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The Hardest Hit Fund was established by Congress in 2010 to provide mortgage relief and other assistance to struggling homeowners as part of a wider effort to bail out the nation's economy. Florida's performance has lagged well behind other states because of a lack of federal oversight,
The state's notoriously overcrowded prisons are finally seeing some relief. But it wasn't the state that catalyzed the change -- it was the voters.
The service is useful for patients in rural areas, but right now the financial benefits are just theoretical.
Evolving techniques for managing stormwater aren't only cost-effective. They hold the promise of multiple urban benefits.
Governors and other state officials are traveling to Cuba to forge business ties with the island nation.
Almost a year into their new job, most have been largely successful. But some are struggling to lead.
Texas border cameras show that there's been a decline in smuggling interdiction amid a huge manpower surge.
Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation Saturday intended to reduce racial profiling by police officers.
President Obama has withdrawn his nomination of former MBTA chief Beverly Scott to the National Transportation Safety Board, abruptly ending her controversial bid to the $155,000-a-year post, the Herald has learned.
The only gun store in San Francisco is shuttering for good, saying it can no longer operate in the city's political climate of increased gun control regulations and vocal opposition to its business.
Chronically ill people enrolled in individual health plans sold on the Affordable Care Act insurance exchanges pay on average twice as much out-of-pocket for prescription drugs each year than people covered through their workplace, according to a study published Monday in the Health Affairs journal.
The District would become the most generous place in the country for a worker to take time off after giving birth or to care for a dying parent under a measure supported by a majority of the D.C. Council.
The federal government on Monday announced the details of a record $20 billion civil settlement with the British oil company BP over the 2010 explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico.
The rally, which mostly bewildered passersby, was organized by the creator of the Instagram account Renoir Sucks at Painting, who wants the the museum to take its Renoirs off the walls and replace them with something better.
Some states have created ombudsman offices to handle the deluge of complaints between residents and homeowner associations.
The California governor has signed legislation to allow doctors to prescribe lethal doses of drugs.
The state ended the fiscal year in June with an estimated $43 million in fire fee money left over.
The issue has reached courts and legislatures in many states, but there's no national consensus on the legality of taking a photo of a completed ballot and posting it on social media.
Following an outcry from dozens of state lawmakers, Texas’ top health agency announced Thursday it will make less drastic cuts than originally planned to a therapy program for children with disabilities.
Problems have plagued the roll out of Obamacare. Three million more people than expected have signed up for Medicaid in California. Other states have also witnessed surges far beyond initial projections, including Kentucky, Michigan, Oregon and Washington State.
Cincinnati, Atlanta; Buffalo, New York; Fort Wayne, Indiana; Grand Rapids, Michigan; Indianapolis; Louisville, Kentucky; Pittsburgh and York, Pennsylvania; Springfield, Massachusetts; Toledo, Ohio; and Washington, D.C. have all made serious efforts to desegregate.
When Jamie Fox joined the Christie administration last fall as transportation commissioner, he sought to accomplish something that had eluded policymakers in Trenton for years: securing a long-term plan to fund New Jersey's road, bridge, and rail projects.
For University of Texas at El Paso professor David Smith-Soto, the fight against allowing guns in his classroom began with a quiet act of civil disobedience this summer.
A slow-moving storm produced historic floods Sunday after dumping more than a foot of rain in parts of Columbia.
The New Mexico secretary of state, who oversees campaign finance reporting and once bemoaned a "culture of corruption" in the state, has been accused of using her election fund as a personal piggy bank at jewelry stores, ATMs and casinos.
The Senate passed legislation on Thursday intended to protect small and midsize businesses from increases in health insurance premiums, clearing the bill for President Obama’s expected signature.
The New York education commissioner whose tenure was a flashpoint in the state's education wars is about to lead the nation through its own rocky education reforms.
The ways we calculate pay scales for labor on government projects dramatically inflate the costs.
Bringing new technology and analytics to bear is critical for transformational outcomes.
Mayors and governors looking for action from Washington shouldn't buy into the myth that second-term presidents are powerless.
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