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The new Buy Clean California Act is the world’s first legislative effort to address supply chain carbon emissions.
As rural hospitals struggle to keep their doors open, the high cost of ob-gyn wards makes them one of the first things cut.
New research explores practical applications for intelligent automation and blockchain.
Depending on the outcome of a potential recount, Atlanta's election on Tuesday could either counter or worsen the nationwide decline in the number of big-city black mayors.
No one wants to pay for natural disasters. But even small-government proponents may have to accept increased federal involvement.
Whether you're talking about Detroit or Youngstown, Ohio, so-called legacy cities have similar problems with no simple solution.
Wisconsin's Supreme Court justices refused to tighten the rules about when they should recuse themselves from cases. It has sparked a battle between old judges and new ones.
Studies suggest they're "too complex" for kids to understand, spurring some police departments to simplify the words they use when arresting them.
"People are probably tired of their city being in the headlines," says former Snellville Mayor Kelly Kautz.
Strapped for cash, Pennsylvania may finally grant the governor a victory and enact a severance tax. But it's an uphill battle.
Distilleries? Homeless shelters? Museums? There are lots of creative ideas for repurposing old lockups. But finding one that's good for the economy -- and wins approval -- isn't easy.
Suburbs first gained popularity for being everything a big city wasn't. Now they want to be just like downtown.
States where it's illegal to leave your pet in a car in extreme heat or cold weather.
Less than 10 percent of U.S. households are car-free.
Thinking of wearing a Trump mask to a political demonstration?
Alejandra Borunda, whose kids are covered under the Children’s Health Insurance Program, which Congress let expire nearly two months ago. If federal lawmakers don't renew the program's funding, some states -- including Colorado, where Borunda lives -- are warning parents that their kids' insurance coverage may end Jan. 31.
As D.C. is demonstrating, it's a way to use evidence and rigorous research to produce better outcomes.
Indiana House Democrats narrowly selected a socially conservative representative from rural Indiana to be their new minority leader during a private meeting Monday.
In a long anticipated development, Lt. Gov. Brian Calley announced Tuesday he wants to be governor of Michigan.
Saying Cardinal Innovations "acted unlawfully" in giving its ousted CEO $1.7 million in severance, the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services on Monday took over the Charlotte-based agency.
Earlier this month, when Attorney General Jeff Sessions changed his account of what he knew about the Trump campaign’s interactions with Russia, he stressed that he had “always told the truth” as he remembered it at the time.
The state parole board is changing how it interprets Virginia's three-strikes law in a way that could free hundreds of inmates -- many of them nonviolent -- who are serving prison terms significantly longer than the typical first-degree murderer, the board's chairwoman said Saturday.
BENSALEM, Pennsylvania - Dozens of police departments in the United States have been granted new powers, or are seeking them, to check the immigration status of people they arrest, aiding President Donald Trump’s broad crackdown on people living in the country illegally.
The U.S. Supreme Court steered clear of the intensifying gun debate after the mass shootings in Nevada and Texas, turning away two appeals from firearms advocates, including one that sought a constitutional right to own a semi-automatic assault rifle.
Assemblyman Raul Bocanegra announced Monday he will resign "immediately," one week after multiple women alleged he sexually harassed them.
A new guide for financing infrastructure allows cities to build on field-tested ideas.
Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin, calling for the full resignation of state lawmakers who stepped down or were removed from leadership positions after being accused of sexual harassment.
Gun background check requests made on Black Friday, which is the most ever made in a single day. The number of guns purchased, however, could be higher since one request could be for multiple weapons.
ORANGE — With her husband incarcerated on a murder charge, Jacquene Fontenot single-handedly wakes and dresses five kids under the age of 5 every morning, drops them off at a local child care center and drives two hours to her job as a custodian in central Louisiana.
Internships for veterans, cyber classes for high school and college students and mentoring programs — aimed especially at middle-school girls — are among the ways states are trying to beef up their cybersecurity ranks.
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