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It was once practically impossible to get a building inspected in the city. Now it’s easier than ever.
In just over a decade, officials want to cover a quarter of the city in shade.
Voters generally agreed to raise the age limits -- but not do away with them altogether.
Rarely do politicians quarrel as openly as Kentucky’s governor and attorney general. Family ties may have something to do with it.
Mayor Sylvester Turner is garnering praise for his proposal's comprehensiveness and balance.
It’s also one of the oldest tourist destinations.
But there's a major difference between today’s efforts and the tobacco lawsuits of the 1990s.
A new approach asks recipients to look past short-term work and instead focus on making choices that will improve the rest of their lives.
Judges are starting to strike down the laws, calling them racist. But their survival depends on the outcome of the November election.
As states consider following Tennessee’s footsteps, they’ll be closely watching its experience.
These are some of the nation’s most surprising, unique and out-of-the-way spots where people cast their ballots.
Several governors are using nonprofits to get themselves elected and promote their agendas once in office -- without ever having to disclose where the money came from.
The laws are meant to make it easier for ex-felons to get hired. But they're having the opposite impact on some people who don't even have a criminal history.
Four contests are competitive, giving Republicans a chance to flip three seats.
Gov. Paul LePage said he has been keeping a binder of photos to prove that most of the drug dealers arrested in Maine are blacks or Hispanics, but people of those races account for only 40 percent of the photos in the binder.
It's easy for politicians to set goals for their cities. It's far, far harder to achieve them.
Chicago Public Schools' financial reputation took another hit from a major Wall Street credit ratings agency on Monday.
One morning in September 2014, when Jahnira Jones had just started seventh grade at Richard Allen Prep Charter School, her after-school plans weighed on her mind.
Gov. Sam Brownback’s advisory council pulled the plug on a quarterly report developed to assure timely analysis of the administration’s economic policies.
A Cincinnati appeals court Friday ruled that the process used by Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted to flag inactive voters for possible purging from the registration rolls violates the National Voting Rights Act.
'Overlapping' is often ignored, resulting in misleading assumptions about government liabilities.
The White House just released a report on the future of artificial intelligence. Some governments are already using A.I., but it could have a far wider impact.
If the District of Columbia’s transit system was a public-private partnership, some say it wouldn't be falling apart right now.
Whether it's prisons in Idaho or pensions in Michigan, several states are moving their outsourced services back in-house.
There are many questions that need to be answered before reducing Americans' beloved car space.
As the first governor on the job in almost half a century, either one of them will present new opportunities for the White House.
The stadiums that cities invest in often end up losing money. There’s another, more profitable option: music festivals.
The federal government told states to take a backseat. While some will likely listen, others may push their plans full speed ahead anyway.
Portland commissioners will designate 600 city bathrooms as "all-user" on Friday. They will replace "male" and "female" signs on single-occupancy restrooms with signs that show a toilet.
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