Driven by rising poverty and inadequate retirement income, older people are increasingly turning to employment, with labor ...

Cuts in funding don’t change counties’ obligations to their residents. They will have to figure out how to raise new revenue, ...

Water system experts say current treatment methods are effective at getting PFAS out of drinking water — but that the price ...

In 2025, lawmakers in 25 states have introduced 67 bills ranging from licensing and insurance to testing mandates as ...

Statewide filings rose 12 percent in July, with the Las Vegas metro placing third nationally in foreclosure rates.

A wave of downtown streetcars took to the streets in recent years to spur economic development. Many are struggling to prove ...

After waters peaked at 16.65 feet, newly installed HESCO barriers and early alerts spared schools, homes and businesses from ...

In 2024, public libraries and schools saw attempts to ban more than 5,800 titles. Now, California cities are providing direct online access to banned and challenged books.

Here are three of the latest takeaways from the agency’s efforts to rid the state of what it calls “egregious” government waste.

The bill, requested by Trump, is designed to boost GOP control in 2026 but faces stalled action in the House due to a quorum ...

With killings down by more than half from the 2021 peak, officials say progress is real but fragile, and deep-seated social ...

The closure of the department’s DEI office and cuts to federal diversity programs could stall hiring progress for years.