Pew Charitable Trusts

As police departments across the country equip their officers with body cameras, many are struggling to strike a balance between the public’s right to know and privacy protections.

Before the ruling, 34 percent of state and local governments allowed unmarried same-sex couples to receive health care benefits, while 28 percent did so for domestic partners of the opposite sex.

Population loss is a long-term trend in much of rural America, and it’s gotten more acute since 2010.

Some states have taken up legislation that would allow taxpayer-funded contractors that oversee state adoptions to refuse to let gay or lesbian individuals adopt children if it conflicts with the organization’s religious beliefs.

There are approximately 2,300 rural hospitals in the U.S., most of them concentrated in the Midwest and the South. For a variety of reasons, many of them are struggling to survive.

California, Alaska and Idaho were graded an F in 2014 and again in 2015. Not one of the three provides information on economic development subsidies.