Perhaps nowhere in Massachusetts are the tensions associated with moving away from natural gas for heating our homes and buildings more pronounced than in the state’s 10 communities that have pledged ...

The state passed a $50.8 billion budget on Sunday night without making crucial decisions on transit funding, housing ...

States are preparing for a future with slower revenue growth and rising demand for health, transportation and other public ...

A new report shows housing costs increasingly out of reach for Houstonians. Black homeownership shrank by the biggest margin ...

English proficiency isn’t a given in American cities. New York has created an interactive tool to pinpoint language access ...

A dramatic turning point for states and localities, it altered the way they are run, from improving regional cooperation to ...

Until 2023, courts were following an outdated standard that seriously overestimated how many cases a public defender could handle in a year. Since new recommendations published two years ago, many ...

Women riding bicycles on a dirt road in the late 19th century. (Wikimedia commons) While American streets today might need a patched pothole or a repaving, their quality far exceeds that of ...

The new law creates a more coordinated system across charter schools and Indianapolis Public Schools. It could eventually serve as a model for other cities. Advocates for Indianapolis Public Schools ...

Public concern over misuse of taxpayer dollars is reshaping the state's political debate and putting renewed focus on ...

Districts will have to meet new academic, teacher pay and student support standards before shortening the school week.

America’s lead over China in the AI race is now at the mercy of zoning boards. Three structural fixes would convert most ...