Transportation officials say the state needs flexibility to buy diesel buses as electric bus supply shortages threaten ...
Sweeping state limits — or eliminating the tax altogether — are politically appealing. But cuts in property tax rates ...
Editor's Note: This article appears in Governing's Q1 2026 Magazine. You can subscribe here. Randy Knaack grew up on a farm in Menomonie, Wis., about an hour east of the Twin Cities. He runs a small ...
Grants once slated for trail networks and pedestrian improvements are being canceled or delayed, leaving state and local ...
The nationwide shortage is leading to hundreds of criminal cases being dismissed while harming defendants. Better pay would help, but efforts to expand the pipeline are needed.
With oil prices spiking at a time when voters are focused on affordability, states could find it even harder to pay for transportation needs.
Massachusetts mayors have their red ink ready for a statewide rent control ballot measure after a study found the initiative would eliminate $300 billion in property values, as supporters call it a ...
Officials from both parties have halted proposed warehouse conversions in several states, even as federal officials continue ...
Health care and other non-pension benefits for retired public workers, collectively called “other post-employment benefits” (OPEB), remained severely underfunded in 2022, according to the latest data ...
The notion that we can assume people suffering from substance use disorders will freely choose what is best for them and their children is regularly undermined by reality. Too many children have paid ...
Proposed legislation would allow schools to check immigration status and potentially deny enrollment or charge tuition, ...
Corpus Christi leaders say a water emergency could arrive within months, with shortages potentially disrupting major industries and fuel distribution.