FLINT, Mich. -- Volunteers with AARP Michigan are going the extra mile to help Flint residents impacted by the city's water crisis. As work continues to replace lead service lines between streets and homes, dozens of volunteers are going door-to-door, getting consent forms signed to help expedite th ...Read More

BOSTON -- When voters go to the polls Tuesday to decide the fate of Question Two, a Boston City Councilor says the financial implications reach far beyond education - the entire city budget is at risk. Education Committee Chair Tito Jackson based his assessment on a report from the Boston CFO whic ...Read More

BOSTON -- A court will decide Monday whether three Bay Staters will get to cast a ballot on Election Day. It's part of a bigger challenge to the Commonwealth's 20-day voter registration cutoff law. Legislative counsel Gavie Wolfe with the ACLU of Massachusetts said the courts take voting rights ver ...Read More

LEADVILLE, CO – A school district in rural Colorado is shifting its approach to student discipline in an effort to keep more kids in school and out of trouble - part of a growing trend away from '90s-era zero-tolerance policies that fed a rise in what's been called the school-to-prison pipelin ...Read More

MINNEAPOLIS – There's an effort under way in Minnesota to make sure parents and child care providers know how to safely put infants to sleep. Cory Woosley, a professional development director with Child Care Aware of Minnesota, explains her job is to make sure every child care provider acros ...Read More

HARRISBURG, Pa. – Medicare's annual open enrollment period is under way, a time for recipients to look at their options for medical and prescription drug plan coverage for the coming year. Pennsylvanians on Medicare have until Dec. 7 to decide to keep their current coverage or make changes. ...Read More

DES MOINES, Iowa – Rules that would help protect farmers and ranchers in Iowa and elsewhere are awaiting a final sign-off from the White House. The U.S. Department of Agriculture submitted the Farmer Fair Practices Rules to the Office of Management and Budget a couple of weeks ago, a move ha ...Read More

CHARLESTON, W.V. -- A bill to save the pensions and healthcare of thousands of retired miners and their dependents is stuck in the Senate - in spite of pro-coal election talk by Senate leaders. Senators Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito back the Miners' Protection Act, but Senate Majority Leade ...Read More