Michigan ranks near the bottom in a recent U.S. News report on the best and worst among the 50 U.S. states.

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A new study of school resource officers by the ACLU of Iowa shows there are problems with their presence, and Bettendorf is ...

Tennessee rose to the 25th best state in the U.S. News & World Report's annual analysis, an improvement from 32nd in the ...

Population aging has become one of the most important areas where technological innovation and social responsibility meet.

The Mountain West has become one of the nation’s fastest-growing regions, but the latest labor market data show that neighboring states are taking different paths and seeing different outcomes.

This year, the top five best states overall were Utah, South Dakota, Minnesota, North Dakota and Nebraska. The bottom five ...

Dr. Rachel Noble of the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Institute of Marine Sciences and colleagues used technology ...

A ten-year study of residents of the city of São Paulo, Brazil, revealed that leisure-time physical activity is highly ...

This year, however, the top five best states overall are Utah, South Dakota, Minnesota, North Dakota, and Nebraska. As for the bottom five, Michigan, New Mexico, Mississippi, Alaska and Louisiana ...

A new US News study ranked Oregon as the 39th best state to live in overall. Oregon's lowest rankings were in the economy, ...