California is poised to elect its first Latino governor in more than 150 years, while the tenor of Democratic politics in the ...

New enforcement provisions allow the city to pursue civil lawsuits against employers who fail to pay workers what they're ...

In a city without traditional zoning, communities founded by formerly enslaved people are struggling to preserve their ...

A November ballot measure could significantly reduce funding for fire districts that rely on property taxes to pay for ...

Local governments say they’re only seeking damages for harms, a fairly normal kind of lawsuit. The oil companies say the ...

We pay too much attention to advancing the technology and regulating it. The urgent need for government is to build the ...

This article is part of Governing’s Inside Politics newsletter. Sign up to subscribe. Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek found herself in an unusual position last month, asking her fellow Democrats in the state ...

DALLAS — Last year, Fort Worth gained a new distinction as Texas’ fourth city with more than 1 million people. While other major Texas cities grew at a slower clip or struggled to regain residents it ...

Taylor Rehmet greets a supporter at his Senate District 9 runoff watch party at Nickel City in Fort Worth, Texas, on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. Texas’s first major election of 2026 saw Democrat Taylor ...

A proposed law would require independent testing of powerful AI models for catastrophic<br/>risks, even as the White House ...

A proposed constitutional amendment would establish an investment fund designed to eventually cover the cost of state ...

A new state program will provide qualifying buyers with loans equal to 5 percent of their mortgages, forgiven after five ...