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.

Over the past few months, gun laws in Illinois, New York and Minnesota have all been tossed out. Federal courts are more ...

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 ...

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Alan Greenblatt — Editor. He is the coauthor of a standard textbook on state and local governments. He previously worked as a reporter for NPR and CQ and has written about politics and culture ...

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

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 ...

During his first term, Trump met with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos during a technology roundtable at the White House. A top federal cybersecurity agency has drawn ...

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

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.