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Greg Abbott bolsters outreach with a Spanish-language website.
Thirteen states are stepping up an investigation into the for-profit education industry, demanding documents from four colleges about financing and recruitment practices.
Sam Raia, the mayor of Saddle River who recently resigned as New Jersey Republican state chairman, is coming back to the job, The Star-Ledger has learned.
Colorado is overtreating many low-risk sex offenders in the mistaken belief that they cannot be cured, an independent consultant has found.
If at least 60 percent of voters agree, Florida could become the first Southern state to legalize use of marijuana for health-related reasons.
Democrats prepared to seize control of the Virginia Senate on Monday after winning a recount by just 11 votes in a razor-thin special election, giving Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s first-year agenda a crucial boost.
Minimum-wage increase proposals are getting the maximum push from Democrats in statehouses in more than half of U.S. states, highlighting the politically potent income inequality issue this year.
View current and historical totals for union membership by state.
The Fitch Ratings agency has panned Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder’s proposal to save Detroit’s pension fund, calling it “troubling” for bondholders.
The city is taking fruits and vegetables on the road in an effort to combat obesity in its "food deserts." It's part of a growing trend of cities developing healthy eating initiatives.
Railroad tank-car safety woes date for decades before crude oil concerns.
The international Intelligent Community of the Year competition showcases communities that use information technology to build prosperity, solve social problems and enrich local culture.
Number of immigrants Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder wants to attract to help revive Detroit.
Peggy Grover, the first female member of the Idaho Potato Commission, who wants women to be allowed to purchase white potatoes for their families with WIC (the federal nutrition assistance program for women, infants and children) money again.
Waze and other apps want to save drivers 10 minutes every day, but safety experts say it's too dangerous to use these apps while driving.
The city whose Democratic mayor said GOP Gov. Chris Christie's administration tied Superstorm Sandy aid to her support for a real estate project has, so far, received a level of aid from state-run programs that is similar to what other towns got, a review of grant data shows.
Alongside statewide measures easing access to marijuana have come local efforts to restrict it.
In a first, working-age people now make up the majority in U.S. households that rely on food stamps - a switch from a few years ago, when children and the elderly were the main recipients.
The board of the state's largest teachers' union voted unanimously Saturday to denounce the controversial Common Core standards and call for the removal of New York education commissioner John King.
Add this to the scary but improbable things people are hearing could happen because of the new federal health-care law: After you die, the state could come after your house.
Texas has imposed strict new regulations on the insurance helpers, or navigators, who work in the community to enroll people in health plans under the Affordable Care Act.
Peggy Grover made history in January when Idaho Gov. Butch Otter appointed her as the first woman to serve on the state's potato commission.
While union membership has slowly waned over the past several decades, some states are recording steeper declines than others.
Civil discourse doesn't mean wimping out, and crossing the aisle can get you shot at from both sides. But it's the best way to get important things done.
A presidential commission backs early voting, standardized elections.
The Affordable Care Act will spurs a state shift in long-term care.
Costume-clad activists hit Chicago streets to spread altruism.
Oakland County, Mich., Executive L. Brooks Patterson, objecting to the word a New Yorker article used to describe his driver.
Wind speed posted on an electronic road sign in Casper, Wyo., last Saturday. The state's Department of Transportation explained that a sign operator meant 35+ mph.
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