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Some cities and states have to get creative to market themselves.
Ballot that a three-judge panel on Wednesday ruled must be counted in the recount of votes for the Virginia House. The inclusion of that ballot means the race is now tied and will soon be decided by what is essentially a coin toss. Control of the Virginia House is at stake.
New Mexico state Sen. John Arthur Smith, a Democrat, who is concerned about the part of the GOP tax bill that will cost Western states nearly $1.3 billion in oil, gas and coal royalties. The volatility of the oil market has caused major budget problems in New Mexico and several other states.
In what some say is a first in the world, D.C.'s latest venture gives taxi drivers new business and simultaneously cuts its own costs.
When hackers target hospitals, the consequences can be dire. Yet hospitals have little help preventing or responding to such attacks.
Scandals surrounding abuse and corruption are spurring cities across the country to adopt civilian oversight boards. But some argue they have the opposite effect that advocates are looking for.
For one, many states have to figure out how to manage their marijuana revenue.
Dealing a setback to Gov. Jay Inslee's climate agenda, a judge has invalidated major portions of a state rule requiring greenhouse-gas cuts by refineries, fuel distributors and dozens of other major industrial emitters.
Former Bangor mayor Sean Faircloth filed papers Tuesday to run for governor.
The looming demise of Obamacare’s individual mandate is spurring talks in a handful of blue states about enacting their own coverage requirements, as state officials and health care advocates fear repeal will roil their insurance markets.
Citing Congress’ failure to restore federal funding of the Children’s Health Insurance Program, Alabama plans to drop 7,000 kids from coverage on New Year’s Day, the first step to shutting down coverage for everyone, state officials said Monday.
As Congress speeds toward a vote on its massive tax overhaul, the lack of funding to cover the costs of the package means Western states are poised to lose nearly $1.3 billion in oil, gas and coal royalties.
After a speeding Amtrak train derailed during its first trip on a new rail line -- on the heels of two deadly passenger rail crashes blamed on high speed since 2015 -- safety experts on Tuesday asked why the train did not have the latest automated control system.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) said Tuesday that President Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner “deserves the scrutiny” he’s received from special counsel Robert Mueller’s team in the ongoing Russia probe.
A 16-agency coalition in the New York City area offers lessons for other regions.
The old saying "every vote counts" may never have been more true than in Virginia Tuesday. A recount in a Newport News district appears to have flipped the outcome and moved the House of Delegates to a 50-50 split between Republicans and Democrats, ending 17 years of GOP control.
Most politicians believe moderation doesn’t help Democrats much in the Deep South. Louisiana’s governor, who's trying to fix the state's finances, isn’t one of them.
Election results from November suggest they will have a big year. But with near record low representation in the states, Democrats need more than that to shift the balance of power.
Even though it's an election year, these policies and problems are too important and timely for legislatures to ignore.
They rarely collaborate. But Jenni Owen, the policy director for North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, is part of a growing relationship between government and academia.
Key provisions will likely increase states and localities' current debt load and make it more expensive for them to borrow in the future. The bill's impact on supply and demand in the municipal bond market, however, is unclear.
Christopher Mitchell, director of the Community Broadband Networks Initiative at the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, on how the repeal of net neutrality regulations could hurt the more than 100 cities that have their own broadband networks and are in direct competition with giants like Verizon.
Homeless people in America in 2016, which is a 1 percent increase from the year before and the first time the national count went up since 2010.
Ellen Dunham-Jones, director of the urban design program at Georgia Tech University and a leading authority on suburban evolution.
Age that kids are required to start school in 14 states. In one of them, Indiana, the top education official wants to lower the compulsory school age to 5 years old.
Number of races for governor this year. Republicans have 26 offices to defend, Democrats have nine, and one governor up for reelection is an independent.
State funding for New Year's Eve security in Las Vegas this year, which is almost triple the amount Nevada spent the year before. The increased vigilance follows the October mass shooting in the city that left 58 concertgoers dead.
London Breed, the acting mayor of San Francisco, talking about her predecessor, Ed Lee, who died of a heart attack last week. During a memorial service, she remarked on his celebrity-like status in San Francisco and in China.
Ray Scheppach, a former executive director of the National Governors Association, on the increasing partisanship among governors.
Official death toll in Puerto Rico from Hurricane Maria. But on Monday, the island's governor ordered a recount because investigations from news outlets have found that the number of fatalities could actually exceed 1,000.
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