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

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

Each year, cities spend millions fighting and settling lawsuits involving alleged police misconduct, injuries on public property and a range of other legal challenges. To approximate the fiscal impact ...

New restrictions will dramatically shrink the number of vaping products legally available, creating a potential test case for ...

The governor made faster permitting and major investment central to his argument that government can get things done. Growing ...

A new consumer protection law prevents merchants from adding debit card surcharges, but businesses still have to pay banks ...

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

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

New York City and the MTA are studying a possible thermal energy network in Lower Manhattan, hoping to capture excess heat ...

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

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

In too many places it costs more to build than market-rate homes. Colorado is an exception, thanks to an array of policies ...