Girmay Zahilay is the first new executive of King County, Wash., in 16 years. His restructure of the executive office sprouted rumors he "fired everyone" — but Zahilay says he's just organizing his ...

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham says she regrets signing legislation providing “voluntary plans of safe care.” (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images/TNS) Americans are having a few regrets about their ...

While New York has ambitious climate mandates, deregulation and early infrastructure investments have allowed Texas to build renewable energy much faster.

After 24 hours of grinding floor debate, the Washington House approved an income tax on households earning more than $1 million per year.

Critical infrastructure that holds up the state’s foster care system is quietly collapsing, leaving children at risk. A well-meaning reform for sexual abuse survivors is contributing to the crisis.

A lot of cities have tried doing away with the fare box. Most of them have run into problems of one kind or another.

Corpus Christi leaders say a water emergency could arrive within months, with shortages potentially disrupting major industries and fuel distribution.

Proposed legislation would allow schools to check immigration status and potentially deny enrollment or charge tuition, ...

For the first time in the decade that homeless mortality has been tracked in Los Angeles County, fewer people have died on the streets and in shelters, the Department of Public Health reported Tuesday ...

A proposed statewide Domestic Workers Bill of Rights would cover housekeepers and other workers employed in private homes and give them access to wage, discrimination and enforcement protections.

Between 2023 and 2025, the city cleared encampments and quickly built new shelters. It reduced the unsheltered homeless ...

Officials from both parties have halted proposed warehouse conversions in several states, even as federal officials continue exploring a 1,500-detainee processing facility near Orlando.