With local governments facing persistent budget pressures, public-private partnerships can help deliver critical services, ...

The U.S. House and Senate have both voted for a package of changes to federal housing programs, with broad backing from cities and states. A final bill could get a vote this week.

How can tariffs affect not just consumers, but state economies? An economist who studies trade policy offers an overview.

Especially when it comes to data centers, it’s hard to square the costs to taxpayers with the benefits to states’ economies.

With up to 700,000 visitors expected over three days, planners are weighing how the city’s roads, transit system and hotel supply will manage the surge.

Soundproof booths equipped with computers and high-speed Internet aim to reduce barriers to care in communities where doctors ...

Wicomico County Sheriff Mike Lewis, a Republican, spoke last month in Annapolis against a Maryland measure barring local police from cooperating with federal immigration authorities through the 287(g) ...

One exception has been in the Northeast. Angus King of Maine and Bernie Sanders of Vermont are the Senate’s only independents ...

Lawmakers in at least 19 states are advancing wealth taxes, capital gains surcharges and corporate tax changes to combat inequality and rising living costs.

Eric Adams’ failed reform bid is a warning sign for the new mayor attempting to take on one of the city’s most persistent ...

Inmates and families say costly per-minute fees and limited services under a widely adopted system have turned a communication tool into a financial burden.

Between 2023 and 2025, the city cleared encampments and quickly built new shelters. It reduced the unsheltered homeless ...