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With nearly 1,500 vacancies, the Department of Social Services is requiring mandatory overtime and risking burnout while struggling to process SNAP and cash-assistance cases.
The Trump administration is shifting billions in federal aid away from permanent housing and toward treatment, enforcement and work requirements.
Universal access to transitional kindergarten in Los Angeles County coincided with more than 150 pre-K centers shutting their doors.
Legislation states passed or enacted in the past 30 days.
A district at the edge of the Mojave Desert is part of a network of California schools harvesting environmental, behavioral and academic benefits from a school forest.
New federal funding policy pits minority-serving technical and community colleges against other institutions that serve the nation's most vulnerable learners. State and local leaders must do what they can to limit the damage.
They argue the devices infringe on the privacy of drivers who have not violated any laws.
One Social Security number was found to have been used for 125 policies in 2023.
Over the past decade, nearly 40,000 people have died and more than 2 million have been injured on California roads. Many of those crashes were caused by repeat drunk drivers, chronic speeders and motorists with well-documented histories of recklessness behind the wheel.
Mississippi is hoping IT upgrades, new trainings and other efforts can reduce its SNAP “error rate” — or how often it over- or underpays benefits — before new federal penalties come into effect.
Federal policy changes stand to make it harder for local governments to cope with housing instability and homelessness. There are some things they can do to brace for what’s coming.
The Republican he endorsed for mayor lost by nearly 20 points.
Across the country, commissions are fielding protests, rejecting hikes and debating rate freezes all while rents and other bills continue to climb.
Texas cities and counties already face limits on how much revenue they can generate. Local leaders have warned that further restrictions would mean fewer services like parks and libraries.
Millions of Americans are at risk of losing their health coverage if Congress does not renew ACA subsidies.
At Stillwater, corrections officials are testing an “earned living unit” that trades privileges for accountability and has gone two months without a lockdown.
The state employed disciplined budgeting, debt repayment, spending cuts and targeted tax relief to dig itself out of a cash-flow crisis. To deal with crushing national debt, Washington policymakers should model this discipline.
Cleveland wants to send clinicians to some calls. Here’s how some other cities have done something similar.
Advocates say developers are exploiting a loophole in state air quality regulations.
Washington, D.C., will become the first locality with its own child tax credit. An expansion of the federal child tax credit during the pandemic led to dramatic reductions in child poverty.
Success in the coming years will require sustainability, adaptation and perseverance, especially as AI both enhances and disrupts government. Professional leaders need to look beyond the short term, facilitate change where needed, and reinvent themselves.
Zohran Mamdani’s promise to raise taxes on New York City’s richest residents set off a chorus of warnings about tax flight. But when millionaires do move, it’s rarely for tax reasons.
By paying and training preschool staff through a voter-approved real estate tax, the city aims to stabilize a workforce and expand access to child care.
The shelters offer a stable alternative for unhoused families, which officials say reduces trauma for children and costs less than traditional foster placement.
The city joins Seattle, San Francisco, Philadelphia and Minneapolis in banning tools accused of driving coordinated rent increases nationwide.
AI companies can’t grow at speed without electricity to power their data centers. A new report argues that this isn’t just a matter of adding more power plants.
Their minority contracting programs and others are under federal attack, and the consequences reach into the tens of billions of dollars. The souls of our communities should not be for sale.
About 338 of every 100,000 women are behind bars in the state. Officials say the new facility could finally curb the nation’s worst record on female incarceration.
Mayor Andre Dickens says the rapid-housing effort transforms underused watershed land into stability for vulnerable residents.
With more residents required to work to qualify for SNAP and funding shifting to states, Missouri’s system shows what may await programs across the country.
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