With kids on the decline in urban areas, cities can make themselves more attractive to young families by building more playgrounds.

More than 225 years after the first one, states are considering whether to call a second as a way to rein in the feds. But no one really knows what a convention can and can’t do and how it would work.

During this year's State of the States address, governors continued their push for more control over their economic futures.

The Affordable Care Act gave state insurance commissioners the power to review rate increases of 10 percent or more but left it up to the states to decide whether they also have the power to reject them.

A new survey shows how cities used money from the 2009 stimulus package to invest in energy efficient infrastructure.