It's a way to measure progress toward building and strengthening a culture of learning and improvement.
A federal law has done little to advance transportation fairness for low-income communities. Progress is up to local leaders.
To recover quickly from a major outage, electric utilities should be stockpiling critical equipment. Regulators can help make that happen.
Surveying them is the first step. It's important to do it right -- and then act on the results.
There are things union-friendly states could do -- and some things they shouldn't.
The Property Assessed Clean Energy loan program has come under attack, but its benefits are clear.
User training and the latest cybersecurity tools are worthwhile, but there is no panacea.
Doing more to help fund urban needs is good for their workers and their profitability. Some communities are insisting that they step up.
Not everybody charged with a felony needs to be behind bars, and speeding up court processes can have a significant impact.
By better aligning their services to community needs, they can target inequities and support economic opportunity.
President Trump says he supports ethanol, but his EPA seems to be favoring big oil. Rural America is hurting -- and watching.
Too many government workers don't think their organizations value their input. It's a challenge their leaders need to take seriously.
Hundreds of them are now vacant, and they hold untapped value for meeting communities' needs.
How the winning community deals with the gains and pains holds lessons for any place hosting a booming industry.
There's more to transparency than just putting reams of information out there. It needs to be easy to understand and useful.
Improving the on-time completion rate is critical to ensuring communities' economic health. Mayors have an important role.
Police commissioners who don't wear the uniform have the power and authority to institutionalize reforms.
Congress created a crisis by repealing the federal law's individual mandate. States need to act to hold premiums down and keep more people insured.
More of them are calling for the lower rates and prudent spending that fuel economic vitality.
Tracking residents' feelings of well-being can guide cities toward policies that create opportunities for everybody.
The litigation against the drug companies could provide substantial funding. Spending the money wisely is key.
They blew it on casino gambling. Thanks to the Supreme Court, they have another chance if they work together.
We need both micro justice and macro justice. But they aren't always in sync.
Now is the time to look at zoning and building rules that, however well intentioned, make it harder for a community to come back.
Turned off by divisiveness and partisanship, some people are disengaging. Older people are among them, and that's a particular problem for cities.
A San Francisco infrastructure project shows the potential for creating good jobs that can preserve and strengthen a marginalized community.
Autonomous vehicles will need ubiquitous connectivity, and there's a role for government and industry to finally make it happen.
The proliferation of state licensing requirements is already bad enough. There's no need for cities to pile their own mandates on.
Today's state revenue surpluses are an opportunity to prepare for the next downturn by investing in education and talent.
They give cities a way to share the risk and learn whether new approaches work.
Integrating community-based nonprofits' population health work with the health care system would strengthen both.
