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 ...

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

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

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

When natural disasters hit rural areas, outside help can be slow to arrive, leaving state and local governments to tackle it ...

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 ...

This year, control of the U.S. Senate could well run through the school boards, but with the politics of the last six years ...

As a new study shows, public works projects built by union labor deliver superior workforce supply, productivity and safety ...

More municipalities are relying entirely on state troopers for law enforcement, raising questions about whether Pennsylvania ...

There have been some promising reforms to occupational licensing, but too many states still erect barriers that don’t reflect ...

Mona Miyasato has been the Santa Barbara County executive officer, the top unelected official, since 2013. She’s retiring ...