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Marketing is especially important for smaller local governments, and states have a role to play.
To shape effective policy and keep their promises, politicians need to focus on outcomes.
There’s a long list of government agencies that have fudged numbers in misleading ways.
Outlying communities and central cities should do more to work together.
It’s not necessarily about traveling far and fast.
The digital currency market is changing so fast that any misstep could be huge.
Announcing the newest round of cities that will engage in the ongoing City Accelerator project.
Two states still allow split-verdicts to send people to prison. That may change soon. But maybe it shouldn't.
Time a DMV worker in California spent sleeping on the job for nearly four years, according to a recent audit. The agency said it could not take disciplinary action because the snoozing had not been properly documented.
Tweet from the account of Wisconsin Republican Rep. Thomas Weatherson. It was quickly deleted, and the state lawmaker said it did not come from him.
They have created fiscal stress for states and municipalities, and exacerbated inequality. A new report offers a simple solution to alleviate those issues.
Dayton, Ohio's Nan Whaley talks to people about policy where they feel most comfortable.
North Dakota's Doug Burgum is helping to build a presidential library in his state.
The Georgia lawmaker who exposed himself and yelled racial slurs during an episode of Sacha Baron Cohen's Showtime series is resigning his seat in the state Legislature, according to House Speaker David Ralston's office.
The Trump administration is resuming Obamacare’s risk adjustment program, just weeks after it abruptly froze billions of dollars in insurer payments citing a court ruling invalidating parts of the program.
California's electric utilities would no longer be automatically liable for wildfire damage caused by the equipment, under a detailed proposal Tuesday from Gov. Jerry Brown.
New Jersey's attorney general immediately halted all municipal prosecutions of marijuana offenses Tuesday, effectively placing on hold thousands of cases across the state that involve possession of the drug while lawmakers continue to debate its legalization.
Montana's Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock on Tuesday said he is suing the Trump administration over its decision to stop collecting information about donors to politically active nonprofit groups.
Gov. Gina Raimondo, if reelected, has pledged to expand the free college tuition program at the Community College of Rhode Island to the state's two four-year colleges at a estimated cost of $35 million.
Nevada voters could soon make history by electing the country’s first female-majority state legislature.
MIT researchers are trying something new to see if they can explain -- if not repair -- the relationship between the public and the government.
Controversial candidate Brian Kemp won the GOP runoff on Tuesday. He will face progressive Democrat Stacey Abrams in November, who could be the nation's first black female governor.
Rhode Island is using new tactics to hold fossil fuel companies responsible for disaster-related infrastructure damage.
Surveying them is the first step. It's important to do it right -- and then act on the results.
Cash and checks that a Chicago mayoral candidate gave away at a church event to help people cover the cost of their property taxes.
Monica Cannon-Grant of the nonprofit Violence in Boston, on the news that the city just hired its first black police chief, William G. Gross. She continued on to say: "We have to hold him accountable as well."
Allegations of sexual misconduct against Kentucky lawmakers have become so common that the statehouse has seemed more like a frat house: Seven have faced accusations, including four who settled secretly with a female legislative aide.
Supporters of Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill have set up a legal fund to defend him against accusations that he inappropriately touched four women at a bar in March.
At the Beech Street School, situated in the most racially diverse census tract of the state's largest city, principal Christine Martin has been unable to find any African-American teachers or support staff to hire.
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