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In D.C., above and below ground, historic and vital infrastructure is in bad shape. There’s plenty of blame to spread around for that.
There’s a common perception that the Establishment is disappearing. In fact, it died decades ago at all levels of government.
Two members of President Obama's cabinet went to a North Philadelphia community center Monday to publicize the administration's latest effort to help men and women who are getting out of prison get their lives together.
Blanche Carney first set foot in a jail in 1994.
Virginia has established a revolving loan fund to help homeowners and businesses make changes to their properties in anticipation of sea-level rise -- a step the program's advocates say no other state has taken.
A Franklin County employee making a gender transition might have saved for months or years before coming up with enough money to pay for a mastectomy or sex reassignment surgery.
Women in Florida will no longer be required to wait 24 hours before having an abortion -- at least for now.
Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner on Monday signed into law a measure releasing $600 million for Illinois public universities and community colleges, money that lawmakers hope will keep campuses open through the summer while the broader budget battle continues.
A 21-year-old man was shot and killed in the city's Cedarbrook section Sunday afternoon just after speaking with a state House candidate about volunteering on his campaign, according to officials.
The head of the Cleveland rank-and-file police union says the family of 12-year-old Tamir Rice should use money from a $6 million settlement to educate children about the use of look-alike firearms.
Thousands of demonstrators descended on the state capitol Monday for the first day of the North Carolina General Assembly's short session. The flashpoint: House Bill 2.
A federal judge has upheld North Carolina's voter ID law in a ruling posted Monday evening.
How people in Austin, Texas, vote next month on background checks for ride-hailing drivers could have big consequences for cities across the country.
With more cases cropping up by the day, local governments have to act quickly -- and without help from the federal government.
A Texas appeals court delivered a big loss on Thursday to a group of home health agencies and parents of children with disabilities who sued the state over payment cuts to in-home therapy providers.
Bruce Springsteen canceled a concert in North Carolina, and Sharon Stone scrapped plans to film a movie in Mississippi.
A federal wiretap that reportedly recorded Mayor Martin J. Walsh when he was head of the Boston Building Trades pressuring a developer to use union labor is part of a broader probe that, according to Walsh's spokeswoman, "has little to do with the Walsh Administration."
When Emma Quintero moved into her modest, bright blue house eight years ago, she'd watch neighbors pass by on their way to fish the murky waters of two sprawling reservoirs and irrigation canals that reach into the Rio Grande Valley like tentacles, delivering water to fields of citrus and vegetables.
Three officials responsible for maintaining safe water in Flint tinkered with evidence, tweaked testing and misled county and federal officials, helping to set in motion the contamination of the city's drinking water with lead, according to criminal charges filed by Michigan's chief law enforcement official Wednesday.
The decision by Virginia's Democratic governor, Terry McAuliffe, to reinstate the voting rights of almost a quarter of a million convicted felons could reverberate into the general election.
In the latest effort to upend Republican front-runner Donald Trump's bid for the presidential nomination, the campaigns of rivals Ted Cruz and John Kasich announced Sunday night that they would join for a divide-and-conquer strategy in three states as they scramble to seize remaining delegates in a rapidly dwindling primary season.
Congress rejected the president's proposal for tuition-free community college, so his administration is instead helping regions launch the program themselves.
Republicans currently dominate the office that holds significant power over elections.
The nation’s only state-owned bank reported about $130.7 million in net income, cruising past the $111 million reported for 2014.
Texas Health and Human Services Executive Commissioner Chris Traylor plans to retire at the end of May after 11 months on the job, according to sources briefed on the decision.
Gov. John Bel Edwards will require thousands of non-working, childless adults who receive food stamps to participate in job search and skills training programs to continue getting the assistance.
The Alabama Legislature overwhelmingly passed a budget that calls for spending $6.3 billion from the Education Trust Fund on K-12 schools, community colleges, four-year universities and other programs, 5.6 percent more than this year. Lawmakers also voted to give teachers and most other education employees a 4 percent cost of living raise.
Richmond’s fraud app allows residents to report government waste, fraud and abuse. Though fraud apps can cost thousands to develop, auditors say the money they help recover can more than outweigh their costs.
The Virginia Legislature accepted Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s plan to hire pharmacies to secretly supply the state with execution drugs, joining three other states with similar laws.
A 2014 law requiring all New Jersey municipalities to outfit new police patrol cars with dashboard cameras is unconstitutional because it does not provide an adequate funding source, according to a state board ruling.
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