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While most states have broad laws calling on anyone who learns of child abuse to report it, mandatory reporters can be charged with a crime for failing to do so.
Pete Buttigieg announced the launch of his exploratory committee in a video message to supporters, pledging a "fresh start" for America.
Income tax collections are down in several states compared to a year ago. Some worry it's a sign of things to come.
The U.S. Conference of Mayors gathered in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday to discuss its agenda and tout its members' ability to work across party lines -- even on immigration.
Letter signed by nearly 300 state lawmakers from 40 states taking the #20statesby2020 pledge, which aims to strengthen the legal support and protection for victims of sexual harassment and violence in at least 20 states by 2020.
The expected drop in class sizes, over the course of three school years, agreed upon by Los Angeles teachers, who ended their strike on Tuesday. Their new contract also includes a pay raise and promises for more counselors, librarians and nurses.
The effort, dubbed “the Death Certificate Project,” has sparked a conflict with physicians in California and beyond, in part because the doctors being investigated did not necessarily write the prescriptions leading to a death.
Cellphone companies often boast about how much of the country they cover. But with billions of federal dollars at stake to expand mobile broadband in rural America, state officials and other groups across 37 states say those claims aren’t always true.
The Democratic governors of Michigan, New York and Washington on Friday asked the Trump administration to let states offer unemployment benefits to federal employees who are working without pay during the partial government shutdown that began nearly a month ago.
The mayor of Washington, D.C., says she is introducing emergency legislation to allow federal District employees working without pay to file for unemployment benefits.
The law that would ban abortions once a heartbeat is detected in the fetus was ruled as "violative of both the due process and equal protection provisions of the Iowa Constitution," according to the court's filings.
The anticipated passage generated passionate debate in the halls of the Capitol Tuesday, where protesters and supporters armed with signs crowded hallways and fired off competing chants and songs.
The Los Angeles teachers union ended its strike Tuesday night, based on overwhelming support for a contract agreement with the school district, union leaders said.
The justices said they would hear the case, New York State Rifle and Pistol Assn. vs. New York, but it will probably be considered in the fall. If so, the court will not issue a decision until early in 2020.
Proportion of traffic deaths related to speeding, which has remained steady since 2000. Meanwhile, many states have been raising speed limits.
Ann Flagg, director of the Center for Child and Family Well-Being at the American Public Human Services Association, on what will happen when -- because of the government shutdown -- states are suddenly on the hook for funding the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which normally costs $4 billion a month.
Communities destroyed by natural disaster all want to start over. Somebody has to pay for it.
It’s often used to describe how people live in urban spaces. But it shouldn't be.
It’s getting harder for the people who check up on government to do their jobs.
What's "fair" changes along with the economy.
As a Tennessee agency has shown, employee engagement isn't unattainable.
There are plenty of theories about how they will reshape urban areas. But it’s anybody’s guess.
There are lessons to be learned from New York and Pennsylvania.
After Democrats swept judicial elections last year, Harris County is set to become much less landlord-friendly.
Voters aren’t satisfied with how Seattle is managing its growth, which has largely been driven by Amazon's presence.
The number of Hmong legislators, who came from Southeast Asia as refugees, tripled in the Minnesota state House this year.
Photos and musing from our photographer.
Denver may be the first major city where voters approved a tax increase for mental health services. Others have since followed.
A new program may be a boon to struggling cities -- if it targets the right ones.
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