The impact didn’t last long-term. Violent crime, especially aggravated assaults, rebounded around 21 months after the ...

Too often, governments fail to account for the cost of making the most of new infrastructure, technological capabilities or ...

The city is building on research showing that when infants and toddlers hear at least 21,000 words a day, they develop ...

Governors often like to say they have the best job in politics, enjoying lots of agenda-setting deference in their home ...

Texas State Rep. Gina Hinojosa won the race for governor, the first Democrat to win the office since 1990. She beat incumbent Greg Abbott, who was seeking a fourth term.

Democrats flipped at least 10 legislative chambers this week and won six new trifectas. After years on the back foot, they’ll have to decide how ambitiously to wield their newfound power in the states ...

Washington has the most generous grace period, accepting mail ballots until Nov. 23. As postal service cuts have created ...

Governing talked with election officials across the country on Wednesday about what went right and how they handled the few ...

A sharply reduced baseline for measuring single-use plastic means the state's ambitious 2032 reduction target could eliminate ...

Maryland and Missouri voters weighed competing congressional maps, Massachusetts rejected open primaries, and Alaska ...

The first-of-its-kind state lawsuit accuses the social media giant of knowingly profiting from fraudulent advertising on ...

Dozens of ballot measures seek to stop, slow or permit data center expansion in local communities.