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Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday strongly rejected suggestions from Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner and other city officials that they could avoid raising local property taxes to pay for damage from Hurricane Harvey if the state would immediately tap its reserve funds.
President Trump told lawmakers Tuesday that he was abandoning a key element of his planned $1 trillion infrastructure package, complaining that certain partnerships between the private sector and federal government simply don’t work.
The federal Department of Homeland Security reversed itself Tuesday and told Wisconsin officials that the Russian government had not tried to hack the state's voter registration system last year.
The U.S. Supreme Court granted a stay of execution for a black man scheduled to die on Tuesday in Georgia after his lawyers argued that his conviction was tainted by a juror with racist views.
Members of Congress searched for a way forward on health care legislation Tuesday, but as they did, the wreckage of the latest Republican plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act continued to threaten to block the way for bipartisan progress.
Former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore won the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate on Tuesday, overcoming an incumbent with the strong backing of President Donald Trump and a major fundraising advantage.
When high levels of lead were discovered in the public water system in Flint, Mich., in 2015, Medicaid stepped in to help thousands of children get tested for poisoning and receive care.
Business leaders in Tucson have tried to mail Amazon’s chief executive, Jeff Bezos, a 21-foot cactus. The largest conference room in the Tulsa, Okla., mayor’s office has been converted to a war room, with 50 volunteers poring over videos of Mr. Bezos.
Research shows long hours and off-duty work can negatively impact officers’ performance and even worsen their racial biases. But most departments don’t place any limits on officers' hours.
City revival has ceased to be a radical idea, and that’s a good thing.
For one, what’s the objective -- to improve service, save money or both?
At 24, Atlanta’s new sustainability director has already spent a lifetime in the field. He attributes that to cartoons and his famous family.
The medical field has been reluctant to adopt technology. There are reasons to believe that’s changing.
Ed Murray’s resignation represents a trend: Unlike most big cities, mayors there tend to last one term -- or less.
Over a generation, there’s been a sea change in the way cities, states and the feds deal with each other.
They can have a big impact on economic fortunes and social cohesion, which explains the controversy that often surrounds them.
It's an issue that's playing out right now in St. Louis County.
Ken Paxton is the state’s latest official to seemingly survive a political scandal.
Most states have outdated laws. In New Hampshire, a rule about which businesses can use red, white and blue paint has spurred a backlash against such red tape.
Art Martinez de Vara created the first "defensive city." Today, there are a string of them.
Irregular hours and unpredictable schedules have redefined work for many low-income Americans. States and cities are just beginning to regulate them.
The Trump administration's latest reversal of Obama policing strategies instead puts an emphasis on tough-on-crime policies. But the shift will undermine efforts to rebuild relations between communities and police, say many law enforcement officials and experts.
The unique anti-tax tool has defined spending in the state, and it may spread to more states.
Building on reforms in places like Atlanta, five new cities are now working to make their procurement strategies more inclusive.
Jails are filled with low-risk offenders awaiting court dates. There's bipartisan support to change that, so why is it still hard to get anything done?
Things are looking up right now in the city. Well, at least part of it. That inequality will impact the city’s upcoming election and be the biggest issue facing its next leader.
We first published in 1987, a year when states and cities seemed poised for innovation.
A Manhattan federal appeals court on Tuesday overturned the corruption conviction of former Senate leader Dean Skelos, knocking down a second pillar of former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's clean-up Albany campaign on the same grounds it reversed former Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver's conviction a few months ago.
The highly anticipated rules might spur lenders to lobby states to loosen their own laws.
Texas Democratic state Rep. Senfronia Thompson, referring to a bill she introduced that bans anyone under 16 from getting married and requires people under 18 to get a judge's consent. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott signed it into law in May. A dozen other states have enacted similar policies.
