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New data shows how much people have spent each year on health care, housing, transportation, education and retirement since 2004.
Few cities and counties have taken the steps they should to get these costs under control.
It will soon be illegal to discriminate over sexual orientation or gender identity in terms of housing, employment and public accommodations in the city.
A recent audit found more than 25,000 families living in public housing nationwide that made more than the income limit to qualify for rent subsidies. Of those, 1,056 live in Texas.
The new checks will be done on about 5 percent — or about 500 — of the approximately 10,000 social workers licensed in Wisconsin.
Among the 10 largest cities in the country, the city has highest deep-poverty rate.
The U.S. Department of Education awarded Ohio the largest "Charter School Program" grant -- $71 million -- even though the data submitted to get that grant may have been inaccurate.
Peter Shumlin chief of staff sent a memo to state officials instructing them to reach out to the governor’s press secretary before calling reporters, conducting interviews or writing opinion pieces for newspapers.
Many wouldn't be incarcerated at all if they could afford bail.
Most incumbents are safe bets for re-election, but races remain unpredictable in several big cities.
While some may see them as felons in jumpsuits, California residents of cities affected by threatening wildfires know inmate firefighters as the "angels in orange."
The Missouri Senate will continue investigating Planned Parenthood even though the state attorney general found no evidence suggesting the organization sold fetal body parts in the state.
Kelly Gissendaner, convicted of murder nearly two decades ago, was put to death early Wednesday morning.
Rep. Jud McMillin, a rising star in the state's Republican Party, abruptly resigned Tuesday.
Attorneys for Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis say the pope met privately with her and her husband, Joe, during the pope's visit to the United States last week.
Buffeted by a series of high-profile child abuse cases, Governor Charlie Baker pledged Monday to replace a patchwork of policies at the state’s Department of Children and Families with a clear, standardized playbook aimed at protecting children from violent crime at the hands of those closest to them.
Carrizo cane sprouts along the banks of the Rio Grande, providing easy cover for smugglers and drug mules. A new state law says it should be eradicated, and the governor requested $10 million to do the job. But lawmakers neglected to set aside any money for razing cane.
As the number of companies testing self-driving cars on public roads rises, nonprofit Consumer Watchdog says the public should have more information about the crashes those vehicles are getting into.
In 1986, Washington's Legislature decided police officers shouldn't be prosecuted for killing someone in the line of duty as long as they acted in good faith and without malice, or what the law calls "evil intent."
Prescriptions for birth control pills typically have to be renewed every 30 or 90 days, potentially resulting in women missing scheduled pills. The yearlong provision will begin in 2017.
Mayor Carlos Gimenez said he'll push for measures to expand the regular taxi force by ditching restrictions on how many cabs can operate in Miami-Dade and who can drive them.
Is the country—along with the aid groups that help in resettlement and local communities that receive refugees—ready for an increase in arrivals? And where will the new arrivals go?
The company that sold the amphibious Ride the Ducks vehicle involved in last week's deadly crash on the Aurora Bridge says it had "no reason to believe" that the Seattle firm that bought it had not made a safety fix to the vehicle that was recommended two years ago.
Gov. Christie said Monday that he wouldn't consider raising the state's tax on gasoline unless lawmakers pared back other levies, though he didn't endorse a specific plan.
Before she was sentenced Monday for her role in helping two killers escape from Clinton Correctional, Joyce Mitchell sobbed through a statement expressing remorse and fear of going to state prison.
Facing insolvency, the co-op health insurance plan operating under the state's Obamacare health exchange is being shut down.
Pennsylvania's chief justice declined Monday to join calls by other elected state officials for embattled Attorney General Kathleen Kane's resignation saying that is a purely personal decision for her.
This is one national ranking Tennessee officials are not likely to boast about any time soon.
In the absence of federal laws to address the stubborn pay gap between women and men, some states are stepping in with legislation.
Bill de Blasio will introduce a free one-stop shop for landlords to help them refurbish buildings for energy efficiency, clean energy and water conservation.
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