Independent redistricting and the state’s top-two primary were designed to curb partisan influence. In today’s more polarized ...

Oregon is among a growing number of states tightening oversight of healthcare deals. New research suggests those laws are ...

When natural disasters hit rural areas, outside help can be slow to arrive, leaving state and local governments to tackle it ...

This year, control of the U.S. Senate could well run through the school boards, but with the politics of the last six years ...

As a new study shows, public works projects built by union labor deliver superior workforce supply, productivity and safety ...

Traditional hazard plans remain important, but states and localities are adopting broader strategies that coordinate agencies, funding and investments before disasters strike.

There have been some promising reforms to occupational licensing, but too many states still erect barriers that don’t reflect ...

Mona Miyasato has been the Santa Barbara County executive officer, the top unelected official, since 2013. She’s retiring ...

Healthcare providers in Texas say the Rural Health Transformation Program provides much-needed funding. But they worry about ...

Nearly 15 years after the state began reforming school discipline, suspensions are down but emergency removals have more than ...

Eighteen months after the Eaton and Palisades fires, survivors are running out of resources and far short of what they will ...

Bay Area researchers found that gardens created to capture stormwater can do more than reduce flooding and manage water flow.