COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - South Carolina lawmakers are considering a bill that would end the practice of giving students minimum grades, a policy critics say artificially boosts achievement data. Under ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Los opositores a la redistribución en Florida dicen que su estrategia es impugnar la legalidad de trazar nuevos mapas, en lugar de ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson is urging lawmakers to strengthen penalties for crimes involving child sexual abuse material, arguing that tougher mandatory ...

Los opositores a la redistribución en Florida dicen que su estrategia es impugnar la legalidad de trazar nuevos mapas, en lugar de negociar para intentar mitigar lo que ven como un daño potencial a ...

The way I understand it, supporters of minimum grade policies are not arguing for “free points,” but for keeping students engaged in learning rather than shutting the door on them after a single ...

Republicans on a House panel advanced a bill Thursday that would mandate a 20-year prison sentence for people convicted of multiple specific crimes. Iowa’s current habitual offender law has stackable ...

Illinois, along with 17 other states, is opposing the proposed ending of nursing home minimum staffing standards by the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. CMS recently proposed ...

New Bedford is considering reducing the minimum number of parking spaces required for housing. Residents on some streets say reducing minimum parking requirements will cause parked cars to spill over ...

A new bill proposed by Democrats in the Virginia state legislature is raising concerns regarding the removal of minimum prison sentences for various violent felony crimes. Within days of Democratic ...

A sweeping criminal justice proposal moving through Virginia’s Democratic-led legislature is sparking sharp debate over whether the state should loosen long-standing sentencing requirements for ...

While the statewide hourly minimum wage increased by 40 cents with the start of the new year, several California cities set local minimums even higher to help workers keep pace with inflation. Fresno ...

New Bedford is considering reducing parking minimums for new developments to encourage more housing and increase the tax base. The proposed change would lower the requirement from two parking spots to ...