The Guttmacher Institute says in a new recommendation that the benefit of mandated and detailed data collection is no longer ...

The News-Democrat has contacted candidates in township races in the April 1 election in St. Clair and Madison counties and asked them to complete a detailed questionnaire.

Abortion rights and the influence of donations from billionaires Elon Musk and George Soros took center stage in a sometimes testy debate Wednesday between candidates for the Wisconsin Supreme Court ...

After Syria’s longtime autocratic ruler was toppled late last year, the man who ...

State Rep. David Thomas, a Republican who represents parts of Trumbull and Ashtabula counties, introduced his fifth bill in the Ohio House to change the structure of the state’s property tax system.

Immigrants kept the largest urban counties in the U.S. growing last year. Core counties in the Houston, Miami and Phoenix metropolitan areas grew more than any others in the country primarily ...

While Illinois’ total population grew slightly last year, many areas of the state experienced population decline. People ...

Concern about the funds is growing now that staffing at the agency has been cut by nearly 50% — from 4,133 to 2,183.

The union representing teachers outside of Chicago says President Donald Trump administration’s cuts to the U.S. Department ...

Steel and aluminum are ubiquitous in Americans’ lives. A stainless steel refrigerator holds aluminum soda cans. A stainless steel drum tumbles inside an aluminum washing machine. They’re the metals ...

The grant was used to help disadvantaged farmers get up and running while providing foods to vulnerable populations.

The U.S. Department of Education is cutting nearly half its workforce. WNIJ education reporter Peter Medlin spoke with the Al Llorens, president of the Illinois Education Association, the state's ...