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Mayor Rahm Emanuel, under fire for months over how the city investigates excessive force allegations against Chicago police, plans to propose abolishing the city's beleaguered Independent Police Review Authority.
Bernie Sanders clashed with Democratic Party leaders Tuesday over violence that erupted over the weekend at the Nevada Democratic convention, which party official blamed on a disgruntled group of Sanders supporters.
In a Phoenix suburb in March, protesters parked about two-dozen cars in the middle of the highway to stop drivers on their way to an outdoor rally for Donald Trump and Joe Arpaio, the controversial Arizona sheriff.
In a strike against the District’s strict firearms laws, a federal judge has blocked the city’s police chief from requiring gun owners to prove they have a “good reason” to obtain a concealed carry permit.
Employers seeking to get workers to join wellness programs and provide medical information can set financial rewards – or penalties – of up to 30 percent of the cost for an individual in the company’s health insurance plan, according to controversial rules finalized by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Monday.
More than six decades after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that “separate but equal” has no place in the nation’s public school system, a federal court has ordered the schools in a small Mississippi town to finally integrate.
Fiscal and competitive pressures are leading state universities to admit a lot more out-of-state students. That doesn't sit well with a lot of people.
It depends on how governments use the results.
The Supreme Court unanimously ruled Monday that outside lawyers hired by the Ohio Attorney General's office can attempt to collect debt from Ohioans using letters on Attorney General letterhead.
A bill that will reduce the number of consecutive months families can receive welfare was signed Monday by Gov. Sam Brownback, who says it will help push people out into the work force faster.
Her intense focus on the minutia of the streets confuses cause and effect and virtually ignores infrastructure.
Bolstered by the federal health care law, the number of lower income kids getting health coverage continues to improve, a recent study found.
California voters this fall will likely wade through the longest list of state propositions since Bill Clinton was president, a sizable batch of proposed laws that is likely to spark a record amount of campaign spending.
Nearly two weeks after dropping out of the 2016 presidential race, John Kasich says he remains undecided whether he will back Donald Trump, and thus still has no interest in becoming the presumed GOP nominee's running mate.
After watching Donald Trump gain traction on the campaign trail with talk of border walls and mass deportations, Indiana lawmaker Mike Delph decided it was time to take action in his state.
The Constitution protects the right to buy and sell firearms as well as the right to own them, a federal appeals court said Monday in reviving a lawsuit challenging an Alameda County ordinance banning gun shops within 500 feet of a residential neighborhood or a school.
Nearly 1,000 nonviolent drug offenders will be eligible for early release from Iowa prisons over the next five years as part of a sentencing reform bill that Gov. Terry Branstad signed into law Thursday.
Hawaii has filed the first state lawsuit against Japanese manufacturer Takata Corp. and Honda Motor Co. Ltd. alleging they intentionally sold cars that were made with dangerous air bags.
A federal judge has struck down some of Kentucky's judicial conduct rules meant to keep nonpartisan judges and judicial candidates out of organized politics.
Anti-abortion advocates have allegedly found stealthier ways to shut down clinics.
One of the first things Chinese immigrant Sau Fung Lam did upon arriving in Chinatown 24 years ago was go to the local grocery store to try to buy an apple.
A federal judge in Arizona has ruled that Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio intentionally violated the judge's orders to end profiling of Latinos 19 times, a decision that raises the possibility he could face criminal charges.
Gov. Robert Bentley Thursday signed two bills restricting abortion clinic locations and banning an abortion procedure.
Kansas public employees who go out into the community will be allowed to carry concealed weapons on the job starting in July.
Republican activists chose party unity over “never Trump” resistance Saturday, with party leaders in one state after another pressuring their members to fall in line behind the presumptive nominee — and even punishing those who refused.
As the editor in chief of The San Francisco Chronicle, Audrey Cooper has overseen countless stories on homelessness.
Cities are learning to mine this trove of information to predict the impact of future events and significantly improve operations.
We know that we could save a lot of money in the future by spending a little now. But we hardly ever do it.
If our communities are going to prosper, we need to do more to end the violence and provide opportunity.
California's schools are going to have to answer for more than just test scores, by the year after next. The state may also judge them on suspension rates, graduation rates, attendance and the rate at which students who are still learning English are becoming proficient.
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