A new report shows housing costs increasingly out of reach for Houstonians. Black homeownership shrank by the biggest margin ...

English proficiency isn’t a given in American cities. New York has created an interactive tool to pinpoint language access ...

A dramatic turning point for states and localities, it altered the way they are run, from improving regional cooperation to ...

Until 2023, courts were following an outdated standard that seriously overestimated how many cases a public defender could handle in a year.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 ...

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

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

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

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

Most of us know a fair amount about the state we live in. Many of us have a bit of knowledge about the other 49. But when it ...

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

The state has extended a program credited with filling 60,000 government jobs, but New York City is choosing a different ...