News about cyberattacks — including those unrelated to voting — leaves even election winners with diminished confidence in the process. Education is key: It’s vital that voters understand how ...

Educators will not be allowed to use a model called “three-cue-ing” – which teaches kids to read using context clues – as ...

Low prices for row crops and high costs for fertilizer are squeezing Midwest row-crop farmers while the Southeast is still on ...

A deal that would have raised billions for the state’s roads, bridges and transit imploded in the last days of the ...

Lawmakers don’t always grasp the importance of providing resources for more efficient use of tax dollars down the road.

Virginia’s Republican governor, Glenn Youngkin, declaring victory on one of his administration’s signature promises: cutting state regulatory requirements by 25 percent, six months ahead of ...

Nitrate pollution is likely to force more water-use restrictions. Iowa’s problems are uniquely severe: It has plenty of water ...

Massachusetts is taking a new look at how police officers should treat minors. In 2020, the commonwealth created an independent agency charged, in part, with creating minimum certification ...

Federal forecasters issued their first flood warning at 1:14 a.m. on July 4. Local officials haven’t shed light on when they ...

The landmark environmental bill, CEQA, has been credited with preventing irreversible damage to natural habitats. But it’s also provided an avenue for resistant neighbors to block new housing in urban ...

Under a state law enacted this year, individuals can face additional penalties if they’re caught wearing a face covering ...

Law enforcement officials say it’s not the boys in blue on patrol but rather city-run youth programs that are shifting the ...