As the city's economy rebounds, the mayor says expanding housing and lowering costs are critical to ensuring growth benefits ...

The Trump administration says states can fill the gap left by weaker federal habitat protections, but wildlife officials say ...

New homes under construction in Las Vegas. There are more homes on the market than buyers, a report on the state of housing in the U.S. finds. Like other “wicked” problems, housing is hard to solve ...

On the Oregon/Idaho border, rural Americans’ access to care depends on which side of the river they happen to live.

Oklahoma’s governor announced that the state will no longer divert Social Security survivor benefits from children in the state’s foster care system. Gov. Kevin Stitt said Oklahoma will no longer use ...

As the historic federal funding provided under the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act begins to taper off, state and local governments—which own or operate most of the nation’s public roads, ...

Fear, not facts, is driving juvenile justice policy. Reactive, overly punitive policies mire too many young people in the ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom's four-day in-office mandate puts California among the most aggressive states as governments continue to ...

Allowing incarcerated people to get enough sleep can improve emotional regulation and reduce the risk of violence, a new ...

For local governments, calculating the cumulative costs of slavery, segregation and denial of opportunity is more than an ...

As logistics centers expand near homes and schools, Illinois is among the states exploring new ways to curb the truck emissions they generate.

State incentives and industry investment are fueling a semiconductor boom that officials hope will secure Texas' place at the ...