The city of Conroe is asking voters to consider changing how City Hall operates. It includes lowering the salaries of the ...

WASHINGTON, DC - With a government shutdown looming, we can start to assess what the economic impact might be (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images) With a government shutdown potentially starting on ...

The federal government is currently shut down. The NPR Network is following the ways the government shutdown is affecting ...

Democratic Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers sued the state's Republican-controlled Legislature on Tuesday. Evers accused lawmakers of obstructing basic functions of government, taking particular issue with ...

"Donald Trump will be a tyrant!" So my neighbors claim. I live in Manhattan. Feel for me. Yes, Trump says wild things, like riffing about "terminating" parts of the U.S. Constitution. But I don't ...

The somewhat simplified diagrams in social studies textbooks and the catchy tunes of “Schoolhouse Rock!” have taught us a rudimentary idea of what society looks like and how government fits into that.

The U.S. government shut down early Wednesday morning after Congress failed to pass a funding bill. Here’s what it means for ...

Taken from Thursday’s edition of KIRO Radio’s Dori Monson Show. Mayor Ed Murray wants nearly $1 billion for one of the most expensive levies in Seattle’s history. And now Murray is saying the proposed ...