Georgia teachers and state employees will get pay raises as state budget passes
ATLANTA — Pay raises for Georgia’s public school teachers and state employees were never…
Ex-Caltrain employee and contractor charged with building secret homes with public funds
SAN FRANCISCO — A former employee of Caltrain, a mass transit system that connects Silicon…
Baltimore bridge collapse puts the highly specialized role of ship's pilot under the spotlight
The expert pilots who navigate massive ships in and out of Baltimore’s port must often…
Biden administration restores threatened species protections dropped by Trump
BILLINGS, Mont. — The Biden administration on Thursday restored rules to protect imperiled…
Mississippi Senate passes trimmed Medicaid expansion and sends bill back to the House
JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi lawmakers will try to negotiate on expanding Medicaid in one of…
California proposal would change how power bills are calculated, aiming to relieve summer spikes
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — It’s become a rite of summer in sunny California: When the…
As Kansas nears gender care ban, students push university to advocate for trans youth
LAWRENCE, Kan. — With Kansas poised to ban gender-affirming care for minors, college students…
US changes how it categorizes people by race and ethnicity. It's the first revision in 27 years
ORLANDO, Fla. — For the first time in 27 years, the U.S. government is changing how it…
Georgia lawmakers approve private water utility bypassing county to serve homes near Hyundai plant
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Georgia lawmakers gave final passage Thursday to a change in state law that…