Cities are turning to artificial intelligence to streamline permitting and cut lengthy approval times, testing whether new ...

DaRon McGee, left, looks on as Jackson County Executive Phil LeVota addresses the crowd on hand at the historic Truman ...

The new director of the National Governors Association is emphasizing bipartisanship and civility at a time of growing ...

Nearly 53,000 families have applied as the state expands access to free preschool, part of a broader effort to make pre-K ...

Concerns about environmental impacts from data centers have dovetailed with a broader backlash to AI. Dozens of jurisdictions ...

By hitting struggling property owners with additional taxes, cities are penalizing them for vacancies that their own policies ...

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

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

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

Xeriscaping with native plants and no turfgrass in these Roseville, Calif., yards reduces their water needs. California is among states that now require HOAs to accommodate drought-resistant ...

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 ...