State law requires the Department of Labor and Industries to adjust the minimum wage annually for inflation. It does so by ...

All six governors are backing a regional nuclear strategy as rising electricity demand pushes states with very different ...

A new study from the Brookings Institution finds that state and local government workers’ wages, job stability, and overall ...

State measures offer different approaches to the housing crisis, from building more homes to funding affordable housing and ...

The nation’s largest state journalism relief effort will provide tax credits for retaining and hiring reporters as local newsrooms continue to shrink.

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 ...

About 60 percent of homeowners 65 and older have no school property tax bill, thanks to exemptions that leave other taxpayers ...

Some large private employers are rediscovering them as supplements to their 401(k) plans. Public pension officials and ...

New York lawmakers want to force news organizations to label artificial intelligence-generated content. It’s unworkable and constitutionally suspect, and would fall hardest on the smallest news ...

A study on Rhode Island public schools finds significantly lower chronic absenteeism rates among kids who take music each ...

In the first episode of the 2026 season of The Common Thread, Governing CEO CathileaRobinett sits down with Kansas Governor ...