Kansas flex-plexes and Indiana microcenters are turning underused spaces into multiprovider childcare facilities.

Parents say inconsistent and confusing local attendance policies undermine efforts to reduce chronic absenteeism and erode ...

State legislators introduce hundreds of K-12 proposals each year, but less than 10 percent reach the governor’s desk.

As federal aid shrinks in 2026, wide disparities in sales tax reliance highlight the limits and risks of leaning more heavily on consumption taxes.

Plans for an autonomous vehicle future are being made in many large cities. But how close are those plans to being realized?

A market crash doesn’t seem imminent, but there are lessons for public financiers, pension funds and policymakers from ...

With pandemic-era aid gone and long-term structural challenges looming, 2026 budget debates will test lawmakers’ ability to balance short-term gaps and future risk.

State officials say federal agents violated Minnesota law, blocked investigators and left a crime scene unsecured, deepening ...

Sixty-five people from a long-standing encampment have been placed in stable housing, and outreach efforts are expanding ...

How people feel about where they live  is an overlooked factor in engaging them in civic life. There are ways to boost those feelings.

At the start of each year, Governing writers and editors compile a list of the biggest issues to watch in state and local government in the coming 12 months. Some of the topics show up almost every ...

State leaders who want to curb the increasingly violent arrest tactics of immigration enforcement agents in Minneapolis and elsewhere are struggling to push back. They’ve promis ...