If Congress reduces matching funds for the Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act, many states would suddenly face ...

The Maryland legislature is considering dozens of proposals to make energy cheaper, more reliable and more abundant.

Downsizing the Department of Education won’t fix what's wrong with our schools. We should mobilize state and local leaders to ...

Trust in local government has declined in recent years. Liberty Lake, Wash., has found ways to assure residents their voices ...

A record amount of electricity came from renewable sources in 2024, with both red and blue states leading the way.

Even as public employee unions fight the Trump administration’s personnel cuts, a pair of GOP senators want to ban federal ...

Americans believe that their local governments spend money more wisely than their state and federal counterparts. But forcing ...

Cutting this unloved levy has again become a flashpoint in some states, once more raising difficult issues of fairness.

HUD has warned local housing authorities that a $5 billion fund for emergency rental assistance is nearly out of cash, ...

Above all, staff needs support. And there are techniques for keeping violence in check. Everybody — officers, inmates and ...

It’s often legal for officers to deceive suspects — but critics say this can lead to false confessions. Experts have mixed ...

States are looking for alternate ways to fund transportation infrastructure as gas tax revenues dwindle. Despite years of ...