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Republicans want to do with health care what they already did with cash assistance for the poor. There are lessons to be learned.
States had a cheaper option for investing in infrastructure, but they didn't take it. Now, they must pay the price.
Many public employees use unsanctioned software on work computers. It poses serious security risks.
Cities and universities may finally be learning to work together.
Advice to city leaders: Dr. Parag Khanna, world-renowned city expert, highlights 3 critical areas that will bring substantial economic and community growth for the connected city.
Their drive to make a meaningful impact could provide the public sector a new pool of investors.
The Supreme Court announced Monday that it will put off a ruling on the rights of transgender students.
Miami-Dade County _ faced with threats by President Donald Trump to cut off federal funding _ violated the U.S. Constitution when it agreed to jail people slated for deportation, a judge ruled on Friday.
For Medicaid and other programs, state policymakers can learn a lot from new payment models that are evolving.
More than 14 million adults have enrolled in Medicaid since the health law passed, and that has caused some hand-wringing over whether there would be enough primary care providers to meet the demand. But a study out this week suggests that the newly insured people are generally able to get timely appointments for primary care.
Gov. Asa Hutchinson signed a part of his legislative agenda into law Thursday, a measure aimed at helping students pursuing college degrees in high-demand fields.
In dozens of one-on-one meetings every week, a lawyer retained by the city of Philadelphia summons parents whose children have just been jailed, pulls out his calculator and hands them more bad news: a bill for their kids’ incarceration.
Wyoming officials say they hope more online businesses will begin to pay sales taxes voluntarily but a bill signed Wednesday by Gov. Matt Mead lays the groundwork to collect from those that refuse.
Texts and emails sent by public employees on their personal devices or accounts are a matter of public record if they deal with official business, the California Supreme Court ruled Thursday in a unanimous decision hailed by open-government advocates.
Moments after returning from a vacation in Colombia, former Stockton Mayor Anthony Silva was arrested Sunday at San Francisco International Airport on suspicion of mishandling money when he ran a youth organization more than two years ago.
Suddenly it’s the left that’s talking about defying federal law. The reversal raises a host of questions.
Experts say cities will be the new place for innovative policy. But there are two reasons that might not happen.
How a city built on water handled its infrastructure gives America much to think about.
In the past, politicians have ignored the realities that exist in big cities. They seem to be doing it again.
Despite all the media coverage, assault and harassment remain too common. There's a lot that public leaders could be doing.
There are some key questions a city should ask itself before moving forward.
The burden of four years living under a cloud of suspicion and an intense four-week trial began to lift for former Utah Attorney General John Swallow with the sound of two words: "Not guilty."
For students whose families can't afford to help pay for college, Florida International University is making a promise: The school will pick up the tab.
Kansas school funding is inadequate and unconstitutional, shortchanging at least a fourth of the state's public school students, the Kansas Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
Eleven U.S. states have agreed to drop a lawsuit against an Obama administration order for transgender students to use bathrooms of their choice after the measure was revoked by President Donald Trump, a court filing showed on Thursday.
For the second time in two years, inmates on Thursday took control of a portion of a state maximum security prison and killed two fellow inmates.
Vice President Mike Pence regularly used personal email to conduct public business while serving as governor of Indiana, and his account was compromised last year by hackers, according to The Indianapolis Star.
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