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The results of a Governing survey paint a portrait of a public sector hard-hit by budget cuts, pay freezes and a lack of advancement opportunities. But employees have reasons for optimism.
After years of development, Los Angeles reached a milestone that few other, if any, major cities can claim: Every single traffic light -- all 4,398 of them -- can be monitored and controlled remotely.
Hit by tornadoes and earthquakes, Tuscaloosa, Ala.; Greensburg, Kan.; and San Francisco all learned how to turn local tragedy into a new and vibrant vision. Their lessons are a playbook for local officials dealing with disasters.
The fatal explosion earlier this year at a Texas fertilizer plant that hadn’t been inspected since 1985 brought attention to the nation’s dysfunctional and ineffective system of keeping employees -- both in the public and private sectors -- safe.
The city, which is one of the nation’s poorest and most obese, is resorting to creative measures to get people to eat healthier. There are signs that its efforts are working.
The practice of converting waste into energy isn't new, but its advocates argue that it’s underutilized in America.
Even though poverty is often linked with higher risks of HIV infection, less than half the states cover routine testing for Medicaid recipients. The feds are offering states an incentive to change that.
With so many states and localities pruning money from parks and tree-planting programs to balance budgets, a free app helps public officials put a monetary value on the benefits of growing them.
Gay marriage is more than a social issue -- it’s a public health issue. New research suggests prohibitions on gay unions may take a psychological toll.
Doctors can write a parks prescription for patients that gives free admission to one of South Carolina’s 30 state parks.
From a facility in Wilmington, Del., the passenger rail operator manages trains across the country.
A month after a Supreme Court ruling freed jurisdictions from having to get federal approval to change their election laws, Attorney General Eric Holder announced a lawsuit to require Texas to do just that -- and "it will not be our last," he said.
At least three states already allow and more are considering allowing localities to charge citizens for what can be dangerous and expensive rescues that occur when recklessness (like kayaking during a flood) is involved.
Many states ended fiscal year 2013 with a surplus, but experts warn that it doesn’t mean their financial woes are over.
Two powerful women in Detroit are pushing hard for the city to focus its resources on fighting its high violent crime rate, which, in 2012, was five times the national average.
With large numbers of students needing to take non-credit developmental courses in their first year of college, states are paying more attention to the problem by asking who is really responsible and attempting to reform their education systems accordingly.
Officials with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services held a conference call with reporters to reiterate the economic and social benefits of expanding the healthcare safety net for the Florida's poorest residents, in an effort to convince lawmakers to reconsider Medicaid expansion.
Idaho water quality regulators must go back to the drawing board after the federal government this week rejected a 2-year-old rule that allowed some new pollution to be discharged into the state's prized waterways without review.
The enrollment is aimed at gay couples who had been married previously but shied away from CalPERS' health plan because employees had to pay taxes on their spouses' health benefits.
Since DOMA was declared unconstitutional on June 26, those tax consequences have gone away.
The law takes effect immediately, but it may be well over a year before the program is up and running.
Washington state legalized adult possession of up to an ounce of marijuana last fall, but marijuana remains illegal under federal law.
A federal judge has delayed enforcement of a key portion of Alabama's new abortion clinic law until March 24, 2014.
The House approved a bill that keeps judges from considering foreign law in state court decisions.
Last month, Democratic lawmakers sent Gov. Chris Christie a stack of gun-control bills that would do everything from banning the .50-caliber Barrett assault rifle to creating a more stringent photo ID system.
One New Jersey gun-rights group has come up with a novel approach to drum up opposition to the measures: urge Christie to veto the bills and get a chance to win a free gun.
The University of Colorado Boulder reported it is being investigated by the U.S. Department of Education Office of Civil Rights over its handling of an alleged sexual assault involving a student.
A key House committee has approved a bill that would grant a measure of budget autonomy to the District, the latest step in the city’s long-running effort to win the ability to spend its own money freely.
The amount local governments in Nevada spent lobbying the state legislature this year.
Garen Wintemute, a public health researcher who studies gun violence at the University of California, Davis.
Survey results assess the state of the public employee workforce.
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Steven Rhodes on Wednesday stayed lawsuits challenging Detroit's historic bankruptcy filing.
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