While most people were steering clear of SARS-infected Toronto this spring, a delegation of U.S. city leaders went there to find out how that city was responding to the deadly biological phenomenon.

Arizona has enacted a comprehensive jury reform law, one that makes it easier for citizens to fulfill their duty and fairer for those on trial.

Bergen County, New Jersey, is a great place to retire if you're a public servant. Retirement benefits are so generous, in fact, that they've become the subject of both state legislation and a lawsuit.

Targeted tax incentives violate all the established principles of sound tax policy. Yet, they keep proliferating.

Top government officials find it easier to deal with huge budget shortfalls than to get their agencies to share information.