There are active secession movements in western states where Republicans feel underrepresented. A form of semi-independent ...

Concerned about pollution and health effects at a time when the feds are deregulating, cities and counties are using lawsuits ...

New York City’s congestion pricing program was feared dead last year, and is still subject to threats from the Trump ...

They help a lot of individuals and their communities. The proposed cuts would just shift the burden to emergency rooms, ...

A new law shifts both funding and focus away from game animals, while overhauling the governance structure for the state's primary wildlife agency.

Under pressure from business groups and the governor, the California Privacy Protection Agency watered down AI safeguards in ...

The South accounts for nearly half the nation's new HIV diagnoses. Prevention programs are trying to stem the tide, and in ...

A federal court ruling in Alabama could mean another new congressional map for the state, as a panel of federal judges found ...

A growing number of state leaders want the federal government to forbid the use of food stamps to buy sodas and candy. It’s ...

Corrections work shouldn’t be a stressed-out, dead-end job. There are promising ideas for turning it into a mission-driven ...

The new administration has aggressively pulled back from consumer protection and corporate regulation, leaving it up to the ...

States are anxiously awaiting potential cuts from Congress. In the meantime, their costs are already rising even as ...