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Services like Uber and Zipcar could radically change city streets.
It seems America has forgotten that air travel is supposed to serve the public.
Median annual household income of Seattle residents who identified themselves as middle class. The median income of Cleveland residents who identified as middle class, in contrast, was $32,000.
Spokesman for the Somerset County, Maine, Sheriff’s office, on the recent apprehension of a man for theft who sent a Snapchat to his friends revealing his hiding place. Someone informed the cops of the criminal's location, so they arrived at the residence and found the man hiding in a kitchen cabinet.
Legislators in a few states are fighting the rules.
Although scores of public and private groups support the proposal, many say the requirements don't go far enough.
Giving big raises to teachers nearing retirement is a recipe for letting pension debt get out of control.
Even after controlling for age, race, marital status and children in the home, males in nursing out-earned females by nearly $3,900 in hospitals.
Facing a $338 million unpaid bill for Medicaid, Texas lawmakers voted Tuesday to help pay for it with a $102 million cash infusion that came from the feds under the Affordable Care Act.
Number of Utah's 8 death row inmates who have chosen to die by firing squad since the state decided last week to bring back the execution method.
The "Smoothie Lady" can celebrate: Some of Alaska's strictest municipal regulations on marijuana got rolled back Monday night in light of concerns that they could violate state law.
The Indiana Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that public schools are not constitutionally required to bus students to and from school.
Dr. Sheila Pinette has resigned as the state's chief health officer a month after taking the job, hastening an organizational shakeup at the Maine Department of Health and Human Services.
Every eligible Californian would be automatically registered to vote under legislation Secretary of State Alex Padilla is exploring.
Warning of a liquidity crisis though 2015 and a situation "a lot more severe" than they had anticipated, Atlantic City's emergency management team has recommended $10 million in budget cuts, hundreds of layoffs and mediators appointed to negotiate with casinos and unions.
A top Homeland Security Department official intervened to help projects backed by Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe and Sen. Harry Reid in a program aimed at attracting foreign investments in exchange for U.S. residency, the agency's internal watchdog said.
While many Republican states have made efforts to repeal the education standards, Wyoming appears happy to move forward. How has Common Core thrived in such a solidly GOP state?
The growing role of federal waivers suggest the answer isn't simple.
Over the past few decades, it’s become easier to convict public officials for corruption but harder to know who’s really guilty of it.
In a bid to give more jobs to residents of Akron, Ohio, Mayor Don Plusquellic wants to create a private entity to help the city build $1.4 billion in sewer improvements.
Revenue from the 350 varieties of specialty license plates available to residents of Texas last year. Texas' rejection of a license plate with the Confederate flag is now the subject of a free speech case before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Amount Maryland officials and Gov. Larry Hogan are willing to spend on transportation and infrastructure to persuade the FBI to move its headquarters from Washington, D.C., to Prince George's County, Md.
Bill Walker appoints conservationist for a position usually held by sportfishing interests.
Columbus and Dayton both turned their traffic cameras off at 11:59 p.m. Sunday, but Dayton announced Monday it would resume issuing camera citations because of the Toledo decision.
Massachusetts is the latest state to settle a legal battle over the failure of its welfare offices to meet federal voter registration requirements.
The New Jersey governor will make a decision in "late spring or early summer."
There are only 59 blacks among the 1,134 Michigan state troopers.
Gov. Doug Ducey, who campaigned on a promise to repeal Common Core, said the state is staying with the standards, at least for now.
Gov. Christie on Monday conditionally vetoed legislation that would have repealed the mandatory suspension of driver's licenses for first-time drunk drivers and instead required them to install devices that would be able to detect alcohol and stop cars from starting.
