US construction spending surged in August, with significant increases in nonresidential projects like offices and power ...

Saratoga Springs in upstate New York was one of the top five cities.DenisTangneyJr/ WalletHub released a ranking of the best ...

Between 1880 and 1920, more than 20 million immigrants arrived in the United States. Economists have long debated how that wave shaped American growth, typically pointing out two channels: immigrants ...

OWELL — In the middle of Lowell’s commercial downtown, a nearly complete five-story apartment building is on the verge of becoming one small part of a solution to the state’s housing woes.

This issue brief provides an overview of the decennial census and discusses potential implications of the changes outlined in ...

Longtime high-speed rail supporter Robert Dylina of Merced explains how proposed changes in the plan could become a drain on residents there.

And that's a huge clue: A September 1922 trade publication reported that Norman was headlining the Majestic in Chicago and ...

A Trump administration proposal to block some immigrants from the 2030 census could shift congressional seats away from ...

Historians like me get a little particular about records and the continuity of how we collect and use them. Mark Twain, for ...

On Sept. 19, 1893, New Zealand enfranchised its female citizens, making it the first nation or territory to formally allow ...

The US Census is home to vast troves of sensitive data on nearly every person living in the country, which is used for apportioning and drawing congressional districts as well as allocating federal ...