By hitting struggling property owners with additional taxes, cities are penalizing them for vacancies that their own policies ...

Concerns about environmental impacts from data centers have dovetailed with a broader backlash to AI. Dozens of jurisdictions ...

Oregon is among a growing number of states tightening oversight of healthcare deals. New research suggests those laws are ...

Traditional hazard plans remain important, but states and localities are adopting broader strategies that coordinate agencies, funding and investments before disasters strike.

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This year, control of the U.S. Senate could well run through the school boards, but with the politics of the last six years ...

As a new study shows, public works projects built by union labor deliver superior workforce supply, productivity and safety ...

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

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

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

The Trump administration is imposing stricter financial tests on Medicaid waivers, potentially limiting states’ ability to use them to expand services and try new approaches.