Ann Arbor, Mich., teachers and supporters rally for better pay on Wednesday at a meeting of the local board of education. One in eight teaching positions in American schools — more than 400,000 — are ...

An estimated $2 billion in federal funding has been disrupted, affecting programs ranging from disaster preparedness to ...

A new state program reimburses local jails for housing and treating people with mental illness while they wait months for a ...

Autonomous vehicles could travel predetermined downtown routes and transmit live video to officers monitoring the streets remotely.

Police are deploying the technology faster than anyone is governing it. Here’s a framework that addresses both safety and ...

We’ve tried a lot of schemes to get more homes built, without much success. Is there a better way? Two scholars have some ...

Lawmakers want to build energy infrastructure faster, but a $1 billion transmission project is running into resistance.

State law requires the Department of Labor and Industries to adjust the minimum wage annually for inflation. It does so by ...

All six governors are backing a regional nuclear strategy as rising electricity demand pushes states with very different ...

A new study from the Brookings Institution finds that state and local government workers’ wages, job stability, and overall ...

State measures offer different approaches to the housing crisis, from building more homes to funding affordable housing and ...

The nation’s largest state journalism relief effort will provide tax credits for retaining and hiring reporters as local newsrooms continue to shrink.