City leaders plan to clear major camps before winter, but critics question whether enough shelter and housing exist to support the transition.

Lawmakers are expanding criminal laws to target cargo theft, gift-card fraud and other schemes that have become increasingly ...

Lisa Marentette of Windsor, Canada, offering her verdict on the Gordie Howe International Bridge after crossing it on opening day Monday, ending the Ambassador Bridge's 97-year reign as the only span ...

Virginia job seekers now have a right to know what a position pays before applying online under a new state law aimed at ...

Editor's Note: This article appears in Governing's Winter 2025 magazine. You can subscribe here. We don’t move state capitals around in this country very often, or at least we haven’t since the 19th ...

An aging network of century-old pipes is forcing the city to make difficult decisions about where limited replacement dollars ...

Both the states and the feds believe they need more control over the voting process. It’s a dispute that’s gone unresolved ...

As the city's economy rebounds, the mayor says expanding housing and lowering costs are critical to ensuring growth benefits ...

On the Oregon/Idaho border, rural Americans’ access to care depends on which side of the river they happen to live.

The Trump administration says states can fill the gap left by weaker federal habitat protections, but wildlife officials say ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom's four-day in-office mandate puts California among the most aggressive states as governments continue to ...

Fear, not facts, is driving juvenile justice policy. Reactive, overly punitive policies mire too many young people in the ...