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Most agencies can’t match private-sector pay, and governments can no longer depend on superior benefits packages as a recruiting tool.
The turnover rate among young state employees is rising. Raising pay might be a way to change that, but it’s not a practical one.
For one town, dealing honestly with its unions paid off.
Late-night transit options may make a city more attractive to younger generations, but running trains around the clock has its drawbacks.
The United States once dreamed of building great things – like a library in every city – and made those dreams come true. But not anymore.
The feds set a goal of reducing crime on tribal reservations by 5 percent. Here’s how they brought it down by more than 700 percent.
It’s a tempting idea, but cities simply don’t have the power to do what most of their residents want them to do.
How one agency handled a tragedy as it unfolded live on Twitter.
The state is 'the gold standard,' far as enforcement goes.
A new game, soccer in miniature, gains popularity at L.A. parks.
Judge declares that aid in dying, but not suicide, is a fundamental right.
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Percent of workers in the Honolulu metro area who carpool to their jobs, which is one of the highest rates in the country.
President Barack Obama, who told The New Yorker that he smoked weed as a kid and views it as a "bad habit and a vice, not very different from cigarettes."
Approximately 54,000 state employees are switching to Google's cloud-based email and scheduling system.
The decision could remove state barriers to local government-owned networks.
Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer said she met with federal prosecutors Sunday, a day after she alleged members of Gov. Chris Christie’s administration threatened to withhold Hurricane Sandy aid from her city if she did not approve a real estate project.
As many as 383 Medicaid enrollees in Maryland received welcome packets in the mail this month that contained the names and birth dates of strangers, health officials announced Sunday evening.
Prince William County qualified for enough state funding this year to provide pre-kindergarten classes to more than 1,600 children from low-income families. But the county turned down nearly all of that money and instead serves just 72 children in four classrooms.
As if getting married wasn't complicated enough, a proposed ballot initiative would require mandatory pre-wedding education before couples could say "I do."
The U.S. Election Assistance Commission on Friday rejected requests by Kansas, Arizona and Georgia to modify federal registration forms to allow their states to fully implement proof-of-citizen voting laws for their residents.
In decisions widely hailed as milestones, the United States Supreme Court in 2010 and 2012 acted to curtail the use of mandatory life sentences for juveniles, accepting the argument that children, even those who are convicted of murder, are less culpable than adults and usually deserve a chance at redemption.
This week's roundup of money (and other) news that governments can use touches on on the muni market rebound, California's grooviness and more.
The city is using a variety of innovative approaches to leverage the tech sector and diversify a government-dependent economy.
A new book about Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft has much to tell us about the challenges facing governments today.
To match the private sector in the competition for crucial technology talent, public leaders need to think and act innovatively.
As two experts demonstrate, there's more to the problems faced by state and local retirement systems than mere political shenanigans.
A look at several states where elections could change K-12 education policy.
The law is unconstitutional, says Commonwealth Court Judge Bernard McGinley.
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