The state’s first need-based scholarship will help low-income students pay for college, but its $3,000 maximum award leaves a ...

Some cities cover the full cost of replacing lead service lines, while other homeowners face thousands of dollars in bills as the state works toward a 2037 federal deadline.

Public school employees can get help with down payments and closing costs as the state looks to make homeownership more attainable and keep educators in their communities.

States have long tried to tamp down on speed traps and other operations where local law enforcement raise revenue via heavy use of citations.

We distrusted experts when they seemed dictatorial during the pandemic. Maybe something like that is happening again.

More than 100 new public pre-K classrooms have opened, but closures and cutbacks among private providers have left the state with fewer preschool seats overall.

New technology can identify vehicles exceeding local noise limits and lead to fines, giving municipalities another automated ...

Louisiana and a growing number of states are putting federal dollars behind young technology companies in search of new ways to improve rural care.

Public transit agencies are seeking support from the public this fall. A loss at the ballot could mean catastrophe for some.

As incarceration decreased in recent decades, rural prisons began closing. Now ICE detainees are filling prison beds again.

States and the federal government are clashing over whether the markets’ event contracts amount to unregulated gambling.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, posting on X in defense of the lone holdout juror in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial, whose refusal to vote not guilty prevented a unanimous acquittal and triggered a ...