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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.
In an anti-union era, nurses may have found a model for effectively organizing labor.
In an unprecedented move that will cut costs for low-income households and cut emissions for everyone, the state is paying for some homes to install energy-efficient appliances.
There's a gender imbalance in many African-American neighborhoods. Mass incarceration is largely to blame.
Under the deal, many workers would see their wages rise gradually to a $15 an hour, though some, including those employed by small businesses with five or fewer employees, will have to wait longer.
In his final full day at the helm, Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam on Friday granted executive clemency to 23 current or former Tennesseans including four people from Middle Tennessee.
Susan Bucher is the second elections official to lose her job over the November 2018 recounts. Former Broward elections chief Brenda Snipes announced she was resigning only to be suspended by former Gov. Rick Scott in late November.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Thursday signed legislation to give the state more oversight over Illinois firearms dealers, appearing with anti-violence advocates at a West Side elementary school and saying he'll push for further gun control measures.
In October, Jason Van Dyke became the first Chicago police officer in a half-century to be convicted of murder in an on-duty shooting.
The Virginia Senate easily approved state tax incentives of up to $750 million over the next 15 years for Amazon to build a headquarters facility in Arlington.
Without money, many rural hospitals in Texas and other non-expansion states have closed obstetrics units and other expensive services, forcing patients to travel long distances to seek treatment at the next-closest hospital, which is sometimes hours away.
Four of the 20 new governors who took office this month, three Democrats and one Republican, signed nondiscrimination orders that include sexual orientation and gender identity.
Black and white population shifts across the state's metro areas.
Revenue loss that the D.C. Metro is suffering during the federal government shutdown. The transit system may consider "staffing and service adjustments."
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