Pension funds enjoyed enormous stock market returns during the pandemic but slower gains and underfunding has increased their liabilities.

An agreement with federal agencies shields early-childhood programs from immigration status screening, avoiding potential closures and preserving services for more than 4,700 vulnerable children.

Many voters are switching party allegiances during the Trump era, but the parties aren't changing in ways that reflect their ...

It’s threatened with extinction in many places and the relationship can be fraught, but it has a lot of value both to communities and their governments. Social media alone isn’t a substitute.

Denver’s new sidewalk program shifts the responsibility from property owners to the city. It’s a far-reaching plan to improve ...

By combining skills training, mental‑health support, and guaranteed job placement, the R.I.S.E. program offers a rare promise ...

Under the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” states must decide whether to participate in the nation's first federally backed school ...

Supervisors say the move is about transparency and civil rights, but federal officials warn it could compromise agent safety ...

They raise issues of fairness, and critics claim they’re only about revenue. More speed and red-light cameras, however, would prevent a lot of deaths and injuries.

Legislators on both sides of the aisle have moved to regulate these kiosks, which allow customers to purchase cryptocurrency ...

The funding comes amid an immigration crackdown and growing pressure on states to build temporary facilities, raising fiscal, ...

Revoking the 2009 endangerment finding would weaken regulation of greenhouse gases and shift more responsibility to states ...