Population growth slowed in big U.S. cities last year. Cities lost residents early in the pandemic, then grew amid an ...

But two lawmakers on opposite sides of the aisle made it their mission to revive it. State Sen. Löki Gale Tobin, a Democrat from Anchorage, and State Rep. Justin Ruffridge, a Republican from the Kenai ...

When Seward received $1 million to address community needs, residents made child care a priority. The investment helped ...

Plymouth, Mass., is testing a new approach that could help local governments determine which climate resilience investments ...

When a large health system planned to close Troy’s last birthing center, residents and elected officials came together to ...

An urban critic’s new book points to cities that have succeeded in ways different from what planners had in mind. It’s all ...

High-voltage transmission lines that cross private property are difficult to permit and build. Allowing them along highway ...

The state college system is preparing to test new tools to identify fraudulent applicants, but questions remain about whether ...

Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse and Albany are accelerating investments in bike lanes and safer streets, building out networks ...

Manufactured homes cost substantially less to build than conventional houses, but zoning, financing and other policy barriers ...

Budget Director Kristin Walker is using research, data and performance management to help state agencies evaluate programs ...

The cloud of toxic dust and ash that engulfed Manhattan is still causing deaths. What can public health leaders learn from ...