Zoning that normalizes urban agriculture, from community gardens to beekeeping to small-scale poultry, can meaningfully reduce emissions while strengthening food resilience. (Adobe Stock) The U.S.

Gov. Mikie Sherrill says the changes would help close a $3 billion deficit without raising taxes on residents. The state’s business leaders feel betrayed.

The proposal would match voter rolls with driver’s license records and require additional documentation for residents without ...

A group of tech leaders has put $35 million into initiatives aimed at stopping or weakening a proposed 5 percent tax on ...

AI will keep its Colossus supercomputer cool with wastewater, leaving the drinking supply to support human intelligence.

Transportation officials say the state needs flexibility to buy diesel buses as electric bus supply shortages threaten ...

The nationwide shortage is leading to hundreds of criminal cases being dismissed while harming defendants. Better pay would help, but efforts to expand the pipeline are needed.

Sweeping state limits — or eliminating the tax altogether — are politically appealing. But cuts in property tax rates ...

With oil prices spiking at a time when voters are focused on affordability, states could find it even harder to pay for ...

Massachusetts mayors have their red ink ready for a statewide rent control ballot measure after a study found the initiative would eliminate $300 billion in property values, as supporters call it a ...

Health care and other non-pension benefits for retired public workers, collectively called “other post-employment benefits” (OPEB), remained severely underfunded in 2022, according to the latest data ...