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Too many government workers don't think their organizations value their input. It's a challenge their leaders need to take seriously.
For the first time in five years, New Mexico has fallen to last among states when it comes to the economic, educational and medical well-being of its children, according to a nonprofit that tracks the status of U.S. kids.
A website tied to a candidate for the North Carolina General Assembly says God is a racist white supremacist and that Jews are descended from Satan.
Reluctantly going back on its decision to arm only sworn law enforcement officers with weapons, the Broward County School Board unanimously approved hiring armed, non-sworn guards to protect schools and to comply with a new state law.
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall, in his first public remarks Wednesday since his wife's sudden death four days ago, gave a grueling account of her struggles with mental illness.
The three Massachusetts State Police troopers charged with abusing overtime shifts allegedly stole between $12,000 and $30,000 each, according to affidavits filed in federal court.
The Kushner family's development firm has filed a nine-count lawsuit against Jersey City, saying the city has forced the delay of its One Journal Square project because of "political animus towards President Trump."
The blockbuster Janus v. AFSCME Supreme Court decision handed down Wednesday is already shaping Bruce Rauner’s legacy as Illinois governor. But it also threatens to end his political career.
Dozens of law enforcement officials from both parties wrote an open letter to top lawmakers on Wednesday urging them to adopt alternatives to the Trump administration’s policy of detaining immigrant families.
Investors are lining up to buy them to fund environmental projects.
Gina Raimondo, a former venture capitalist with blue-collar ties who has made job creation her No. 1 priority, could face a tough reelection.
The retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy increases the likelihood of extreme restrictions passing legal scrutiny.
Some promising signs suggest the city may be turning around its troubled school system. It offers lessons for other struggling districts.
Like many other Sunbelt cities, Music City is trying to figure out what kind of place it wants to be.
It's cheaper, legal and kills more people than opioids. But public officials are much more united in the fight against drugs than alcohol.
Mark Tallman, a lobbyist for the Kansas Association of School Boards, talking about a proposed constitutional amendment that would block the state's Supreme Court from reviewing overall spending on schools. Momentum for the measure is growing after the court ruled, again, that lawmakers are not adequately funding education.
Ballots not counted in the final round of Maine's primary earlier this month because they did not rank the candidates who ended up being the final two. It was the first time ranked-choice voting was used for a statewide election in the U.S.
Mayor Acquanetta Warren credits her father for her big dreams. "You've been to the moon," he used to say. There was some truth to that.
That's the advice of Kristen Cox, who lost her sight in her 20s and became a client of public services. Now, her job is to oversee them.
The 5-4 decision -- that employees can opt out of paying fees to unions that represent them -- could invalidate laws in more than 20 states and significantly weaken unions across the country.
A federal court ruled Tuesday that the Virginia House of Delegates unconstitutionally packed African-American voters into 11 legislative districts and ordered the General Assembly to draw new district lines by Oct. 30.
A federal appeals court on Tuesday temporarily narrowed the scope of a nationwide injunction against the Trump administration's attempt to withhold grants from so-called sanctuary cities.
Voters in Oklahoma approved a ballot measure making the state the 30th in the nation to allow broad access to medical marijuana.
As expected, Washington's Attorney General Bob Ferguson has challenged the Trump administration in court over its policy to forcibly separate immigrant families, contending in a lawsuit filed on behalf of 17 states and the District of Columbia Tuesday that President Donald Trump's "zero tolerance" immigration policy violates constitutional due-process rights of parents and children and runs afoul of federal asylum laws.
Calls for a state constitutional amendment to restrain the Kansas Supreme Court are growing louder after the justices ruled again that lawmakers are not adequately funding schools.
Two Columbia natives and State House veterans will face one another in the November general election for S.C. governor.
Former NAACP chief Ben Jealous won Maryland's Democratic primary for governor Tuesday, promising to deliver a progressive agenda that makes college free, legalizes marijuana and raises the state's minimum wage to $15 an hour.
The Colorado governor’s race is set: Democrat Jared Polis will face Republican Walker Stapleton in a November election in which President Donald Trump, marijuana and big money are expected to dominate.
Mick Cornett and Kevin Stitt advanced to a runoff on Tuesday for the Republican gubernatorial nomination, while Democrat Drew Edmondson easily secured his party's nod for the general election.
A lawsuit alleges that Washington, D.C., illegally wooed "creative-class" millennials at the expense of longtime residents. Others argue, "this is not a conspiracy. This is capitalism.”
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