Indiana education officials released new statewide ILEARN results on Wednesday, July 17, 2024. The data showed slight gains in English and decreased improvement in math. (Getty Images) New state standardized…
Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts speaks to reporters at the organization’s all-day Policy Fest at the Bradley Symphony Center in downtown Milwaukee, just blocks from the Republican National Convention, on…
An irrigation pivot sits in a crop of canola near Echo. About 85% of all the water diverted from rivers, streams and aquifers in Oregon is used for irrigated agriculture.…
Spawning chum salmon swim in 1990 in Kitoi Bay near Kodiak. A newly released task force report says research should be conducted in a holistic way that considers the complete…
O Lot Safe Sleeping site tents at Balboa Park in San Diego on March 22, 2024. Photo by Kristian Carreon for CalMatters In 2021, responding to reports that the state’s…
Workers at the Washoe County Registrar of Voters counting early ballots in 2020. The process was live-streamed online. (Screengrab via YouTube) Policy, politics and progressive commentary Two of the three…
U.S. House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, a Minnesota Republican, speaks during the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Tuesday, July 16, 2024. (Jennifer Shutt | States Newsroom) MILWAUKEE –…
U.S. House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, a Minnesota Republican, speaks during the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Tuesday, July 16, 2024. (Photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom) MILWAUKEE —…
In summary The Supreme Court’s decision on homelessness will test a shelter system that’s full of problems – and lacking accountability. Now that the Supreme Court has granted cities more…
A Longwood, Fla., woman holds some of the daily prescription medications she needs. Eleven states have created public boards to lower the cost of prescription medications, and more than a…