CONCORD, N.H. – Since they first walked the planet, humans have buried or burned their dead. Now a new option is generating interest: dissolving bodies in lye and flushing the brownish, syrupy residue ...

MARTINEZ — Claiming the county can administer the Pittsburg Health Clinic more cheaply and efficiently, Contra Costa County supervisors have started the process to dissolve the Los Medanos Community ...

COMPTON (CBSLA) – Los Angeles County officials have begun the process of dissolving the small but embattled Sativa Water District following months of protest from customers regarding discolored water.

Corrected: A previous version of this story incorrectly described the history of district consolidation efforts in Wisconsin. In the 1940s and 1950s, Wisconsin consolidated some 5,000 school districts ...