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California's high-speed rail agency announced Tuesday it is suing the federal government over the Trump administration's decision to terminate a $929 million grant for the state's beleaguered bullet train.
Tennessee Republican House Speaker Glen Casada today announced he will resign the post following a no-confidence resolution passed Monday by fellow House Republicans and calls from Republican Gov. Bill Lee for him to step down.
Unexpected expense that almost half (49 percent) of rural Americans can't afford.
Joke by late-night host Jimmy Fallon. Most polls show the New York City mayor with 1 percent of the vote.
Infant mortality rates have dropped in expansion states and risen in nonexpansion states.
There's a problem with the Trump administration's proposal that Secretary Ben Carson defended before Congress on Tuesday. Local authorities don't want to enforce it.
2018 was a bad year for GOP female candidates. The ones that did win elections don't hold as much power as Democratic women.
President Donald Trump on Sunday denied reports that hundreds of migrants would be flown from the Mexican border to Florida and other areas in the U.S. interior to lessen the workload at crowded Border Patrol facilities.
Senate Bill 184, sponsored by Democratic state Sen. John Milkovich, prohibits abortion as soon as a heartbeat is detected -- similar to so-called fetal heartbeat bills in Mississippi, Ohio, Georgia, Kentucky and, most recently, Missouri.
The law, signed Thursday, tasks the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing with creating a plan for safely importing Canadian drugs and presenting a proposal to U.S. Health and Human Services by September 2020.
In the wake of revelations that ex-Ohio State University athletic doctor Richard Strauss sexually abused at least 177 male students between 1979 and 1998, Gov. Mike DeWine on Monday called on Ohio lawmakers to abolish the state's statute of limitations for sexual assault.
Since 2015, the number has steadily risen, with more than 100 placements in out-of-state care facilities in both 2017 and 2018.
Gov. Asa Hutchinson says he plans to hire an Indiana company to manage five state youth prisons, even though lawmakers voted against the $15.8 million contract on Friday.
A long-simmering intraparty fight among Democrats in New Jersey has turned into an open civil war.
The investigations come after The New York Times found that thousands of drivers are facing debt they can not repay.
It involves tweaking the tone and the look of letters home to parents.
The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have set an audacious goal: reducing their greenhouse gas emissions to zero.
A growing number of states and cities are letting residents identify as neither male nor female, setting up a cascade of tough policy questions.
But a handful of cities are starting to provide counsel in civil court.
Washington just became the first U.S. state to sanction "human composting," the latest eco-friendly alternative to traditional burial and cremation.
Funerals have become a luxury that many Americans can’t afford. Cities and counties are paying the price.
West Sacramento, Calif.'s Christopher Cabaldon has revived his town and become a player on the national stage.
Half the city’s land mass is occupied by government entities and other tax-exempt institutions. Some city councilors say nonprofits are not paying their fair share.
A new study examines whether cities respond to complaints as quickly in poor neighborhoods as they do in rich ones.
Donna Arduin has made a career out of consulting with governors on budget cuts.
Lawmakers say they want to clear up confusion over plant-based meat substitutes.
Aging out of the system brings tough challenges that states are trying to help young adults overcome.
California will be the first state where utilities charge more for power used during peak hours.
Average amount of the 1998 tobacco settlement, worth $246 billion, that states spent on health care. Nearly as much -- 23 percent -- went to cover budget deficits. Settlements from opioid companies, sued for their role in the opioid crisis, are starting to roll in.
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