That’s how full Connecticut’s nursing homes were in September. It’s the highest rate in a decade. The national average is about 80 percent. The number of available beds fell 1.8 percent over the past ...

A county clerk's attempts to remove voters from the rolls prompted intervention by local election officials and the state.

Bloomberg Philanthropies is giving grants and support to cities that want to replicate successful housing strategies in San ...

Concerns about Postal Service delays are pushing voters toward early in-person voting, prompting election officials to adjust staffing and hours ahead of the midterms.

A state law requiring hospitals to automatically screen patients for financial assistance has expanded access to free and ...

As electric bikes and scooters reach motorcycle-like speeds, rising injuries and deaths are prompting states to reconsider ...

Some worry that a new generation of progressives threatens the coalitions that opened government to historically excluded ...

In this episode of The Common Thread, Governing CEO Cathilea Robinett sits down with Santiago (Santi) Garces, former Chief ...

State universities are seeing their first enrollment increase since 2013, fueled in part by a surge in transfer students from ...

A former U.S. diplomat will coordinate efforts to address decades of cross-border pollution as new estimates put the economic toll at up to $503.5 million annually.

A shared insurance pool covering 24 counties faces a $25 million shortfall as rising legal claims force local governments to ...

As we saw in the 1990s, the best reforms do not begin in Washington. This year’s elections will produce a crop of new ...