Diversity alone won’t get the votes for funding public education. It takes communities that are more integrated and connected ...

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Oklahoma allowed private companies to employ incarcerated workers for outside calling campaigns, including work that ...

Gov. Greg Abbott has halted state funding for the AI-powered license plate readers as privacy concerns and reports of misuse ...

A water purification plant. About 12 percent of Americans receive water from a private local utility. Sewerage systems are far less likely to be privatized. (Adobe Stock) Economics textbooks always ...

Local officials don’t have to roll over in the face of today’s political challenges to affirmative action and DEI. Fair ...

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A 2025 push to round up undocumented immigrants continues to disrupt local economies in Los Angeles County. Local officials ...

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

Concerns about environmental impacts from data centers have dovetailed with a broader backlash to AI. Dozens of jurisdictions ...

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