Small Missouri town becomes new center of U.S. population
Plato, Missouri, population 109, is the new geographic center of the population of the United States. Special coverage: Census in America U.S. Census Bureau Director Robert Groves congratulated the...
View ArticleNew York, San Diego no longer have white majorities
New census data confirm that some major metropolitan areas flipped from majority white to majority populations of minorities during the past decade. White people are now in the minority in 46 of the...
View ArticleWant an easier commute? Try Great Falls, Montana
Here’s an honor to add to the welcome sign in town: Great Falls, Montana, home to the United States’ shortest commute. At just 14.2 minutes, the average commute in Montana’s third-largest city is...
View ArticleGeorgia Democrats propose limitations on vasectomies for men
As members of Georgia’s House of Representatives debate whether to prohibit abortions for women more than 20 weeks pregnant, House Democrats introduced their own reproductive rights plan: No more...
View ArticleThe latest legislative tool: Satire
For the very serious business of making serious laws for states with legitimately serious problems, there’s an unexpected streak of comedic wackiness running through governmental chambers. Consider a...
View ArticleDid Trayvon Martin's shooter use a racial slur?
As outrage over the killing of a Florida teenager continues to spread online, social media and news outlets are debating whether the shooter uttered a racial epithet in one of his 911 calls. And if so,...
View ArticleBoston bombing suspect could be informed of charges today
Federal officials hope to inform Dzhokhar Tsarnaev of charges as early as today, a Department of Justice official tells CNN's Pamela Brown. The 19-year-old suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing...
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