Instead of repeating the mistakes they made with tobacco money, states should set clear goals — and measure outcomes through ...

All 56 state and territorial plans have won approval, but building the networks presents a new set of challenges.

The state says schools can switch to another federal program to continue serving students evening meals, but the abrupt ...

Minneapolis’ proposed cuts to violence interrupters highlight a persistent challenge for cities investing in community-based ...

The crimes Americans are most concerned about are financial ones. Identity theft tops the list, with 77 percent expressing ...

Far-right activist Jake Lang recently brought an angry crowd to a Dearborn, Mich., City Council meeting, claiming without evidence that the city operates under Islamic Sharia law. Earlier in the day, ...

Big-city mayors are experiencing whiplash as violent crime drops to historic lows following a sharp spike in the early ...

In Illinois, Nebraska and other states, family farms are colliding with estate- and inheritance-tax thresholds tied to an illiquid asset. Many of the states that tax wealth at death have already built ...

The nation’s largest school district is banning generative AI through eighth grade, but parents and teachers say exemptions ...

Pennsylvania allows data center developers to skip paying a 6% sales tax on their computer equipment — one of the biggest costs of running a data center — thanks to a 2021 law passed with bipartisan ...

There’s a movement to push the costs onto the companies that produce it, in hopes of boosting recycling and providing incentives to change the packaging they use. Some states have moved in that ...

Residents protest against an approved data center at the Pittsburg Technology Park in Pittsburg, Calif., on Monday, July 20, 2026. Residents voiced concerns about resource constraints and pollution ...