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In Virginia, lottery income funds about 10 percent of the K-12 budget. Economic fears are leading residents to play less.
Geothermal energy is a reliable, low-emission power source that can repurpose abandoned oil and gas wells. New engineering techniques are attracting rising levels of investment.
Governments are paying out billions to settle thousands of claims. There is no substitute for justice, but keeping the abuse from happening in the first place would be far more cost-effective.
Under a law effective July 1, officers may force observers to stay 25 feet back, a mandate critics say shields law enforcement from public scrutiny during active scenes.
A new law in New Jersey requires cities to plan for a share of the state’s housing needs. The Republican candidate for governor is tapping into local frustration about it.
A local artist and business owner are creating a visual reminder of the scale of the losses in January’s Eaton Fire.
As the technology transforms service delivery, it’s essential to balance innovation, risk and public trust.
Not much for now, with next year’s insurance premiums jumping far more than general inflation and tax revenues. Employers’ only hope to begin stemming these costs long term is a stronger, unified front at the state and national levels. There also could be an important role for public pensions.
Mayor Katrina Thompson says she refuses to govern her small town outside Chicago from a position of fear.
The city’s first-in-the-nation “Safe Stores are Staffed Stores” ordinance requires major retailers to hire more employees and limit self-checkout, drawing praise from unions and pushback from grocers.
The police department in Columbus, Ohio, has overhauled its management structure and the way it seeks to disrupt violence, helping bring homicides down significantly.
The new federal rules will stress-test our systems. It’s a chance to stop rewarding routine over improvement.
As Trump’s influence looms large over Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and Tennessee, the outcomes may determine who leads the Republican Party into the post-2028 era.
Not enough instructors and limited hospital placements are throttling capacity, despite surging interest and urgent workforce needs.
The Center for Digital Government and Governing are cataloging practical, actionable ways to improve government efficiency.
States and localities rely on the regularity and reliability of federal data. Disrupting it undermines everything from pensions to budgets and threatens public trust in government.
State and local governments are considering how they can help federal workers and how long they can afford to continue social safety net programs and infrastructure projects.
Fueled by explosive growth in population and industry, Texas’ total energy use has risen 21 percent since 2007 even as the nation’s overall consumption declined.
People get the kind of politics they demand, if not what they deserve.
Felecia Alston Green, a tech leader for DeKalb County, Ga., has modernized many of its most important internal and public-facing functions.
Primary and preventive care have been shown to reduce negative health outcomes. A new report outlines strategies for reverting a primary-care shortage.
While understandably feeling under the gun, there are many ways states can continue to grow both their economies and revenues.
Federal import duties may squeeze state budgets over time, particularly in manufacturing and trade-heavy jurisdictions, a new Pew analysis found.
Universities may trade policy flexibility and self-governance for federal favors in this ambitious — but problematic — plan.
Democratic Attorney General William Tong has earned bipartisan admiration from his peers even as he takes on the Trump administration and major corporate interests.
Trillions of dollars of wealth, much of it in homes and other property, will be moving from baby boomers to millennials. Local governments should begin preparing for dealing with that generation’s values.
A new national study finds that people believe state and local governments can make their communities better — and they want to help.
A look back at nearly 150 years of deployments shows the guard responding to labor strikes, riots, protests and pandemics, but never under federal orders.
There were plenty not that long ago. We could use some of their pragmatism now.
The Oregon legislature passed a funding bill during a special session to prevent layoffs at the Department of Transportation. Lawmakers on both sides say it’s a short-term fix.
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