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Nebraska’s highest court ruled against top state officials as it upheld a law providing felons with a path to register to vote after completing their sentences.

Eleven of 12 former public school employees in Atlanta were found guilty Wednesday in one of the biggest cheating scandals in American education.

One in four rural households report being unable to get medical care for serious problems, due to the pandemic, according to a new poll from NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Harvard.

Before the coronavirus pandemic, Ryan Bandy would post photos on social media of patrons packing his bars in Springfield. “That was my proudest moments,...

Booksellers often talk about discoverability — the ability to help readers find books publishers want them to buy. And increasingly, celebrity book clubs are a way to get books into readers' hands.

The Illinois House has endorsed a partial spending plan that frees up $1.9 billion for local governments, but also adds money for public safety in a…

Peoria's public television station must await the completion of an independent audit by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting's inspector general before a decision is made on WTVP's annual funding request.

Mississippi is a much-changed place since civil rights pioneer Medgar Evers was murdered there 40 years ago this week. The civil rights leader refused to leave the state he loved. He believed conditions would improve. And now his state leads the nation in the number of black elected officials. NPR's Melanies Peoples reports from the county where Evers grew up.

Two former presidents of the Southern Baptist Convention work to foster racial reconciliation with frank dialogues in southern cities that were involved in the U.S. slave trade.

A Bloomington High School Spanish teacher has been arrested for the stabbing death of her husband during a weekend camping trip. According to Woodford…