Lawmakers are expanding criminal laws to target cargo theft, gift-card fraud and other schemes that have become increasingly ...

Denver Mayor Mike Johnston made reducing unsheltered homelessness a pillar of his campaign and his administration. Over two years, the unsheltered count went down 45 percent. Moving forward, the next ...

Georgia’s 2026 race for governor snapped into clearer focus after a late-October <i class="rte2-style-italic">Atlanta Journal-Constitution </i>poll of likely ...

Virginia job seekers now have a right to know what a position pays before applying online under a new state law aimed at ...

An aging network of century-old pipes is forcing the city to make difficult decisions about where limited replacement dollars ...

Both the states and the feds believe they need more control over the voting process. It’s a dispute that’s gone unresolved ...

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

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

State and local governments have more power than they realize to keep older adults out of nursing homes. The tools are in the ...

Thousands of new private schools have opened as public funding expands, but many states have chosen a hands-off approach to ...

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

In health and human services, transformation is often discussed as though it were primarily a technical challenge. The ...