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Even if Congress passes a spending bill without the president's proposed cuts to programs that help the poor, it's likely to consider more serious changes next year.
Four cities -- Pittsburgh, St. Paul, the District of Columbia and San Francisco -- field-tested collaborative approaches to paying for things that cities need.
Congressional Republicans are pushing a major overhaul of the country’s tax code. Many of the ideas they’re debating could have a big impact on infrastructure.
New minimum wage for full-time municipal workers in Bergen County, N.J. The county estimates that it will cost $360,647 in the first year, which is less than 1 percent of its $52.8 million budget.
Mark Lonergan, the operations chief of Sacramento Regional Transit, which was hacked earlier this month. The cybercriminals erased data but did not impact the train or bus service.
Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco gave thanks for county workers on Tuesday when he signed an executive order that raises the minimum wage for full-time employees to $15 an hour.
The federal government has granted people affected by the devastating hurricanes that wracked coastal states and Puerto Rico 15 extra days to sign up for health coverage under the Affordable Care Act.
Sacramento Regional Transit restored its website Tuesday following a weekend cyberattack and began meeting with federal security experts on ways to reduce the chance of future breaches.
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker signed a law on Monday requiring state insurers to cover birth control without a copay.
Democrats hoping to win control of Virginia’s House of Delegates filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday seeking to block the state Board of Elections from certifying a tight race that has been clouded by ballot mix-ups.
A pair of Minnesota state lawmakers -- one a DFL senator, the other a Republican representative -- announced Tuesday that they will resign from office in the wake of sexual harassment allegations.
Long before Mayor Bill de Blasio started to define New York City as the nexus of anti-Donald Trump sentiment, the mayor and other senior officials in his administration maintained friendly relations with the president's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and his daughter, Ivanka Trump, emails obtained through a Freedom of Information request show.
Lots of towns could claim to love their mayors, but few would probably want them to continue leading from beyond the grave.
Last month's election has re-energized Obamacare advocates. Meanwhile in Maine, the matter is being complicated by Gov. Paul LePage, who has vowed not to implement an expansion until lawmakers show how they'll fund it.
Mike DuHaime, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s top political adviser, referring to the time that Christie embraced then-President Obama in the wake of Superstorm Sandy.
Time before a train in Tokyo was scheduled to take off but left the station anyway. The early departure didn't elicit complaints from customers, but the rail company still issued an apology.
The FBI and federal prosecutors are investigating police conduct during protests after September's acquittal of the St. Louis officer for a fatal 2011 shooting.
A veteran Chicago police officer was sentenced to five years in prison Monday for firing 16 times into a moving vehicle filled with teens, wounding two.
The former head of the Pennsylvania Department of State didn't resign on his own but appears to have been ousted by Gov. Wolf, according to newly released documents.
Controversy continued to grow Monday over a close House of Delegates race in the Fredericksburg region that could determine control of the chamber.
TransCanada Corp. won Nebraska's permission to build its long-delayed Keystone XL crude oil pipeline across the state.
In the early hours after a massive Monday night fire in the Orion Township-Auburn Hills area knocked out the 911 system for the Oakland County Sheriff's Office, the phone system has been restored.
Miami-Dade and Chicago sit on opposite sides of the debate over sanctuary cities under President Donald Trump: The largest government in South Florida won praise from the president himself for agreeing to detain immigration violators at local jails, while the Windy City is suing the Trump administration to preserve its "sanctuary" status.
President Trump acted unconstitutionally when he threatened to strip billions of dollars in federal funding from sanctuary cities and counties, like San Francisco and Santa Clara County, that refuse to cooperate fully with immigration officers, a federal judge ruled Monday.
When they're given the metrics, the tools and the chance to contribute, they can work wonders. Denver is showing the way.
With more and more people using them to get where they need to go, reclaimed railways and industrial corridors are connecting neighborhoods rather than dividing them.
A lot of entrepreneurs don't understand that government's support is critical to many of the innovations they rely on.
Governing Institute and Build America Mutual recently produced a bond issuance guide.
Building out digital infrastructure raises a host of complex questions, from avoiding obsolescence to sorting through funding options.
Ohio Supreme Court Justice William O'Neill, who is also running for governor, referring to his two daughters and two sisters who were upset that he boasted on Facebook about having sex with 50 "very attractive women" and decried media "hysteria" over the sexual harassment and assault claims against U.S. Sen. Al Franken and U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore.
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