Local officials are consulting lawyers and running crisis exercises as they prepare for the possibility of federal agents at ...

Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 802 on Sunday, which requires Sacramento, as well as all smaller cities within the county, to ...

The state has spent a decade tightly restricting how police can use the technology. Other states are looking to its approach as privacy concerns grow.

One challenge in doing something that’s never been done before is that it’s hard to know what to expect. Other states are ...

One of the region’s worst ozone seasons in three decades could push it into the EPA’s most serious category for failing to ...

Ben Stickle, a criminal justice professor at Middle Tennessee State University who studies metal theft, explaining the wave of bronze statue and plaque thefts spreading across Southern California. The ...

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

Colleges and workforce programs are pivoting toward transferable energy and infrastructure skills as the industry’s near-term ...

At least nine states have tax measures on the ballot that could transform government revenue and spending for years to come.

Their voting impact is considerably larger than their numbers would suggest. Public officials need to pay more attention to the concerns that motivate them.