number of school shootings so far in the 2013-14 academic year, which shows no signs of slowing since the massacre at a Newtown, Conn., elementary school.
Bitcoin scored a win with a new ruling that keeps many of its users free from cumbersome federal regulations. But state and local governments can still regulate the virtual currency.
The Big Apple cracks down on jaywalking after pedestrian deaths.
How anti-regulation politics may have been a problem for the energy industry.
Watch and read the governor's annual address.
Connecticut is one of only a handful of states that taxes pensions.
Expanded background checks for firearm sales in Colorado were passed by Democrats last year at great political cost.
The Associated Press reported Sunday that an aide to the Republican governor — and one of the 18 people subpoenaed by a legislative committee investigating the controversy — has quit.
In a year when three dozen governors are up for election, unexpectedly robust revenues from taxes and other sources are filling most state coffers, creating surpluses not seen in years and prompting statehouse battles over what to do with the money.
The abortion rate in the United States dropped to its lowest point since the Supreme Court legalized the procedure in all 50 states, according to a study suggesting that new, long-acting contraceptive methods are having a significant impact in reducing unwanted pregnancies.
After decades of missed opportunities and ignored pleas to build a better system, legislation will be introduced Monday to strip the Milwaukee County Board of its oversight of mental health care.
This innovative, results-focused funding model is gaining traction as a way to attack social problems while minimizing risk to taxpayers.
The Denver-area union blames privatization, but the causes for its retirement fund's troubles are familiar ones that run deeper.
Trust in government is at historic lows. That will change, but it will happen from the bottom up.
Amount Indianapolis paid security company Haystax Technology to monitor stadium and online activity during the Super Bowl in 2012.
South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard, in his State of the State speech in which he proposed more state funding to encourage high school students to take dual credit courses.
A proposal to improve the city's education system dissolves the board and gives far greater autonomy to individual schools, who would answer to a slimmed-down district office.
Several mayors have promised to tackle income inequality, but some cast doubt that cities can make a difference.
The Texas college adopts a guaranteed tuition plan.
The federal government continues a ban on new home health agencies in Miami-Dade, extends the ban it to Broward County.
Two New Jersey cities decided to join the handful of cities across the country that require employers to offer paid-sick time. We spoke with the mayor of Jersey City about the issue.
Assessing dirt roads and roadside features on foot could, in coming years, become a thing of the past.
Ex-Microsoft executive Kurt DelBene’s brings lists and a whiteboard to the overhaul of the Obamacare website.
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