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Everyone should have ready access to a high-quality park, but it's especially important for low-income neighborhoods.
What Washington does is important, but we feel the impact of state and local government every day.
House Minority Leader Patricia Morgan says she has "no knowledge" of sexist behavior at the State House and calls on Rep. Teresa Tanzi to file a report with the state police about the allegations she made to The Providence Journal.
A new study of the state's opioid epidemic by Ohio State University researchers shows a staggering economic toll of $6.6 billion to $8.8 billion a year -- about the same amount the state spends annually on K-12 education.
University System of Georgia Chancellor Steve Wrigley told the Rotary Club of Dalton on Tuesday that affordable education is a key tenet of his leadership.
There's good news and bad news in the Congressional Budget Office's analysis of the bipartisan Senate deal to save some Obamacare provisions from President Trump and his wrecking crew.
Poised for settlement money from gas companies, New Jersey voters will decide next month whether it should be spent on the environment -- or balancing the state budget.
A roundup of money (and other) news governments can use.
The drop in Alaska's Obamacare premiums for silver plans, which are the most popular. It's one of just three states where premiums will go down next year, as the average premium will rise 34 percent.
Tampa, Fla., Mayor Bob Buckhorn, speaking to local police who are going door to door investigating three murders in a span of 10 days. Some suspect they were committed by the same person, but the police reject that notion.
Maryland insurance regulators said Wednesday that they approved last-minute rate increases requested by health insurers for individual plans sold under the Affordable Care Act.
A top House Republican said Wednesday that he expected to strike a deal soon to keep an apparently limited version of the state and local tax deduction for individual Americans, a break that party leaders had targeted for elimination in their tax overhaul plan.
A federal judge Wednesday denied a petition to immediately reinstate Affordable Care Act subsidies that President Donald Trump suspended earlier this month.
The Trump administration is siding with professional sports leagues in their opposition to allowing New Jersey to offer sports betting at its casinos and racetracks.
Some aren’t just covering yoga and acupuncture but recommending it before prescription drugs.
Republicans are trying to get Democrats in California and Nevada thrown out of office. Most recall elections, though, are only successful at the local level.
In his new book, David Osborne argues the best way to fix the education system is to increase charter schools and create a survival-of-the-fittest system.
Legislatures regularly interfere with local affairs. The reasons, according to research, will surprise you.
Three of them must retire on the same day Gov. Rick Scott’s term ends. But no one knows who’s replacing them yet -- Scott or his successor?
Some local leaders are nervous about public-private partnerships.
Amid uncertainty over the law's future, premiums will rise an average of 34 percent next year. In a few states, though, they'll actually go down.
The state’s Republican party recently ousted its leader for working with Democrats. Is that hardline strategy effective?
Should Montana have to prove corruption to limit campaign contributions?
U.S. District Judge Paul S. Diamond, referring to former Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams, who asked to be temporarily released from custody to see his dying mother before starting his five-year prison sentence for corruption. Diamond refused.
Frequency that scientists predict catastrophic flooding that used to occur once every 500 years will hit New York City by 2030 to 2045.
President Donald Trump's administration said Wednesday it opposes the Delta tunnels project, another setback for California Gov. Jerry's Brown's plan to transform the troubled estuary and improve water deliveries to the south state.
Texas House Speaker Joe Straus will not seek re-election, the San Antonio Republican confirmed Wednesday.
Once seen as a laggard in public administration, the state is now a leader.
One of the most expensive infrastructure projects in American history is also one of the most vital. But no one knows how to pay for it.
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