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Public officials can make the greatest difference when they focus on their communities’ housing, transportation and utility costs.
Advanced systems are reshaping professional judgment, forcing local governments to rethink accountability, performance management and labor relations.
That’s how many iconic, illuminated pylons are being temporarily removed from the entrance of Los Angeles International Airport as part of a roadway overhaul aimed at easing congestion ahead of the 2028 Summer Olympics ...
New Hampshire House Speaker Sherman Packard, referring to New Hampshire legislators’ annual pay, which has been frozen at that level, the lowest in the nation, since voters etched it into the state’s constitution in 1889. Many past bids to boost lawmakers’ pay by amending the constitution failed, but there is a new bipartisan push to delete the pay language from the constitution. Nationally, state lawmakers’ salaries averaged $47,900 last year, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. (Wall Street Journal)
A statewide strike aims to halt normal economic activity in response to recent enforcement actions and a fatal shooting.
Unlike most states, New Jersey applies licensing and insurance rules to both low-speed and high-speed bikes.
Federal policy fights, a proposed state funding holdback and declining student counts are squeezing school district budgets.
New governors in Virginia and New Jersey signed executive orders aimed at lowering costs.
Joe DiVincenzo has served as county executive for Essex County, N.J., since 2003. He's become a power broker in Democratic state politics even while working with and endorsing some Republicans.
A new report outlines what it would cost to bring world-class transit to America’s urbanized areas.
They should take steps to protect and boost their own revenues. And they should take a second look at their own tax cuts.
That’s the share of New Mexico physicians who say they are considering leaving the state ...
Calif. Gov. Gavin Newsom, in his final State of the State address, pledging tougher action against institutional investors he says are driving up rents and undermining homeownership. Newsom said his administration will work with the Legislature on increased oversight, enforcement and potential tax-code changes — a stance that unexpectedly overlaps with similar rhetoric from Donald Trump on banning large investors from buying single-family homes. (Los Angeles Times)
Small schools with minimal staff face hundreds of hours of work to satisfy the Education Department’s new reporting requirement tied to post-affirmative-action scrutiny.
With about 86 percent of its transportation fuel imported from California and refinery closures looming, state leaders launched a Fuel Resiliency Committee to address supply vulnerabilities.
Industry surveys reveal a growing disconnect between when data centers expect power and when utilities can provide it.
It’s important to give renters a stronger voice. And we need to make big bets on new ways to build.
That’s the share of Nevada’s single-family homes owned by investors, 6 percent higher than the national average and the seventh-highest rate in the country ...
The state’s 2021 pay-range law helped fuel similar policies across the U.S. and now the European Union.
New federal rules give states just months to begin spending and prove results to secure future funding.
Stillwater, Minn., resident Amy Burback, reacting after the Pentagon ordered about 1,500 active-duty soldiers to prepare for possible deployment to the state, following President Donald Trump’s threat to invoke the Insurrection Act amid unrest. The troops were placed on prepare-to-deploy status as what defense officials described as “prudent planning,” even as the National Guard remained on standby and it was unclear whether the soldiers would ultimately be sent. (The Minnesota Star-Tribune)
For-profit programs proliferated as oversight lagged and exam pass rates sank.
States will be scrambling to manage new priorities and demands from Washington, tighten their belts in a tough budget cycle and respond to federal frameworks on AI regulation.
Billions of dollars are at stake. With new federal rules, it’s up to state lawmakers to ensure that programs like food stamps serve those in need without wasting taxpayer dollars.
The number of people buying health plans on Obamacare insurance marketplaces is down by about 833,000 compared with a year ago, according to federal data released this week.
The unprecedented move aims to quell concerns about data centers driving up energy costs.
With tailored, evidence-based policies, the U.S. can relieve the burden on local and municipal governments, communities, and the environment.
Cynthia Freeman, a New York-based performer who has been trying to figure out how to keep her and her husband’s ACA plan in the midst of spiking premiums. Freeman’s husband, Brad Lawrence, was diagnosed with kidney disease last fall and cannot face a lapse in health insurance. But the family cannot afford the new price of their plan. [KFF Health News]
Progress is slow and uneven a year after the Eaton Fire. The wealthy and the well-insured are faring the best.
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