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There are no easy answers for a career public manager ordered to cut spending with no consideration of its impact.
Effective leadership can make a big difference in public education. States can do more to promote it.
In the wake of reports exposing a culture of harassment and retaliation in Missouri's prisons, the director of the agency sent a resignation letter to agency employees Thursday.
The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against the city of Sterling Heights claiming the Detroit suburb was biased against Muslims when it shot down a plan to build a mosque there last year.
President Barack Obama signed a disaster declaration Thursday, ordering federal funds be made available to victims of the fires that killed 14 and damaged or destroyed more than 2,400 structures in Gatlinburg and the surrounding Sevier County communities.
Current and historical rainy day fund balances for each state.
They’re into more than showmanship. They’re struggling to turn the gambling mecca into a thriving 21st century urban place.
More than half the states have passed laws to protect victims, but the laws aren’t always enforced and often produce new challenges.
As the new administration likely backs away from Obama's commitment to reduce greenhouse gases, mayors are stepping up their efforts.
Particularly in rural areas, governments are increasingly turning to them to ease the shortage of providers, blurring the line between religion and medicine.
In 1970, an architect began building a self-sustaining town of the future. Now it stands as a lab for environmentally conscious urban planners.
Former Milwaukee police officer Dominique Heaggan-Brown was charged Thursday with first-degree reckless homicide in the fatal on-duty shooting of Sylville Smith, which sparked riots in Sherman Park in August.
A roundup of money (and other) news governments can use.
In late-October, before a restless crowd in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, Republican-elect Donald Trump laid out the closing argument of his campaign.
One attorney general, Eric T. Schneiderman, is already investigating Donald J. Trump over possible violations of New York State law at his charity foundation.
Gov. John Bel Edwards overstepped his authority in an order requiring state agencies and private companies contracting for state work to not discriminate against lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender people in the workplace, a district judge in Baton Rouge ruled Wednesday morning.
No honeymoon, then.
Uber is acting illegally by operating self-driving cars in San Francisco and "must cease" until it gets a permit, according to a strongly worded letter sent by California's Department of Motor Vehicles on Wednesday.
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued an alert Wednesday urging pregnant women to consider postponing any travels to Brownsville because five people there have become infected with the Zika virus through mosquito bites.
A judge has ordered the city of Chicago to hold off on implementing new restrictions on Airbnb and other home-sharing platforms after a group of homeowners sued the city last month.
A federal judge in Seattle on Wednesday rejected a request by two Washington state electors to pre-empt a state law that could fine them up to $1,000 each if they disregard the state's presidential popular vote.
An entire Indiana town has no police officers after every single one walked off the job. The officers blame the Bunker Hill Town Council for the situation.
A small rural Colorado school district elected to allow teachers and staff members to carry guns on campus on Wednesday evening. The decision came on the fourth anniversary of the Sandy Hook school shooting which claimed the lives of 20 children and six adult staff members, inspiring a wave of proposals to allow weapons in schools.
The Obama administration is trying to protect Planned Parenthood's federal funding before the president turns over the reins of government to Republicans who have historically been hostile to the family planning group.
Officials in Pismo Beach knew there were hurdles, but along the way they learned a lot about how to reap the benefits.
They have the power to reform the undemocratic Electoral College system.
They're bringing in new investors, big and small, to disperse the power and lower interest rates. It's already paying off for some governments.
The cohort 2 city is sharpening tools and building trust.
The controversial oil and gas extraction technique known as hydraulic fracturing can contaminate drinking water under certain circumstances, according to a long-anticipated U.S. Environmental Protection Agency report released Tuesday.
As he said farewell to the Texas Legislature in January 2015, Rick Perry couldn’t help but reflect on how energy technology and policy had transformed the state’s landscape — and fueled its economy — during his record 14 years as governor.
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