There have been some promising reforms to occupational licensing, but too many states still erect barriers that don’t reflect ...

The state is investing opioid settlement dollars in mobile methadone clinics designed to overcome the transportation barriers facing rural residents.

The city replaced a cumbersome hiring process with a digital system that can get candidates into the police academy in less than two months.

Falling birth rates and families leaving Baltimore are shrinking school enrollment, forcing difficult decisions about buildings that have long served as anchors of their neighborhoods.

Healthcare providers in Texas say the Rural Health Transformation Program provides much-needed funding. But they worry about ...

The governor made faster permitting and major investment central to his argument that government can get things done. Growing ...

New York City and the MTA are studying a possible thermal energy network in Lower Manhattan, hoping to capture excess heat ...

A new consumer protection law prevents merchants from adding debit card surcharges, but businesses still have to pay banks ...

New restrictions will dramatically shrink the number of vaping products legally available, creating a potential test case for ...

Mona Miyasato has been the Santa Barbara County executive officer, the top unelected official, since 2013. She’s retiring ...

State revenue officials have increased their estimates of what the tax on higher earners will generate, adding an unexpected ...

By locking owners in place, Proposition 13-style assessment limitations put the homes that growing families need out of reach ...