As governor, Carter completely reorganized the state government and helped bring Black officials into positions of power. All that came after a run for the office rooted in race-baiting.

Panhandle businessman Alex Fairly, the father of an incoming state representative, was already a major GOP donor. Now he's ...

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 ...

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

More than two years after the U.S. Supreme Court fundamentally expanded its interpretation of the Second Amendment, federal ...

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 ...

This is a nation in need of de-escalation training. Bad behavior has been normalized to the point that some people are ...

Richmond, Va., has managed to cut its poverty rate by 36 percent. Many things broke right for the city, but a pair of mayors stuck with a longterm plan to make it happen.

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

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

Republicans gained a tie in the Minnesota House in November, ending the Democrats' trifecta and halting their heavily progressive agenda.