San Antonio residents can check out Ikea-Best Buy retail fusion project

The Alamo Ranch store on the far West Side is the first in Texas to feature the cross-brand collaboration between the Swedish ...

California lawmakers found money for these pet projects even as they slashed the budget

Despite facing a $12 billion deficit this year, California’s Legislature still managed to spend at least $415 million for local projects to help lawmakers win their next elections. CalMatters ...
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Emails show Lamont considered signing Connecticut housing bill days before vetoing it

Lamont instructed an aise to draft a statement announcing his support for the legislation before ultimately vetoing it.

Michigan K-12 crisis: State slow to respond as kids miss school, scores fall

Michigan schools have the highest rate of chronic absenteeism in the Midwest, but the state doesn't have a plan to fix the ...

James Watson, co-discoverer of the double-helix shape of DNA, has died at age 97

Scientist James Watson, who shared a Nobel prize for helping discover the double-helix shape of the DNA molecule, has died.
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Seven Brilliant Projects Keeping New Orleans Safe from Stormwater

Terrebonne Basin Barrier Islands: Barrier islands often serve as first lines of defense in storms. Projects here have ...