Seven states have proposed property tax changes on the ballot for the upcoming midterm elections. Reporters, read this inform ...

Federal intervention, underserved voters, AI, how to approach voters at the polls and more from our webinar on covering the U ...

As protesters gathered earlier this year in Minneapolis and other U.S. cities in opposition to federal immigration policy, news organizations like 404 Media revealed the tools and tactics that federal ...

An earlier version of this article first appeared on Austin Kocher’s Substack. We’ve edited it for style and republished it with permission. Even while staying busy with my own research, I try to read ...

Part one in a five-part graphical series on sports betting since the Supreme Court in 2018 allowed states to legalize it.

When states take on debt, it’s usually for large infrastructure projects that may benefit multiple generations — for example, replacing bridges, building hospitals, or expanding highways and transit ...

The Trump administration’s efforts to influence U.S. medical practice have drawn new attention to the United States Preventive Services Task Force. Little known by the public, the USPSTF plays an ...

Within hours after taking office on Jan. 20, 2025, President Donald Trump revoked a policy that protected designated areas such as schools, places of worship, hospitals, health clinics and doctors’ ...

The two-part series, “Right to Remain Secret,” won the 2025 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting on April 3. Katey Rusch and Casey Smith were students in the University of California, ...

Newsroom leaders have heralded artificial intelligence tools as having the potential to remake journalism — for example, by allowing journalists to spend less time on mundane tasks, such as scouring ...

A recent systematic review and meta-analysis of dozens of studies suggests that more exposure to fluoride may be linked to lower intelligence scores in children, adding to the ongoing debates over ...

Young voters have been a major voting bloc since 1971, when the U.S. lowered the federal voting age from 21 to 18. Today, they are one of America’s largest voting blocs — about 50 million people aged ...