In this episode of The Common Thread, Governing CEO Cathilea Robinett sits down with Santiago (Santi) Garces, former Chief Information Officer for the City of Boston and one of Governing’s 2026 Public ...

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 ...

As volunteer ranks decline and emergency services struggle to maintain staffing, the state is increasing annual tax credits from $200 to $800 for eligible firefighters and ambulance workers.

The state has climbed from last to second-to-last in a national ranking, highlighting the persistent lack of contested ...

As Louisiana prepares for a $100 billion spaceport, Brownsville's transformation reveals the economic benefits and community ...

Some flood barriers are prohibited under federal rules, while others fall into a regulatory gray area that leaves homeowners ...

A North Carolina mayor is organizing a national coalition to help smaller communities secure funding and greater influence ...

There’s no simple answer. States and their local governments both have had a role in creating the problem, and both can have ...

As the agenda of an academic gathering in public budgeting and finance demonstrated, research is increasingly built for ...