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Across the U.S., lawmakers are introducing a wave of bills that would either restrict or support federal immigration enforcement.
Nebraska becomes the 12th state to bar diversion of federal survivor benefits toward foster-care costs.
State prisons are full, forcing Idaho to house inmates in county jails and out-of-state facilities at sharply higher expense.
New Census estimates show the state added more residents than any state in 2025 even as immigration and domestic migration drop to their lowest rates in years.
Whether they come from abroad or elsewhere in the U.S., they are reshaping communities in profound ways. That’s not likely to change.
Chatbots with inadequate safeguards are harming our children, rewiring their brains in ways that lead to anxiety, depression and self-harm. State lawmakers should take swift action to protect them.
State legislators introduce hundreds of K-12 proposals each year, but less than 10 percent reach the governor’s desk.
Parents say inconsistent and confusing local attendance policies undermine efforts to reduce chronic absenteeism and erode confidence in districts’ accountability.
Kansas flex-plexes and Indiana microcenters are turning underused spaces into multiprovider childcare facilities.
As federal aid shrinks in 2026, wide disparities in sales tax reliance highlight the limits and risks of leaning more heavily on consumption taxes.
Plans for an autonomous vehicle future are being made in many large cities. But how close are those plans to being realized?
A market crash doesn’t seem imminent, but there are lessons for public financiers, pension funds and policymakers from collapses of the past.
Sixty-five people from a long-standing encampment have been placed in stable housing, and outreach efforts are expanding under a structured rapid-rehousing strategy.
With pandemic-era aid gone and long-term structural challenges looming, 2026 budget debates will test lawmakers’ ability to balance short-term gaps and future risk.
State officials say federal agents violated Minnesota law, blocked investigators and left a crime scene unsecured, deepening a rift with the Trump administration.
How people feel about where they live is an overlooked factor in engaging them in civic life. There are ways to boost those feelings.
Rising use of force by federal agents is testing the limits of state authority and civil rights protections.
Thousands of unplugged wells from a century of drilling are leaking pollution, while the state struggles to track money meant to fix the problem.
The incentives are reshaping rural economies, with debates emerging about oversight and long-term community costs.
Public officials can make the greatest difference when they focus on their communities’ housing, transportation and utility costs.
A statewide strike aims to halt normal economic activity in response to recent enforcement actions and a fatal shooting.
Unlike most states, New Jersey applies licensing and insurance rules to both low-speed and high-speed bikes.
Federal policy fights, a proposed state funding holdback and declining student counts are squeezing school district budgets.
New governors in Virginia and New Jersey signed executive orders aimed at lowering costs.
Joe DiVincenzo has served as county executive for Essex County, N.J., since 2003. He's become a power broker in Democratic state politics even while working with and endorsing some Republicans.
A new report outlines what it would cost to bring world-class transit to America’s urbanized areas.
They should take steps to protect and boost their own revenues. And they should take a second look at their own tax cuts.
Small schools with minimal staff face hundreds of hours of work to satisfy the Education Department’s new reporting requirement tied to post-affirmative-action scrutiny.
With about 86 percent of its transportation fuel imported from California and refinery closures looming, state leaders launched a Fuel Resiliency Committee to address supply vulnerabilities.
Industry surveys reveal a growing disconnect between when data centers expect power and when utilities can provide it.
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