Until 2023, courts were following an outdated standard that seriously overestimated how many cases a public defender could handle in a year. Since new recommendations published two years ago, many ...

Public concern over misuse of taxpayer dollars is reshaping the state's political debate and putting renewed focus on ...

Fewer births mean fewer students. Now is the time for policymakers to take steps to mitigate the impact and better support ...

A new stream of leftist candidates for local office is vowing to lower the cost of living for everyone. How much runway will ...

America’s lead over China in the AI race is now at the mercy of zoning boards. Three structural fixes would convert most ...

New York and California both recently amended their signature cap-and-invest programs to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, ...

Artificial intelligence is reshaping campaigns at every level of government while emerging as a defining issue for candidates ...

Districts will have to meet new academic, teacher pay and student support standards before shortening the school week.

The longtime college aid program is expanding to cover short-term vocational and technical training. To realize its full ...

Today's crises are consuming HHS leaders' attention. A new HHS 2030 series explores how states can turn constant disruption ...

States are responding to federal dysfunction by designing their own fragmented policies. America needs one federal ...

A Massachusetts district is experimenting with universal eighth-grade algebra, raising fresh questions about access, ...