As states and cities navigated crisis, reform and political change, these were the stories readers turned to most in 2025 — from emergency management and public safety to housing, transit and federal ...

Utility bills are up by double-digit figures across much of the country and, increasingly, people can’t keep up. A quarter of U.S. households have been unable to pay their utility bill in full at ...

Updating property assessments often causes headaches for political leaders, especially in areas with rapid increases in home ...

The new law will boost funding and restructure oversight of Chicago-area transit agencies as federal pandemic aid expires.

A new state audit finds vacancy rates above 30 percent despite hundreds of millions spent on salaries, bonuses and contract ...

The order calls for suing and denying grants to states with “onerous and excessive” artificial intelligence regulations, and ...

Some non-elite downtowns are seeing positive signs. Detroit of all places is doing well, with a major new office tower about ...

The governor’s plan will require expansion beneficiaries to work 80 hours a month or be enrolled in school half time to ...

Workers can access up to 20 weeks of combined leave, funded through a new payroll tax shared by employers and employees.

Improved reserves and investor confidence mask long-term challenges tied to pensions and constrained revenue growth.

Utilities are spending billions to modernize transmission for renewables, manufacturing and data centers with costs passed on ...

Betty Ann Hurdle spent 54 years on the Hawaiian homelands waitlist before finally receiving an award in March for property in ...