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Weather-related events are often catastrophic for urban poor.
Instagram is quietly fueling or aiding sever police investigations in Miami-Dade.
The organization's inspector general says the alleged scheme involved a half-dozen former CPS employees involved in fake invoices.
Former Massachusetts Gov. William Weld, a Republican, on how he managed to get along with Democratic state Senate President William Bulger in the 1990s.
Newly inaugurated District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser, on "Meet the Press" Sunday.
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee pulled the plug on his Fox News Channel talk show on Saturday in order to "gauge support" for a second presidential run.
Mario M. Cuomo, who forged extraordinary oratorical skills, a potent immigrant's story and an intellectual liberalism to win three terms as governor of New York, died Thursday at 82 in his Manhattan apartment.
Unlike so much of education in this country, teaching at home is broadly unregulated.
New York City preschoolers will be heading back to class next week with memories of new holiday toys, vacation adventures, and, health officials hope, a flu shot.
For years, Wenjian Liu called his father each day to assure him he was safe and had survived another day as a New York City police officer.
Most businesses in Illinois will soon be required by law to adopt a retirement savings plan for employees, under a bill Gov. Pat Quinn signed into law Sunday.
California's bullet-train agency will officially start construction in Fresno this week on the first 29-mile segment of the system, a symbol of the significant progress the $68-billion project has made against persistent political and legal opposition.
A new federal law aims to balance innovation and efficiency. It could serve as a guide for other levels of government.
The latest effort to resuscitate the New Jersey city isn't relying on tax giveaways alone.
Public meetings have their place — and they have their drawbacks. More governments are relying on useful apps to harvest ideas and feedback.
Total amount in bonuses given to the staff of Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer last year, despite a half-billion-dollar budget deficit in 2014 and a $1-billion deficit for the next fiscal year.
Joe Crosby, a lobbyist with MultiState Associates, on changes coming to state government in 2015.
The Texas governor had a toll road plan “as Big as Texas.” Then things got complicated.
Here's what technology experts are saying - along with my naughty and nice labels.
Heading into a fourth term, California's governor has been talking about both his mortality and his family's historic ties to the state.
About a year ago, Philadelphia Police Chaplain Luis Centeno was approached by Stephen McWilliams, who teaches a social documentary film class at Villanova University.
Undoubtedly hoping to quell criticism from the police force, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio met with police union leaders Tuesday as the city prepared to bury a second slain officer this weekend.
Kansas public schools remain under-funded, a three-judge panel said Tuesday, moving the state closer to a budget and constitutional crisis over taxes and state spending.
Gov. Jan Brewer, a Republican who governed as a fiscal conservative, doled out $160,000 in bonuses to 22 staff members this year despite a state budget crunch, records obtained Tuesday by The Arizona Republic show.
Indiana voters could find something unusual on the ballot in 2016 under a measure state lawmakers will consider next year.
Radical environmentalist or agriculture industry shill? The only thing consistent about the politician's role as California's water referee is that the fights have left bruises on the exacting and thick-skinned senator over the years.
Mendocino High School rescinded its ban on a group of high school basketball players who had planned to wear "I Can't Breathe" T-shirts during warm-ups in a tournament.
The Ku Klux Klan loses an appeal on handing pamphlets to drivers in Desloge, Mo.
Police officers killed by firearms accounted for 50 deaths in the last 12 months.
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