This long-depressed city has overcome some of its most serious problems. Maybe others can accomplish the same thing.

The U.S. homeland is out of range of military strikes, but state and local governments could see cyber attacks, cloud service disruptions and rising supply costs.

An Indiana district is experimenting with small, flexible learning environments to counter declining enrollment.

Between 2023 and 2025, the city cleared encampments and quickly built new shelters. It reduced the unsheltered homeless ...

With local governments facing persistent budget pressures, public-private partnerships can help deliver critical services, ...

Researchers need access to agency data, but it can be difficult or impossible to come by. You can’t solve a problem you can’t ...

Inmates and families say costly per-minute fees and limited services under a widely adopted system have turned a ...

Mississippi’s Black voters recently won a victory that puts them on the brink of having greater sway over who sits on the ...

One exception has been in the Northeast. Angus King of Maine and Bernie Sanders of Vermont are the Senate’s only independents ...

Eric Adams’ failed reform bid is a warning sign for the new mayor attempting to take on one of the city’s most persistent ...

The rapidly advancing technology is going to reshape American work. Public officials are trying to prepare workers for the ...

How can tariffs affect not just consumers, but state economies? An economist who studies trade policy offers an overview.