The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees convention in Los Angeles in 2024. (Carlin Stiehl for The Washington Post) City and county leaders across Virginia, from both parties, ...

ONAMIA, Minn. — Minnesota's rural hospitals are already facing dire financial hurdles, but now Onamia's only hospital says a new wrinkle means it could close in a matter of weeks. Mille Lacs Health ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Two Meijer stores in Michigan are piloting a new bottle return machine that can take and sort plastic and aluminum pop cans in just a few seconds. One of them is at their 54th St ...

SPOKANE, Wash. — Spokane's first "Light the World: Giving Machine" raised nearly $228,000 for seven nonprofits during the holiday season. The donation totals were announced today at an awards ceremony ...

Lindsay Cross (l) joins Gary Gibbons on MidPoint. Photo by Daria Mironova/WMNF. On March 25, Florida House Representative Lindsay Cross and Cheyenne Drews, Deputy Communications Director for Progress ...

Abstract: Aiming at the dynamic conflict and driving authority allocation problems in the human-automation shared steering control (SSC) system, this paper proposed a framework for decision-making and ...

NEW YORK (PIX11) — A TSA staffing shortage and a deadly plane crash at LaGuardia Airport have raised fresh questions about air traffic controller staffing as the partial government shutdown continues.

Nick Acker, the worker who was killed Nov. 8, 2025, at a postal facility in Allen Park. (Stephanie Jaszcz and family) ALLEN PARK, Mich. – During a House subcommittee hearing, Rep. Rashida Tlaib held ...

Virginia Democrats have sent a sweeping gun-control package to Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s desk, while West Virginia lawmakers are debating the opposite approach — a proposal that would allow residents ...

A new study backed by the real estate industry found that a proposed ballot question to implement rent control in Massachusetts could lower property values by 14% over a decade, costing homeowners ...

MADISON (WKOW) – A public hearing was held to discuss a bill which would require local approval for certain wind and solar projects before they can receive Public Service Commission approval. The ...