The state is investing opioid settlement dollars in mobile methadone clinics designed to overcome the transportation barriers facing rural residents.

The city replaced a cumbersome hiring process with a digital system that can get candidates into the police academy in less than two months.

Falling birth rates and families leaving Baltimore are shrinking school enrollment, forcing difficult decisions about buildings that have long served as anchors of their neighborhoods.

The Trump administration is imposing stricter financial tests on Medicaid waivers, potentially limiting states’ ability to use them to expand services and try new approaches.

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Healthcare providers in Texas say the Rural Health Transformation Program provides much-needed funding. But they worry about ...

New restrictions will dramatically shrink the number of vaping products legally available, creating a potential test case for ...

The governor made faster permitting and major investment central to his argument that government can get things done. Growing ...

Jared Brey is a senior writer for Governing, covering transportation, housing and infrastructure. He previously worked for PlanPhilly, Philadelphia magazine, and Next City, and his work has appeared ...

Charles Franklin, director of the Marquette Law School Poll, on why democratic socialist Francesca Hong lost Wisconsin's Democratic gubernatorial primary Tuesday. She had led in polls by double digits ...

U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar shakes hands with Rep. Lisa Demuth before taking the stage for a Minnesota Governor Forum at Minnesota Farmfest in Morgan, Minn., on Aug. 5, 2026. For decades, Minnesota women ...