ST. PAUL, Minn. - Most Americans have a hard time understanding even basic health information, according to the U.S. Department of Education. To help with that, more than 40 Minnesota health groups have put together a new health literacy plan. The idea is to help people make better health decisions, ...Read More

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio's three juvenile prisons are among the oldest in the nation, and there is a new push to shutter them along with facilities in 28 other states. A new national campaign calling for the closures, Youth First, released a poll Thursday showing that about 77 percent of Americans fav ...Read More

INDIANAPOLIS - Voting is on the minds of a lot of Hoosiers because of the upcoming presidential race and all the attention it's getting, but an advocacy group says there are some people who may not be able to cast a ballot. According to a law that has been on the books for years in Indiana, people ...Read More

AUGUSTA, Maine - Supporters of a ballot initiative to legalize the recreational use of marijuana are busy building their legal challenge to the Secretary of State's finding that their drive fell 10,000 signatures short. David Boyer, who leads the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol, said te ...Read More

DENVER - A task force including business and energy leaders along with conservation groups is pushing a strategy to combat wildlife habitat loss and species decline. The blue-ribbon panel's recommendations include tapping $1.3 billion in royalties from energy production on public lands to protect no ...Read More

LANSING, Mich. - Presidential candidates are highlighting troubles in Detroit and Flint, but some policy experts say state government needs to step up to addresses problems plaguing all of Michigan's communities. The Michigan League for Public Policy's chief executive, Gilda Jacobs, said she's plea ...Read More

PIERRE, S.D. - Access to good hunting, fishing and hiking lands has been shrinking for some sportsmen in recent years, and one conservation group is calling on Congress to take action. Last December, lawmakers laid out a budget plan that earned praise from conservationists for increasing dollars fo ...Read More

NEW YORK - Environmental groups on both sides of the Great Lakes want the U.S. and Canadian governments to monitor radioactive material in the water. The Great Lakes Basin is home to dozens of nuclear sites including power stations, fuel-processing facilities and uranium mines. But despite repeated ...Read More