Senate Democrats rolled out a $325.1M 'Mass Wins' package that pairs duplex zoning with AI safety rules and funding for defense and public research.

A 2022 federal complaint about Hartford firehouse culture has re-emerged as Mayor Frey’s nominee for Minneapolis fire chief heads to a council confirmation hearing. The suit doesn't name the nominee, but councilors say they'll press for answers.

A state audit found missing reconciliations, misapplied donations and billing errors at Central State University; Ohio tied $29 million in repairs to state oversight.

Dallas’ employee health plan is facing about a $17M shortfall as GLP‑1 prescriptions and a handful of very large claims push pharmacy spending higher. City managers are weighing surcharges and other cuts while trying to preserve diabetes care coverage.

A DACA recipient who attended Noah Kahan at Fenway was detained at Logan and is now being held at ICE’s Burlington facility; lawyers filed a habeas and a judge blocked her transfer.

The Ohio Controlling Board approved a $4 million, one-year renewal with Case Western Reserve to operate the state's Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health Center of Excellence, keeping OhioRISE-linked training and evaluation funded through June 2027.

A firefighter-backed parcel tax failed to qualify after tens of thousands of signatures were checked and thousands were tossed, leaving Long Beach to confront a projected $61.3M shortfall.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani named Annel Hernandez the city’s first public utility advocate to fight rising energy bills and deepen community input on rate cases. The role will track state utility proceedings and push enrollment in affordability programs.

President Trump will stop at Wheeler High School in Marietta next Wednesday to highlight Trump Accounts, the new federal program seeding children’s accounts with $1,000.

Brunswick's push to opt out of Medina County's flow-control rule has put the county's solid-waste plan at risk and could shift about $680,000 in costs.

Rep. Mike Lawler told Nanuet seniors he pleaded to a DWAI after a 2012 arrest and said 'I let my dad down.' He said the episode followed news his father’s cancer had spread.

Clerks across Michigan have begun public logic‑and‑accuracy tests of voting machines ahead of the Aug. 4 primary. Tests are open to observers and run before early voting starts.

The Education Department has opened directed investigations into three Georgia school systems over how they handle staff sexual‑misconduct allegations. The move follows a national review aimed at stopping districts from quietly reassigning accused employees.