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Christina White is the Miami Dade County Elections Supervisor. She is pictured here during the recount following the 2018 midterm elections.

Number of Vote By Mail Ballots In Miami-Dade Is 'Historic,' Says Election Supervisor

As the state sinks deeper into the coronavirus pandemic, primary elections for Florida’s local and congressional races are just around the corner. That...

A poll worker in Austin, Texas, stamps a voter's 2020 ballot before dropping it into a secure box. Ahead of the state's March primary, local election officials in Texas are starting to deal with the effects of the new GOP-backed voting law.

Why Texas election officials are rejecting hundreds of vote-by-mail applications

Ahead of the March primary, local elections officials in Texas are starting to deal with the effects of a new GOP-backed voting law.

Authorities work the scene at the Apollo Theatre in Belvidere, Ill., after a severe storm hit during a heavy metal concert, killing one person and injuring 28.

Tornadoes kill at least 11 people across the Midwest and South

Unrelenting tornadoes that tore through parts of the South and Midwest shredded homes and shopping centers, and collapsed a theater roof during a heavy metal concert in Illinois.

Cape Coral bridge project raises concerns for residents, commuters

The Tri-Pro Forest Products facility in Orofino, Idaho, closed in October after operators said they didn't have a steady enough supply of logs to keep the sawmill running and profitable.

In Idaho Lumber Country, Trump Voters Wait To See If He Can Jumpstart Jobs

The state is a Republican stronghold, but even Idahoans have doubts on whether President-elect Donald Trump can help the timber industry recover after job cuts and a series of mill closures.

Students arrive for the first day of school at Sessums Elementary School in Hillsborough County, Fla., on Aug. 10. After thousands of students were put in isolation or quarantine, the district is revisiting its safety protocols, including its current mask-optional policy.

In Florida, Texas And Arizona, Defiant School Leaders Are Sticking With Mask Mandates

A legal tug of war is playing out in Texas, while Florida districts that enforce mask mandates could risk a state investigation and lost funding. Here's where the school masking battles stand.

Rescue workers and volunteers help to rescue residents of an apartment complex after it was inundated with water following Hurricane Harvey on Wednesday in Houston, Texas.

Harvey Weakens Over Louisiana As Houston Copes With Record Rainfall

The death tally left by the now-tropical depression rose Wednesday as recovery workers in Harris County were able to reach a white van that a rescued man had told them held several family members.

A leak at the reservoir of an old phosphate plant in Piney Point, Florida, as shown in an aerial photograph on April 3, has prompted evacuations, environmental concerns and threats of a full-fledged breach.

Crews Drain Florida Wastewater Pond As Leak Threatens To Unleash 'Catastrophic Flood'

Emergency crews are racing to drain millions of gallons of wastewater at Piney Point, an abandoned phosphate plant near Tampa Bay. A leak has prompted evacuation orders and environmental concerns.

Ryan Monroe is detained by Lee County Sheriff's Officers on Monday during a school board briefing at the School District of Lee County in Fort Myers. Monore was taken from the meeting for shouting, "Keep boys out the girls room." Monroe was among about 350 people attending the briefing that focused on the student code of conduct. The code includes a poster listing LGBTQ+ non-discriminatory policies including bathroom use. The poster has raised concerns among parents and non-parents about the inclusion of the protections or possible removal of them.

Hundreds Attend Lee School Board Briefing on LGBTQ Policies

Controversy continued Monday night over the Lee County School District’s student code of conduct, particularly as it pertains to non-discrimination policy concerning LGBTQ students. District staff recommend the removal of an Equality Florida poster from schools that spell out LGBTQ student rights.

"This will help a lot of single parents out there," Daisy Hohman, a Minnesota mother whose tax refunds were garnished after her three children were placed in foster care, says of the change in federal guidance.

The federal government will allow states to stop charging families for foster care

Following an NPR investigation, the Department of Health and Human Services issued guidance to state and county officials that lets them stop charging parents whose children are placed in foster care.

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