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Slavery’s role in the march to war remains a politically charged issue in Southern history classrooms.
The state's effort against teenage pregnancies is a startling success.
Arguing poor birth outcomes matter too much to let people go uninsured, the state is letting them sign up for insurance outside of enrollment periods -- and others could follow.
The latest reform effort wouldn't solve the problem, but it at least would help keep it from getting worse.
The two institutions have different needs and roles. But there are ways to build strong relationships that benefit both.
Can requiring a permit in order to purchase a handgun reduce firearm homicide rates?
Census statistics for Hispanics, whites, blacks and Asians for each state.
Hawaii recently became the first state to raise the legal age for buying cigarettes to 21.
A roundup of money (and other) news governments can use.
The city couldn't collect its money in 2013-14 because poor bookkeeping made it impossible to track how much money had been spent and how much was owed,
Puerto Rico’s economic problems stem in some part, some economists say, from how the U.S. commonwealth has to operate under the same minimum-wage rules as the more prosperous 50 states
Some 57 percent said it’s a symbol of Southern pride. Only 33 percent called it more a symbol of racism.
A train derailment and fire in eastern Tennessee's Blount County results in an evacuation of the surrounding area.
One unfortunate fact of American politics is that election districts are becoming more and more misshapen.
Illinois law separates Chicago teacher pensions from the fund for educators in the rest of the state.
To hold his position in the state before the first Republican nominating contest the Wisconsin governor has become more conservative on marriage and immigration.
The state's Democrats join Mayor Bill de Blasio in a chorus of dissent against the Democratic governor.
After the feds sent millions to drought-stricken California, the Interior Department warned earlier funds had been wasted.
The former mayor announced Wednesday on her Facebook page she's planning to challenge Stephanie Rawlings-Blake in the city's 2016 mayoral race.
Massachusetts finds career training programs vastly improve a person’s chances of staying clean and sober.
What's happening in the state is perceived as a bellwether for public universities across the country.
After years of neglect, state officials estimate it will cost $59 billion to fix the state's crumbling roads and freeways.
Actor Jim Carrey, tweeting his opposition to California Gov. Jerry Brown and the state’s new law removing most of the exemptions that had let parents opt out of vaccinating their children. Carrey, whose ex-wife Jenny McCarthy has been a national voice against vaccinations, also tweeted that “California Gov says yes to poisoning more children with mercury and aluminum in manditory [sic] vaccines.
Anthony Rosamilia, president of the Essex County Education Association, a group that organized a demonstration outside Livingston High School, where New Jersey Governor Chris Christie announced his campaign for president. Christie has come under scrutiny for cutting state funding for public school education and for switching his position on common core standards.
Michael Leachman, director of state fiscal research for the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
The court will decide whether or not the Constitution forbids mandatory collective-bargaining contributions.
JetBlue installed a 4,046-square-foot park at Terminal 5, which opens to passengers Wednesday.
The borders of congressional districts still remain in flux for 2016 in three important, large battleground states: Florida, North Carolina and Virginia.
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