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There are a number of steps that state and local leaders could take to narrow the funding gap by tens of billions, making the most of the money that is available to keep the faucets flowing.
Homeschooling first boomed nationwide in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, but the trend has had staying power. The number of homeschool students in Minnesota has jumped about 18% since the 2022-23 school year.
The increase in applications from American scientists seeking jobs in Canada from January to March, compared to the same period last year...
State Sen. Jason Pizzo. Prior to making that statement, Pizzo was the Democratic leader in the Florida Senate, but he has switched his affiliation to independent (known in Florida as no party affiliation). Pizzo said that the party can be resuscitated but said that other Democrats don’t believe he’s the right person for that job. (Politico)
City commissioners voted to welcome state auditors to look for fraud and wasteful spending on their books.
States that are adding more housing and approving more permits are seeing their birth rates go up.
The billion-dollar voucher plan will take effect at the start of the 2026-27 school year.
To address the housing crisis, we need to pick up the pace of development without sacrificing commitments to low-income residents and environmental protections.
Starbase, the Texas home of SpaceX, will likely vote to become a city next month. Then the work of creating a government from scratch will begin.
The amount the Democratic National Committee (DNC) pledges to send to state parties each month. The money is intended to...
Jihun Han, chief of staff for the federal Department of Labor. Han sent a memo to all department staff warning that they may face criminal charges if they speak to journalists, former employees or others about department business. The memo warns that employees who “engage in unauthorized communications with the media may face serious legal consequences,” including criminal charges. (ProPublica)
Republicans are three times as likely as Democrats to believe the false claim that measles vaccines contribute to autism and far more likely to believe the vaccine is worse than the disease.
Over the years, Los Angeles voters have approved billions in homeless funding — and created layer upon layer of independent institutions.
Letitia James and other Democratic attorneys general have emerged as Trump’s leading antagonists, with lawsuits that have been essentially relentless.
Most of Alabama may be covered in forests, but asphalt still reigns on school playgrounds. The Alabama Forestry Foundation wants to change that.
The causes of these alarming gaps in equitable access to emergency care are complex. Fixing the problem won’t come from patchwork efforts or temporary fixes.
By cutting out middlemen and dealing directly with pharmacies, Ohio’s Medicaid system saved money even as it dramatically increased payments to pharmacists.
Share of the vote taken in Tuesday’s mayoral primary election in Jackson, Miss., by state Sen. John Hohrn...
Jason Mercier, vice president and director of research at the Mountain States Policy Center, a think tank. After midnight on Tuesday, the Washington House passed three measures that would raise taxes on properties, electric vehicles and businesses. The state faces a $16 billion budget shortfall but legislators and Democratic Gov. Bob Ferguson have yet to agree on the size and scope of any tax increases. (The Center Square)
The new laws will make it easier for long-term inmates to apply for parole and for ex-inmates to expunge their criminal records after serving time.
Voters approve most transit funding requests put before them, but after passage the measures have drawn legal opposition in places like Austin, Nashville and Phoenix.
Programs in Colorado and Illinois home in on finding and supporting health-care practitioners willing to work — and hopefully remain — in underserved rural areas.
These programs align with core American values. Democrats shouldn’t be the only ones defending them.
Voters in three states enshrined Medicaid expansions in their state constitutions. Those states could be on the hook if Congress cuts program funding significantly.
The number of state jobs in Pennsylvania that are fully or partially funded by federal dollars. That’s created a conundrum. Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro signed an executive order to encourage the hiring of federal workers who’ve been fired or laid off, but his administration put a hiring freeze in place earlier this month due to uncertainty about federal funding.
Iowa Republican state Rep. John Wills. He was floor manager for a bill that passed the House on Monday that would legalize psilocybin, or magic mushrooms, for medical purposes. Although he has no personal interest in the drug, Wills said he’s learned that it can be effective for treating individuals prone to post-traumatic stress disorder, including veterans. (Iowa Capital Dispatch)
Salem, Ore., is in budget straits, in part because untaxed state buildings make up 8 percent of the property in the city. Tina Kotek is backing a local property tax increase as lawmakers consider ways to help the city directly.
The change is most dramatic in Silicon Valley, which is seeing more highly educated immigrants arrive from India and China.
More than 1.1 million college students from other countries inject billions of dollars into local economies and support hundreds of thousands of jobs. Losing them over fears of federal immigration policies would be a blow for cities and towns across the country.
Several governors and legislatures are looking to ban SNAP recipients from using their food stamps to pay for candy and soda.
