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Neil Howe co-wrote a book in the 1990s. Little did he know how influential it would be.
Sex offenders in California who have completed their prison sentences must comply with strict monitoring conditions while on probation, including undergoing lie-detector tests about their conduct and receiving treatment from therapists who can reveal their secrets to a probation officer, the state Supreme Court ruled Monday.
The Illinois Supreme Court will not immediately decide whether state employees can continue to be paid without a state budget in place.
The 71-year-old mayor of a southern Oregon town was arrested Sunday, accused of setting up a meeting to have sex with a 14-year-old girl who turned out to be a police officer.
State Sen. Daniel Biss of Evanston formally entered the Democratic race for governor Monday, decrying a broken political system that favors "billionaires and machine politicians" and declaring, "this is a campaign for the rest of us."
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has hired a former prosecutor under ex-U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara to pursue public corruption cases.
President Trump's administration is aiming to shame sanctuary cities with a new report listing localities that are not cooperating with requests to detain illegal immigrants who have been charged with crimes.
Studies show that the people just joining the workforce may present a different set of challenges and opportunities than their predecessors.
That's the mantra of Dr. Leana Wen, the health commissioner of Baltimore and our guest for the latest episode of "The 23%: Conversations With Women in Government."
In an effort to bring Airbnb under some of the same regulations its competitors in the hotel industry face, Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez has reached an agreement with the popular home-sharing platform to collect county resort taxes.
Murder is ugly, and murderers are not sympathetic characters.
It's not something you see every day: a Republican governor in a Republican-dominated state vetoing a Republican-backed gun bill.
The corrections officers who locked a schizophrenic inmate into a rigged shower -- one that at least five inmates said was cranked up to scalding temperatures -- committed no crime, Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernández Rundle announced Friday.
The Hawaii judge who brought a national halt to President Donald Trump's new travel ban last week has rejected the government's request to limit his ruling.
Gov. Rick Snyder, Ohio Gov. John Kasich and two other Republican governors have added their voices to the chorus of opposition to House Speaker Paul Ryan's proposal to replace the Affordable Care Act, saying it fails to give them the flexibility or resources they need to adequately deal with the insurance needs of lower-income Americans.
President Donald Trump privately told House conservatives he was "1,000 percent" behind the GOP's Obamacare repeal as they incorporate new Medicaid changes ahead of next week's vote.
There's much that governments can do to lessen the impact of the natural disasters that are becoming increasingly common.
Governments looking for ways to improve efficiency now have access to a rich trove of good ideas and best practices.
Buried in President Donald Trump's budget proposal released Thursday was an opening salvo against so-called sanctuary cities, local jurisdictions he promised to punish for refusing to cooperate with deportation officers.
The third of the three major credit ratings agencies has downgraded Louisiana's financial outlook -- a move that will likely lead to higher interest rates for the state in the future.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio got a double dose of good news Thursday as federal and local prosecutors in Manhattan announced they were ending -- without filing charges -- grand jury investigations into his campaign fundraising, lifting a dark cloud from his re-election campaign.
Maryland U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang ruled Thursday against President Donald Trump's revised travel ban, establishing a double barrier preventing the policy from going into effect.
T-Mobile engineers and city officials said Thursday they've made "significant progress" in figuring out why the Dallas 911 call center has been so bogged down by spurious calls.
A conservative state senator who once wanted to be a missionary was accused Thursday in a child prostitution case of offering to pay a 17-year-old boy for sex.
California Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye asked the Trump administration on Thursday to stop immigration agents from “stalking” California’s courthouses to make arrests.
The Brookings Institution Deputy Director, Alan Berube, delves into how city leaders can combat the fractious effect of inequality for long-term sustainable economic growth. Learn the 3 key areas you should focus on.
Most places in America aren't adding many tech jobs. The Indianapolis region is an exception.
As the opioid epidemic rages on, public officials are being forced to consider controversial ways to curb it. In Seattle, that means opening the nation's first supervised injection facility.
A roundup of money (and other) news governments can use.
Miami-Dade school leaders reaffirmed their support for undocumented students Wednesday, joining a growing number of school districts nationwide that have publicly designated schools a safe zone in the face of more aggressive immigration enforcement policies under the Trump administration.
President Donald Trump directed the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday to shelve aggressive vehicle fuel economy targets that have been a foundation for battles against climate change and harmful pollution in California and across the country.
A congressional plan to make Planned Parenthood ineligible for federal funding would leave many women without services to help them avoid pregnancy, resulting in thousands of additional births, according to a new federal budget analysis.
Even though Donald Trump occupies the White House, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton isn't done with the lawsuits.
A federal judge in Hawaii on Wednesday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's travel ban against citizens from six Muslim-majority nations just hours before it was due to go into effect.
In April 2000, 23-year-old Floyd Bledsoe sat in an Oskaloosa, Kansas, courtroom awaiting the verdict in his first-degree murder trial in the death of his 14-year-old sister-in-law, Zetta “Camille” Arfmann.
President Donald Trump will tap the brakes Wednesday on the Obama administration’s tightening of future vehicle emissions limits, in yet another strike at his predecessor’s energy and climate agenda.
The Senate voted Tuesday to roll back an Obama-era regulation that limits who can be drug tested while applying for unemployment benefits.
Arizona's minimum-wage law will stand, after a unanimous Arizona Supreme Court late Tuesday rejected a challenge to the voter-approved law.
Arkansas has a new supply of a lethal injection drug that expired earlier this year, a prison spokesman said Monday, clearing the way for four double executions that will put eight men to death next month.
Before this week’s snow fell, President Donald Trump summoned Mayor Muriel Bowser to the White House in a rare Oval Office meeting for a D.C. mayor.
Former North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory says the backlash against House Bill 2 is making some employers reluctant to hire him but he's currently doing consulting and advisory board work.
A former top state health official was sentenced to one year’s probation Monday for her role in the Flint water crisis, and seven other state employees charged in connection with the lead contamination of the city’s drinking water will have preliminary examinations later this year.
The disease was nearly eradicated around 2000 but has been on the rise since 2012. Health officials partially blame the opioid epidemic.
A new report suggests certain travel patterns make some cities ideal for the technology and urges officials to start planning for it.
A small number of states, however, are starting to let homeless people get IDs and birth certificates for free. Advocates hope the idea becomes a national trend.
Mayor Jose "Joey" Torres of Paterson turned himself in to the state police Monday on charges that he used municipal employees to do work on city time at a family-owned business location.
Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens announced Monday that state workers for executive branch agencies will now be able to receive paid leave when they have a child.
Three days before President Trump's new travel ban is due to take effect, California joined a legal challenge by Washington and four other states Monday arguing that the proposed halt on admission of immigrants and refugees is a thinly disguised anti-Muslim decree that would damage the states' universities, hospitals and economies.
Tennessee became the first state in the nation on Monday to sue the federal government over refugee resettlement on the grounds of the 10th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
An estimated 14 million people would lose health insurance in the first year of the Republican proposal to overturn Obamacare, according to a new estimate from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.
A powerful nor'easter pounded the mid-Atlantic and the Northeast early Tuesday, prompting flight cancellations, school closures and warnings from city and state officials to stay off the roads.
Discover how cities are using advance data analytics to identify local business opportunities, increase transit efficiencies, drive tourism growth and improve the quality of life for all citizens
The party is hoping to regain seats it lost during the Obama years. Democrats say there are already signs of change, but Republicans argue there's no proof of that yet.
Gov. Scott Walker on Thursday issued an executive order making it easier for the public to find state government notices and meeting minutes.
With all the attention paid to President Trump’s lightning-rod secretary of education, Betsy DeVos, and her advocacy for private school vouchers, little public notice has been paid to the action on education in Congress — where lawmakers have broader power than Ms. DeVos to make changes to the nation’s school system.
Ohio Rep. Wes Retherford, R-Hamilton, was arrested in Butler County this morning on suspicion of driving while intoxicated and improper handling of firearms.
A bill filed late last week by a Houston Democrat to convey the frustration women feel about having their health care and family planning decisions scrutinized would penalize men for "unregulated masturbatory emissions."
A new federal court ruling that some Texas congressional boundaries in 2011 were purposely drawn to dilute minority voter strength could someday help turn Texas a little more blue.
Maryland's attorney general says he plans to use newfound power to sue the federal government by joining a Washington state lawsuit trying to upend President Donald Trump's new travel ban.
The White House's push to build more infrastructure -- and quickly -- will likely bring changes to some of the country's most iconic environmental laws.
A Washington state administrative judge on Wednesday upheld fines for three presidential electors who broke their pledges to vote for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in December.
The Arizona Supreme Court says police can’t have blood samples taken from an unconscious DUI suspect without having a search warrant or facing urgent circumstances beyond the natural dissipation of alcohol in blood.
Amid concerns that Russia helped sway the 2016 presidential election, several states are considering legislation that would bar companies with significant foreign ties from contributing money in state campaigns.
Massachusetts, Oregon, New York and Washington state declared Thursday that they will follow Hawaii in challenging President Trump's revised travel order, saying the latest executive directive still amounts to an unconstitutional ban on Muslims.
The number of proposed constitutional amendments on the 2018 general election ballot rose to two Tuesday when the Senate approved a proposal that would require future voters to present photo identification.
It was an awkward scene for officials of Harris County, Texas, who are defending themselves in federal court against a claim that they keep poor defendants locked up just because they cannot afford bail.
Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson said Thursday that the state would take President Donald Trump to court to block enforcement of his new, revamped travel order pausing refugee resettlement and travel from six majority-Muslim countries.
A roundup of money (and other) news governments can use.
Interest is growing in approaches that look for redundancies to overcome infrastructure's risks and vulnerabilities.
From blunt criticism to cautious optimism, not a single governor has given the House bill a full-throated endorsement.
Few state or local government employees have the benefit, but that's slowly changing -- and so are the circumstances for getting it.
But it's not all bad news. The American Society of Civil Engineers reports that some types of infrastructure have improved.
Our cities and states have the most to lose and gain from how we deal with it. What we really need to do is to enforce the laws we already have.
More than 500,000 acres of Clark and Comanche counties have burned in what is being called the largest single fire in the state’s recorded history.
The state can continue tracking with GPS the highest tier of sex offenders who are on probation, according to the Delaware Supreme Court.
The Federal Communications Commission said Wednesday night it will investigate "the root cause" of an outage that prevented AT&T wireless customers in several states from connecting to 911.
Boston Mayor Marty J. Walsh and Gov. Charlie Baker will not participate in the city's St. Patrick's Day Parade unless organizers reverse their decision to prohibit a gay veterans group from marching.
First high winds, then a loss of power, and soon ... deepening cold.
A Los Angeles company is working with hospitals and health departments in Ohio to give away cardboard box beds for every newborn in the state this year in an effort to reduce the high infant-mortality rate.
A new report highlights major holes in local governments' online disclosure of how economic development dollars are spent.
People who have HIV and lack stable housing are less likely to get the care they need. Some places are trying to solve both problems at once.
Industry experts are predicting (and warning) that a decade-old retrofit program will finally boom.
Alderman Lyda Krewson held off city Treasurer Tishaura Jones and won a crowded Democratic mayoral primary fight Tuesday night, making her the front-runner to become the city's 46th mayor in next month's general election.
Broward County schools will become a safe zone of sorts for immigrant students and their families under a resolution passed on Tuesday by the school board.
Hawaii is expected to become the first state in the nation to challenge President Donald Trump's revised travel ban.
Shannon Block is skipping work on Wednesday.
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, facing 10 little-known opponents, was gliding to a second term Tuesday in an election that tested his clout as Los Angeles voters weighed a sweeping anti-development measure that he fought to defeat, according to early returns.
Massachusetts will plug any holes in the budget of the state chapter of Planned Parenthood if the U.S. Congress moves to block the use of Medicaid funds for treatment at the women's health care organization, Governor Charlie Baker said on Friday.
The mayor of New Jersey's third-largest city was indicted on Monday alongside three public works supervisors on charges they conspired to have city employees perform work on a private property connected to the mayor's family.
North Carolina wants to use existing low rates to shore up retiree pensions and health-care debt.
Economists say the employment-to-population ratio for prime-working-age adults can be more reliable than the unemployment rate.
State Senate Democratic leader Jay Costa said Monday that while his caucus remains frozen out of its email and computer network, it does not plan to pay ransom to restore it.
Former Tennessee Economic Development Commissioner Randy Boyd is running for governor in 2018, joining what is expected to be a crowded race to succeed Republican Gov. Bill Haslam.
Gov. Chris Christie announced on Monday the adoption of regulations that would loosen restrictions on citizens seeking gun carry permits.
A federal judge has sided with New Hampshire hospitals in their argument with the state over how much the hospitals are due for uncompensated care, which is usually the difference between Medicaid payments and hospitals' true costs.
A federal appeals court has ruled New Orleans can take down three monuments to Confederate leaders while a lawsuit calling for them to be maintained in place plays out in U.S. district court.
After months of negotiations, House Republicans unveiled their long-awaited legislation to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act amid concerns the bill would weaken or erase many of the health law's signature consumer protections.
Hours after Gov. Bruce Rauner offered two options to provide $215 million to Chicago Public Schools, Chance the Rapper cut the district a $1 million check that the Grammy-winning musician described as a "call to action" for the city's business and philanthropic community.
When it comes to certain issues, they put pragmatism before politics.
The city has created a huge problem for itself -- one so big that bankruptcy isn’t off the table.
Republicans want to do with health care what they already did with cash assistance for the poor. There are lessons to be learned.
States had a cheaper option for investing in infrastructure, but they didn't take it. Now, they must pay the price.
Many public employees use unsanctioned software on work computers. It poses serious security risks.
Advice to city leaders: Dr. Parag Khanna, world-renowned city expert, highlights 3 critical areas that will bring substantial economic and community growth for the connected city.
Their drive to make a meaningful impact could provide the public sector a new pool of investors.
The Supreme Court announced Monday that it will put off a ruling on the rights of transgender students.
Miami-Dade County _ faced with threats by President Donald Trump to cut off federal funding _ violated the U.S. Constitution when it agreed to jail people slated for deportation, a judge ruled on Friday.
More than 14 million adults have enrolled in Medicaid since the health law passed, and that has caused some hand-wringing over whether there would be enough primary care providers to meet the demand. But a study out this week suggests that the newly insured people are generally able to get timely appointments for primary care.
Gov. Asa Hutchinson signed a part of his legislative agenda into law Thursday, a measure aimed at helping students pursuing college degrees in high-demand fields.
In dozens of one-on-one meetings every week, a lawyer retained by the city of Philadelphia summons parents whose children have just been jailed, pulls out his calculator and hands them more bad news: a bill for their kids’ incarceration.
Wyoming officials say they hope more online businesses will begin to pay sales taxes voluntarily but a bill signed Wednesday by Gov. Matt Mead lays the groundwork to collect from those that refuse.
Texts and emails sent by public employees on their personal devices or accounts are a matter of public record if they deal with official business, the California Supreme Court ruled Thursday in a unanimous decision hailed by open-government advocates.
Moments after returning from a vacation in Colombia, former Stockton Mayor Anthony Silva was arrested Sunday at San Francisco International Airport on suspicion of mishandling money when he ran a youth organization more than two years ago.
Suddenly it’s the left that’s talking about defying federal law. The reversal raises a host of questions.
Experts say cities will be the new place for innovative policy. But there are two reasons that might not happen.
How a city built on water handled its infrastructure gives America much to think about.
In the past, politicians have ignored the realities that exist in big cities. They seem to be doing it again.
Despite all the media coverage, assault and harassment remain too common. There's a lot that public leaders could be doing.
There are some key questions a city should ask itself before moving forward.
The burden of four years living under a cloud of suspicion and an intense four-week trial began to lift for former Utah Attorney General John Swallow with the sound of two words: "Not guilty."
For students whose families can't afford to help pay for college, Florida International University is making a promise: The school will pick up the tab.
Kansas school funding is inadequate and unconstitutional, shortchanging at least a fourth of the state's public school students, the Kansas Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
Eleven U.S. states have agreed to drop a lawsuit against an Obama administration order for transgender students to use bathrooms of their choice after the measure was revoked by President Donald Trump, a court filing showed on Thursday.
For the second time in two years, inmates on Thursday took control of a portion of a state maximum security prison and killed two fellow inmates.
Vice President Mike Pence regularly used personal email to conduct public business while serving as governor of Indiana, and his account was compromised last year by hackers, according to The Indianapolis Star.
A roundup of money (and other) news governments can use.
Seven health-care policies you could see more of if the Affordable Care Act is replaced.
About an hour after some 200 police officers cleared the last demonstrators against the Dakota Access Pipeline from their sprawling encampment on the North Dakota prairie last week, Gov. Doug Burgum signed into law four bills aimed at making it easier to control such protests.
The White House issued standard guidance Tuesday that listed 47 state attorneys general who had just met with President Trump. But the story of their visit was a little more complicated than that.
Amid mounting overdose deaths, Gov. Larry Hogan pledged Wednesday to spend an extra $10 million a year to battle Maryland's problem with heroin and prescription pill abuse.
Andrew Gillum, the young African-American Democratic Tallahassee mayor who took on the gun lobby, will formally announce his 2018 bid for Florida governor on Wednesday.
The Supreme Court has refused a plea from Democratic Party lawyers, at least for now, to rein in alleged "racial gerrymandering" by Republican-led states in the South that protects black lawmakers at the expense of other Democrats.
The administration of Gov. Bruce Rauner has set up a website intended to recruit people willing to work for the state in the event of a strike by union employees.
Research has largely rejected claims associating immigrants with higher crime. A new Governing analysis finds the same to be true for undocumented immigrants.
President Donald Trump quietly signed a bill into law Tuesday rolling back an Obama-era regulation that made it harder for people with mental illnesses to purchase a gun.
The Missouri Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the state couldn't bar St. Louis from establishing its own minimum wage. The ruling could bolster legal arguments in favor of a higher minimum wage in Kansas City if voters approve one in an upcoming election.
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana has an ongoing "judicial emergency" and has called in out-of-state judges to help with a backlog of cases.
President Donald Trump stepped up his attack on federal environmental protections Tuesday, issuing an order directing his administration to begin the long process of rolling back sweeping clean water rules that were enacted by his predecessor.
Secretary of State Jon Husted on Monday said his latest review of Ohio's voter registration rolls uncovered 385 more noncitizens, 82 of whom have apparently cast illegal ballots.
The delicate balance of political power in the Senate will hold following two special elections on Tuesday that preserve the status quo.
In his first joint address to Congress, the president talked a lot about improving infrastructure and health care but offered virtually no new details about how.
The president's budget director wants to eliminate a fund that supports research-backed state and local projects. It's won bipartisan support in the past. Will Congress step in to save it?
Learn how technology and data analytics are driving change for 3 critical areas that will make your city more efficient, sustainable, inclusive and resilient.
For our first episode, we talked to someone who mixes politics with reality TV. And, no, it isn't Donald Trump. Listen now.
The federal government approved the experiment, called the Healthy Indiana Plan, or HIP 2.0, which is now up for a three-year renewal.
President Donald Trump said again Monday that he was preparing to spend big on infrastructure. But even as he spoke, administration officials and congressional leaders were telling governors to expect little new federal investment in roads, bridges, transit systems, dam repairs and other water works.
Gov. Bruce Rauner on Monday announced plans to revamp the state's system for insuring many of its poorest residents, saying the changes could save taxpayers money and improve health.
President Donald Trump will order his administration to rescind and rewrite an Obama-era environmental rule that critics say gave the U.S. government too much power to regulate waterways nationwide, according to a senior White House official.
