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With all the attention paid to President Trump’s lightning-rod secretary of education, Betsy DeVos, and her advocacy for private school vouchers, little public notice has been paid to the action on education in Congress — where lawmakers have broader power than Ms. DeVos to make changes to the nation’s school system.
Ohio Rep. Wes Retherford, R-Hamilton, was arrested in Butler County this morning on suspicion of driving while intoxicated and improper handling of firearms.
A bill filed late last week by a Houston Democrat to convey the frustration women feel about having their health care and family planning decisions scrutinized would penalize men for "unregulated masturbatory emissions."
A new federal court ruling that some Texas congressional boundaries in 2011 were purposely drawn to dilute minority voter strength could someday help turn Texas a little more blue.
Maryland's attorney general says he plans to use newfound power to sue the federal government by joining a Washington state lawsuit trying to upend President Donald Trump's new travel ban.
The White House's push to build more infrastructure -- and quickly -- will likely bring changes to some of the country's most iconic environmental laws.
A Washington state administrative judge on Wednesday upheld fines for three presidential electors who broke their pledges to vote for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in December.
The Arizona Supreme Court says police can’t have blood samples taken from an unconscious DUI suspect without having a search warrant or facing urgent circumstances beyond the natural dissipation of alcohol in blood.
Amid concerns that Russia helped sway the 2016 presidential election, several states are considering legislation that would bar companies with significant foreign ties from contributing money in state campaigns.
Massachusetts, Oregon, New York and Washington state declared Thursday that they will follow Hawaii in challenging President Trump's revised travel order, saying the latest executive directive still amounts to an unconstitutional ban on Muslims.
The number of proposed constitutional amendments on the 2018 general election ballot rose to two Tuesday when the Senate approved a proposal that would require future voters to present photo identification.
It was an awkward scene for officials of Harris County, Texas, who are defending themselves in federal court against a claim that they keep poor defendants locked up just because they cannot afford bail.
Drinkers may be enjoying the open-container zones that are proliferating in America's nightlife districts, but they don't thrill everybody.
Transferring public assets or the revenue they generate may be an idea whose time has come.
Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson said Thursday that the state would take President Donald Trump to court to block enforcement of his new, revamped travel order pausing refugee resettlement and travel from six majority-Muslim countries.
A roundup of money (and other) news governments can use.
Interest is growing in approaches that look for redundancies to overcome infrastructure's risks and vulnerabilities.
From blunt criticism to cautious optimism, not a single governor has given the House bill a full-throated endorsement.
Few state or local government employees have the benefit, but that's slowly changing -- and so are the circumstances for getting it.
But it's not all bad news. The American Society of Civil Engineers reports that some types of infrastructure have improved.
Our cities and states have the most to lose and gain from how we deal with it. What we really need to do is to enforce the laws we already have.
More than 500,000 acres of Clark and Comanche counties have burned in what is being called the largest single fire in the state’s recorded history.
The state can continue tracking with GPS the highest tier of sex offenders who are on probation, according to the Delaware Supreme Court.
The Federal Communications Commission said Wednesday night it will investigate "the root cause" of an outage that prevented AT&T wireless customers in several states from connecting to 911.
Boston Mayor Marty J. Walsh and Gov. Charlie Baker will not participate in the city's St. Patrick's Day Parade unless organizers reverse their decision to prohibit a gay veterans group from marching.
First high winds, then a loss of power, and soon ... deepening cold.
A Los Angeles company is working with hospitals and health departments in Ohio to give away cardboard box beds for every newborn in the state this year in an effort to reduce the high infant-mortality rate.
A new report highlights major holes in local governments' online disclosure of how economic development dollars are spent.
People who have HIV and lack stable housing are less likely to get the care they need. Some places are trying to solve both problems at once.
Industry experts are predicting (and warning) that a decade-old retrofit program will finally boom.
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