Legislators are expected to pass a bill this week that would take oversight of the police away from the city. That Civil ...

Pedestrian deaths dipped slightly in the first half of 2024. California’s 13 percent reduction in deaths accounted for most ...

Medicaid covers nearly half of all births in the U.S. and 80 million children. But the age and working status of recipients ...

Austin, Dallas, Houston and others face shortfalls. An analysis of the nation’s 75 biggest cities found that 54 are short of ...

The Republican has made addressing law enforcement response to mass shootings a top priority, but he does not favor stricter ...

Citizens in half the states have the power to place initiatives or referendums on the ballot. That process is under threat, ...

Mass culling is expensive, but alternatives, like vaccinating chickens or luring wild birds away from domestic flocks, would ...

GOP Gov. Mike DeWine wants more able-bodied recipients to work to receive benefits. Such requirements in other states have ...

Missouri brings more children into foster care than the national average but places some in inappropriate settings. The bill ...

Then-Houston mayor Sylvester Turner describes his bout with cancer in an interview at City Hall in Houston on Nov. 15, 2022. ...

The Legislature and lieutenant governor threaten to cut $400 million if colleges and universities do not end diversity initiatives.

An upsurge of corporate purchases of single-family homes has sparked legislation in at least half a dozen states this year.