MEDFORD, Ore. – A new survey of voters over 50 in two Oregon counties offers some hints about what kinds of changes communities may have to make to allow people to age comfortably and as independently as possible. Jackson and Josephine counties in southwest Oregon have some of the largest pe ...Read More

PHOENIX - Arizona's driving boom is over. A new report from the Arizona Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) Education Fund says total vehicle travel miles peaked in 2007. According to PIRG public interest advocate Serena Unrein, driving is likely to decline further because of demographic changes ...Read More

NEW YORK - New Yorkers with disabilities have cause for concern when it comes to possible future disasters and terrorism events, because the U.S. Justice Department says the city is in violation of federal law in failing to prepare. In a statement filed in the Southern District of New York, the Depa ...Read More

ELLSWORTH, Maine - Saving fish populations described as "at rock bottom;" helping kids learn how to grow vegetables in three-foot by five-foot gardens; and turning a vacant lot in the town of Biddeford into a public park and gathering place: just some of the wide-ranging work to come out of the Qual ...Read More

BOSTON - When the explosions went off that killed at least two and injured scores more along the route of the Boston Marathon Monday, Curt Gilmore was at a tent beyond the finish line helping give food and drink to exhausted runners. "So I was at that tent out on Boylston Street, with a straight vi ...Read More

HARTFORD, Conn. - Hospitals across New England were on alert Monday for victims of the Boston Marathon bombing, and local trauma officials say emergency preparedness now is part of the drill for all major events in the region. Sandra Carter Brown manages the Center for Emergency Medical Preparedne ...Read More

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – A field hearing of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs held in South Dakota last week focused on public transit needs, especially in rural areas. U.S. Sen. Tim Johnson of South Dakota chairs the committee, and was one of the sponsors of the "Mo ...Read More

OLYMPIA, Wash. - Legislation in Olympia would make it optional for state or local governments to pay up when they are sued for negligence in high-dollar cases. The bill says if a jury awards more than $1 million to an individual or $2 million to a group, the government entity can put off paying inde ...Read More