Some flood barriers are prohibited under federal rules, while others fall into a regulatory gray area that leaves homeowners ...

A North Carolina mayor is organizing a national coalition to help smaller communities secure funding and greater influence ...

There’s no simple answer. States and their local governments both have had a role in creating the problem, and both can have ...

As the agenda of an academic gathering in public budgeting and finance demonstrated, research is increasingly built for ...

Some public transit authorities lock in fuel prices ahead of time through a practice called hedging. The practice is paying off this year as fuel prices reach record highs. Over time it’s meant to ...

Other states can learn from its nimble, efficient approach to getting federal high-speed internet funds to where they’re ...

A former school in rural Caswell County has been transformed into 53 apartments, offering a model for preserving historic ...

Ohio had the steepest decline in homeownership affordability between 2020 to 2025, according to new reporting from the ...

Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock, rallying in Jackson, Miss., alongside Scott Colom, Mississippi’s Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate. Warnock drew parallels between Colom’s race against incumbent ...

Colleges are shutting down at a pace of roughly one every three weeks, threatening local economies, access to higher ...

New enforcement provisions allow the city to pursue civil lawsuits against employers who fail to pay workers what they're ...