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President Donald Trump, venting frustration at a retreat for House Republicans as he urged the party to reverse its political momentum ahead of the midterm elections. Trump blamed messaging failures for weak polling and warned that losing control of Congress could lead to another impeachment push by Democrats. (Bloomberg)
The share of Utah third graders reading at grade level, meaning nearly half are falling behind at a critical learning milestone ...
Vermont’s plan to redraw districts to cope with declining enrollment highlights mixed research and fierce community resistance.
The president cites fraud concerns, while state officials call the plan politically motivated and warn of impacts on social services.
A new statute ensures the AI-focused office will outlast the current governor and gives it new authority to fund and share technology projects.
Water facilities aren’t always aware of the risks they face, or what they can do about it.
The Trump administration is holding federal grants hostage to its priorities.
The scandals that ended the Minnesota governor’s bid for a third term reflect the kind of oversight failure that comes with one-party control of government. Above all, voters expect competent administration.
Decrease in the number of vehicles entering Manhattan’s central business district each day since congestion pricing went into effect a year ago, totaling about 27 million for the year ...
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, in renewing a statewide emergency declaration that allows Louisiana officials to fast-track contracts and bypass normal procurement rules to respond to cyber attacks. The order extends a state of emergency first declared in 2023, after a series of high-profile breaches exposed millions of records and disrupted essential services. (Nola.com)
Suburban leaders argue they pay more tax than they receive in transit service, potentially unraveling the region’s largest public transportation network.
The city plans to provide $1,500 during pregnancy and $500 a month after birth as part of an effort to reduce infant mortality and child poverty.
Few cities have seen a post-pandemic ridership bounce-back as successful as Washington, D.C.'s. But the area's transit system is looking for more help from officials in the district, Maryland and Virginia.
Rather than acting as substitute police, guard medics could help save lives by backing up strained local emergency responders. It’s not unprecedented.
Officials say that AI tools will assist, not replace, agency staff and will operate under the state’s Responsible AI Policy.
Walz says campaigning would distract from confronting one of the largest social services fraud scandals in state history
Applied behavior analysis has become one of Medicaid’s fastest-growing costs, prompting cuts that families say threaten progress.
Number of Venezuelan migrants in the United States whose temporary protected status was ended earlier this year by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem ...
Shelby Wieman, a spokesperson for Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, explaining why the governor did not grant any pardons or commutations at the end of 2025. The decision marked a break from recent practice: between 2019 and 2024, Polis granted clemency to at least eight people at the end of each year, often issuing more than 20 pardons and commutations annually. In 2021, the governor granted 1,351 pardons to people convicted of marijuana possession. (The Denver Post)
Maura Healey broke new ground as the first woman and first openly gay candidate elected governor in Massachusetts, but her priorities have been firmly focused on quality-of-life and cost-of-living issues like housing and transportation.
An onerous 1970 law remains an open invitation for lawsuits. And reforms should make it easier to build the kind of housing most Californians want.
The drop in homicides in New York City in 2025, as the NYPD reported historic declines in murders and shootings by year’s end ...
Donnica Austin-Cathey, chief hospital executive at John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital in Chicago, warning that the expiration of expanded Affordable Care Act subsidies could force patients to delay care and strain hospitals across Cook County and Illinois if Congress fails to act. (Chicago Tribune)
With no federal guidance, lawmakers are weighing how retailers should round cash purchases.
More than 8.3 million minimum-wage workers got a pay raise Jan. 1, marking the largest single-day wave of state minimum wage increases.
A custom app blocks TikTok, Instagram and games during school hours — and alerts administrators when students try to get around it.
As states and cities navigated crisis, reform and political change, these were the stories readers turned to most in 2025 — from emergency management and public safety to housing, transit and federal policy.
They could act as official intervenors in rate-hike cases, bringing the power of their offices to bear.
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The latest report from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) shows an 8.2 percent drop in roadway fatalities during the first half of 2025, the largest first-half decline since 2008. The fatality rate also fell to its lowest midyear level since 2014. These improvements follow years of worsening outcomes after the COVID-19 era and reflect a mix of improvements, including changes in travel patterns, roadway design investments and the expansion of technology-focused, evidence-based safety measures.
AI investment is driving the economy, and states want a share. Here’s a look at where the data centers that do the work of AI are located.
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