The Smokehouse Creek Fire began on Feb. 26 and grew to become the largest wildfire in state history. The wildfire burned across several counties in the Texas Panhandle, killed at least two people and ...
Portland Public Schools will no longer send students with disabilities to schools outside of their neighborhoods, except those with the most profound needs, in an attempt to transform special ...
Bill Callahan, Ocean Casino’s general manager, regarding the eroding beaches of Atlantic City, N.J., after weeks of winter storms. Three of the city’s northernmost casinos, Ocean Casino Resort, ...
In a Sacramento, Calif., office building, university students carefully scan pieces of paper that underpin California’s most contentious and valuable water disputes. One by one, they’re bringing ...
For 99 years, Kansas has taxed motorists at the fuel pump to pay for the state's highways and bridges. But with electric vehicles on the rise and fuel-efficient models replacing their gas-guzzling ...
It’s hard to see recent moves by Georgia’s lieutenant governor as anything more than a Republican strategy to win some ...
Kaela Berg, a single mother and flight attendant without a college degree, is one of the few state lawmakers across the ...
Deaths from drug overdoses remain at historic highs, largely due to intentional and unintentional use of fentanyl. As many as ...
Wetland forests such as this one in Oregon can store as much or more carbon as old-growth forests. Preserving, or restoring, them is an essential strategy for reducing carbon levels in the atmosphere.
Although population losses have slowed in most major cities, they haven't stopped. New York has lost nearly a half-million ...
GOP state lawmakers have often opposed new spending and infrastructure for public transit. The reasons have as much to do ...
Today’s interest rates may tempt public financiers to try to play the spread between tax-exempt and taxable bond yields. That ...