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MIT’s Charles Stewart, one of the nation’s leading experts on election administration, offers his take on the president’s ...

The next SpaceX won’t emerge from tax breaks and other public subsidies. What state and local governments should provide is a ...

The city of Somerville, Mass., recently hit a milestone. Three years have passed since anyone died in a traffic collision on ...

State and local governments have more power than they realize to keep older adults out of nursing homes. The tools are in the ...

A toolkit from a national commission emphasizes the importance of partnerships between public health leaders and elected ...

Steve Waldrip, a senior adviser on housing for Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, will lead a new state Division of Housing and Community ...

Thousands of new private schools have opened as public funding expands, but many states have chosen a hands-off approach to ...

One rural New York district is becoming an early test case for bringing AI-powered teaching assistants into the classroom.

Oklahoma's decision to stop using foster children's Social Security benefits to pay back the state reflects growing federal ...

The first courtroom challenge to the state's landmark packaging recycling law could shape similar efforts across the country.