Board President Jake Lauritsen said the tax rate decrease will come at a good time for many residents, although the park district's levy is only about 9% of a property owner's tax bill.

Just over a decade ago, the U.S. Supreme Court ordered that every state must offer marriage licenses to homosexual couples.

Ameren also seeks to build its first large lithium-ion battery facility on the Jefferson County site of its former coal-fired Rush Island Energy Center.

Democrat James Gailliard, a Rocky Mount pastor and former state lawmaker, hopes to win the seat held by state Sen. Lisa Stone Barnes, a Nash County Republican from a prominent farming family.

North Dakota’s inaugural civics bee challenged middle school students with difficult questions as it aimed to promote greater ...

A South Carolina beach town once nicknamed “Dirty Myrtle” because of its rowdy nightclubs and strip joints has become a magnet for retirees in a nation that continues to age.