As more colleges shut down, communities are looking to convert their campuses into housing. Zoning, costs and neighborhood opposition can make that harder than it sounds.

With new billions coming from a social media giant, states have an opportunity to get the spending — and the accountability — right. That hasn’t always been the outcome.

Ann Arbor, Mich., teachers and supporters rally for better pay on Wednesday at a meeting of the local board of education. One in eight teaching positions in American schools — more than 400,000 — are ...

A new state program reimburses local jails for housing and treating people with mental illness while they wait months for a ...

An estimated $2 billion in federal funding has been disrupted, affecting programs ranging from disaster preparedness to ...

Autonomous vehicles could travel predetermined downtown routes and transmit live video to officers monitoring the streets remotely.

Police are deploying the technology faster than anyone is governing it. Here’s a framework that addresses both safety and ...

Republicans are on the defensive going into the 2026 midterms, when 36 gubernatorial seats are up for grabs. But it’s not all ...

Robert Santos, director of the United States Census Bureau from 2022 to 2025, talks to Governing about the consequences of ...

We’ve tried a lot of schemes to get more homes built, without much success. Is there a better way? Two scholars have some ...

Proposed federal rules could make funding less predictable and force local governments to reconsider which opportunities are ...

States are tightening protections as attacks increase, but local utilities face mounting costs to secure critical ...