State leaders who want to curb the increasingly violent arrest tactics of immigration enforcement agents in Minneapolis and ...

The incentives are reshaping rural economies, with debates emerging about oversight and long-term community costs.

Local efforts to expand public transit often run into opposition from Republican state lawmakers. Partisanship plays a role, but geography is a key factor. The politics of transportation follow the ...

Public officials can make the greatest difference when they focus on their communities’ housing, transportation and utility costs.

Advanced systems are reshaping professional judgment, forcing local governments to rethink accountability, performance management and labor relations.

A statewide strike aims to halt normal economic activity in response to recent enforcement actions and a fatal shooting.

Federal policy fights, a proposed state funding holdback and declining student counts are squeezing school district budgets.

Phil Murphy signed a bill Monday that makes New Jersey one of the most restrictive states for e-bikes, much to the dismay of ...

Joe DiVincenzo has served as county executive for Essex County, N.J., since 2003. He's become a power broker in Democratic state politics even while working with and endorsing some Republicans.

Her first executive order is a “statewide affordability directive,” instructing state agencies to find “actionable budgetary, ...

U.S. cities lag far behind global leaders in public transit. Building world-class transit in the U.S. would cost an extra ...

They should take steps to protect and boost their own revenues. And they should take a second look at their own tax cuts.