When Democrat Jay Inslee took office in 2013, the state’s two-year budget was $38.4 billion. Now, as he prepares to leave, he ...

Panhandle businessman Alex Fairly, the father of an incoming state representative, was already a major GOP donor. Now he's funding a new group to support more conservative politicians.

Two years ago, the city crafted heralded policies on requiring electrification of buildings and cars. This week, it softened restrictions significantly.

Vincent Fort served in the Georgia Senate for nearly three decades as a forceful, effective voice for “the least of these.” As he copes with cancer, it's important to acknowledge a vanishing breed of ...

Richmond, Va., has managed to cut its poverty rate by 45 percent. Many things broke right for the city, but a pair of mayors stuck with a longterm plan to make it happen.

Immigration is no longer the primary lens through which Latinos see the world. They are rapidly becoming more defined as economically populist voters, exasperated with the political failure to address ...

More than anything it’s the simple result of Americans growing older, a fact of life we haven’t come to grips with ...

Aiming to narrow the state's economic divide, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday unveiled a blueprint to create more well-paying ...

Trump promises to seek stiffer sentences, including the death penalty. But there’s still appetite in Congress for policies ...

A bill would shut down public schools that are among the 5 percent worst performers, matching charter school standards. Critics say basing closures on percentages means schools would be lost every ...

After being suspended by Florida’s governor in 2023, Orlando-area prosecutor Monique Worrell won reelection in November. But ...

Mayor Cherelle Parker has ordered city workers to show up at the office five days a week, leading more companies to follow suit. But hybrid work remains a new normal in many places.