In the wake of a major procurement scandal, California is seeking a better way to make big buys.

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The District of Columbia, once the nation's poster child for managerial incompetence, is staging a comeback.

How much further can the U.S. Supreme Court go on states' rights?

Sometimes in public life, the best politician for the job may not be a politician. That, at least, is the gamble that St. Louis-area public transit is taking with Larry Salci.