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Los Angeles schools Superintendent John Deasy has canceled the $1 billion program to provide all students with an iPad after public records showed he and his top deputy had developed a relationship with the vendors two years prior to the bidding.
Arizona voters will see as many as 10 state and legislative races on their ballot, not to mention school boards, city councils and local ballot measures. But these are the ones to watch.
An insurgent write-in campaign for the Republican gubernatorial primary is getting some unlikely support from GOP insiders; Libertarian Dan Feliciano hopes to win the party nomination in Tuesday’s election.
Former Republican Gov. Charlie Crist is running to get his old job back, but this time as a Democrat.
In another setback for California's tough gun-control laws, a federal judge ruled Monday that the state can't require gun buyers to wait 10 days to pick up their newly purchased weapon if they already own a gun or have a license to possess a handgun.
Localities are forced to deal with much of the problems associated with fracking, while states and the federal government rake in all the revenue.
Can a model procurement agreement speed the adoption of cloud computing?
Good jobs are proven to reduce crime, yet much of the economy's recent growth is due to dead-end jobs with low wages and no benefits.
Many state and local agencies fail to properly oversee waiting lists for government programs.
Vertically inclined cities could make a lot of money allowing private developers to build high-rise apartments or business spaces above libraries, city halls and schools.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is looking to fund state pilot projects that combine food assistance and job training in an effort to find the best way to get people out of poverty.
Many municipalities struggle to identify their uniqueness and instead try to market themselves for having things that you can find anywhere.
Even though airports and public transportation systems are in need of upgrades, all anyone ever talks about is roads and bridges.
While the final lineup of measures is still being sorted out, five broad themes are emerging.
As state legislatures' structures and salaries have changed, so have the type of people the political office attracts.
A new book provides a comprehensive picture of the performance-management practice that has taken the public sector by storm.
Some are offering in-state tuition and financial aid to unauthorized students and others are approving more spending to enforce immigration laws.
Across California, more than 13,500 inmates are being released early each month to relieve crowding in local jails, a 34 percent increase over the past three years.
Prospective teachers get the chance to try out the profession and make a few mistakes under a watchful eye before taking on the full responsibility of a classroom.
Preservationists are fighting to keep oil development away from Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
The Washington Post editorial board. The paper announced Monday that it will stop calling Washington's football team the "Redskins" on its editorial page. The paper will continue to use the team name in stories in the news and sports sections.
The state is distinguishing between voters who showed documents proving they are U.S. citizens and those who signed a sworn statement attesting to their citizenship.
Tots don’t vote — but increasingly, pols are looking to them to score points with voters.
As the country struggles to combat the growing abuse of heroin and opioid painkillers, a new battlefield is emerging: the courts.
Troubled by images of heavily armed police facing off protesters in Ferguson, Mo., President Barack Obama is ordering a review of federal programs that help law enforcement agencies buy military equipment.
Florida's flawed congressional districts may remain in place for two more years and newly drawn boundaries for seven north and central districts don't have to take effect until 2016, a Tallahassee circuit court judge ruled late Friday.
The destruction highlights one of the greatest fears of seismic engineers -- that the retrofitting of unreinforced masonry buildings still leaves weak joints between bricks. Whole chunks can fall, sending bricks crashing down.
Public-private collaborations for local-government innovation are spreading. There are some best practices for making them work.
A roundup of money (and other) news governments can use.
As severe weather becomes more common, microgrids are gaining popularity as a way to keep the power on at critical facilities during widespread blackouts.
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