Economists say a tax on California's wealthiest residents could be the only way to pay for needed healthcare services in the ...

It’s the question that changes lives in an instant, and now getting engaged is becoming a bigger deal than the wedding itself ...

The upshot is that policymaking that occurs in the heat of public panic is precisely when we ought to slow down, rely on evidence, and avoid enacting laws that will actually do more harm than good. It ...

To be clear — as someone who suffered from mental health issues as a child, I am not at all opposed to the motivations of ...

Some moments deserve a big stage, but all on a budget. For football fans ready to propose, a few NFL stadiums offer that once-in-a-lifetime setting without the high price tag. Big games bring big ...

With a budget gap of more than $1.2 billion and a potential city government shutdown approaching, a group of Chicago alders on Thursday promoted their alternative budget plan.

Residents of a rural Ottawa County community are up in arms against a proposed solar farm that could take up 1,100 acres, but ...

A similar 1-cent increase was narrowly rejected by voters last year. Organizers this time around have a few ways they hope to avoid that fate.

The idea came to Moylan on a rainy day in April 1986 when he hopped in one of Ford's employee fleet cars to drive to a ...

Social Security is a popular but expensive program. With the trust fund facing depletion in just a few years, experts have suggested different ways to cut costs and make the program more sustainable, ...

At the Lexington Ave.-59th St. subway station, commuters pass a colorful artwork by Elizabeth Murray bearing this W.B. Yeats ...