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Long-awaited reforms designed to improve the performance, accountability and transparency of charter schools were signed into law this morning by Ohio Gov. John Kasich.
Deborah L. Pierce, an emergency room doctor in Philadelphia, was optimistic when she brought a sex discrimination claim against the medical group that had dismissed her.
On fishing piers in Maine, inside public libraries in rural Iowa and at insurer-run retail stores in Minnesota, the hunt for uninsured Americans will reignite Sunday when Obamacare’s third open enrollment season starts.
Impasses over spending do more than confirm the public's worst impressions of government. They make effective governing next to impossible.
Recipients of Massachusetts' film credits are selling them off to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars. That's a box-office bomb for taxpayers.
When the goal is social equity, programs are important but policies are for the long term.
Compare consumer spending for different types of expenses.
Co-ops were created to keep the cost of insurance down on Obamacare marketplaces. Now half of them are going out of business.
View current and historical data assessing employment in each state.
Voters approved a way to increase transportation funding without raising taxes or tolls. But some say it's a bad approach.
Facing mounting criticism for mixing politics and the World Series, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo canceled plans Wednesday night to hold a $5,500 per person fundraiser during two games this weekend at Citi Field when the New York Mets return to Queens for the start of their home stand.
Alabama must restore Medicaid funds to Planned Parenthood clinics because Republican Gov. Robert Bentley illegally terminated the contract after watching an undercover video by anti-abortion activists on fetal tissue procurement that had nothing to do with clinics in that state, a federal judge ruled.
One of the provisions slipped into the sweeping 2014 law that vastly expanded where Georgians can legally carry firearms was a change that was never sought by school districts.
A day after his appearance in the third GOP presidential debate in Colorado, Gov. Christie took a break from the campaign trail Thursday to mark the third anniversary of Hurricane Sandy on his home turf.
New York state will require physicians to complete an educational course before they can authorize medical marijuana for patients — an unusual mandate not applied to other new drugs or seen in other states with medical marijuana programs.
New Orleans and Detroit have little in common -- except their ability to persevere.
When cities try to tax people who work in one place and live in another, things get really complicated really fast.
Over the last decade, many have stopped funding it. Are the roads more dangerous?
Oregon has long had more women in top political positions than practically any other state. There may be several reasons why.
They almost always fail to foresee a recession before it happens. But there are ways they can improve their insights.
Affordable, family-sized housing is out of reach in some cities.
Instead of going into taxpayers' wallets, the revenue the state generated from legalizing pot will go to schools and substance abuse programs.
Portland, Ore., is home to one of only two aerial commuter trams in the United States.
Meditation can improve inmates’ mental health better than traditional care, which is why it’s being reintroduced in some prisons.
There are reasons to believe America is at a turning point for changing the cars that cops and other public employees drive.
Obama called on Philadelphia Police Chief Charles Ramsey, among others, to change the future of law enforcement. Will his unorthodox ideas make a difference or just alienate his fellow officers?
In an attempt to cut costs and improve care, some states are merging coverage for patients who qualify for both Medicaid and Medicare. It’s a bold experiment that’s off to a rocky start.
Several states have decided the way to juice up economic development is to turn it over to a corporation outside the government bureaucracy. Is it working?
In many urban centers, families are finding themselves priced out of the market for housing large enough to accommodate them. Some cities are trying to fix the problem, but it’s not easy.
When Americans move, they generally stay within one region. But some of the most populated counties are attracting higher rates of new residents from far away.
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