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.

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

Over the past few months, gun laws in Illinois, New York and Minnesota have all been tossed out. Federal courts are more ...

The states have trigger laws to end coverage if the feds end funding for expansion under the Affordable Care Act. Other ...

State and local governments will be forced to return pandemic relief funds if they aren’t properly obligated by the end of ...

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 ...

Tom Homan, who will lead Trump’s deportation effort, said that sanctuary policies can shield dangerous criminals. Harboring ...

Eight states and the U.S. Justice Department have sued over the practice. The company whose software is used by many ...

Beset by funding issues and questionable program duplication from predominantly white institutions, too many historically ...

Bird flu is affecting more and more dairy cattle. There’s no sign yet of human-to-human spread, but new dimensions of the ...