Years of rapid growth have pushed development farther into fire-prone areas, exposing a challenge facing communities as more ...

A new state law weakens neighborhood petitions that once forced housing projects to win city council supermajorities, giving ...

As Kansas communities weigh a wave of data center development, Northern Virginia’s decades of experience offer lessons about ...

They’re often put to good use, pointing to problems that require attention from elected leaders and program managers. And ...

Houston adopted a new law clarifying landlords’ obligation to provide air conditioning in rental units. Many jurisdictions ...

Current and former members are running for governor across the country this fall, potentially increasing the number of ...

The statewide database will track when affordability restrictions expire, giving officials more time to preserve nearly ...

A nearly $17 billion settlement with Meta will impose new limits on how Facebook and Instagram collect children’s data, and ...

A patient is wheeled to the parking lot at Faith Community Hospital on Thursday, May 14, 2020, in Jacksboro, Texas. Eighty percent of Texas’ 254 counties are rural. The state is getting $1.4 billion ...

Critics of the misuse of security cameras are right to be alarmed. But the more fundamental mistake was letting surveillance ...

States are moving to ban all marriages under the age of 18. There are arguments from the science of cognition for this ...

Homelessness declined across more than half of California communities, according to new data. Officials credit state ...