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Last month police in Charlotte, North Carolina, shot an African-American man and then sat on the footage from their body and dashboard cameras, refusing to release it until protesters’ demands that the footage be shared turned violent.
A special (but simple) bus pass helps homeless population get to shelter in extreme weather.
Both candidates have vowed to reform the tax code. But neither has said how their plans would impact states and localities.
The city is installing sensors that could reveal a lot about the best way for governments to use smart technology.
Some economists say the country goes through two-decade-long seasons, each requiring its own kind of leader.
John Hickenlooper hopes to recruit high-level talent for the next generation of public officials.
Understanding how some cities have transformed shows why focusing on the little things can help struggling places survive and thrive.
They still share a border, but the cities along it differ in nearly every way possible.
They’re stepping down in cities across the country, opening up opportunities for major change.
They vow to rev up the local economy all the time, exposing their misunderstanding of cities and political office.
As the waters from Hurricane Matthew recede, coastal residents from Florida to the Carolinas may have something else to worry about: Zika.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is still supporting Donald Trump for president even though he was "disturbed," "disappointed" and "embarrassed" by a video released last week revealing the Republican nominee, then a reality television star, bragging about groping women.
Same-day voter registration will be available in Illinois for the Nov. 8 election after a federal appeals court Friday denied an attempt to expedite a case challenging the law.
The staff of Clinica Sierra Vista, which has health centers throughout the Central Valley, screened its mostly low-income patients last year for mental health needs and determined that nearly 30 percent suffered from depression, anxiety or alcoholism.
The three candidates for North Dakota governor debated one final time Monday before the November election.
Gov. Pete Ricketts’ political team has pulled the plug on a Tuesday fundraiser that was set to feature GOP vice presidential nominee Mike Pence, according to two Republican sources in Nebraska.
In the final debate between Democrat Gov. Steve Bullock and his Republican challenger Greg Gianforte on Saturday, the rules went by the board at times as some of the candidates' exchanges grew testy.
Phil Scott and Sue Minter offer competing visions of how to make Vermont more affordable as the gubernatorial campaign heads into the final weeks.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Chris Sununu will not revoke his endorsement of GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump and says party members need to stand behind the nominee, despite the release of a videotape in which Trump is heard bragging about groping and otherwise sexually assaulting women.
The Chicago Teachers Union reached a tentative contract agreement with the school board minutes before a midnight strike deadline Monday, meaning schools will be in session Tuesday morning.
A judge on Monday extended Florida's voter registration deadline by one more day, through Wednesday, because of Hurricane Matthew, calling it "irrational" for the state to reject the idea.
The remarks Donald Trump made in 2005 about groping women have divided Republican leaders at the national level. It's also driving a wedge between Republicans here in Washington state.
A judge has thrown out the federal civil case accusing Attorney General Ken Paxton of securities fraud, giving him his biggest legal victory yet since the allegations surfaced more than a year ago.
Gov. Rick Snyder today signed legislation -- approved by the Michigan Legislature last month -- that would require schools to hold back third-graders who are more than a grade level behind in the subject.
The leading Republican in the Vermont House of Representatives withdrew his support for Donald Trump on Saturday night in the wake of a newly uncovered recording in which Trump made lewd and sexually aggressive comments about women.
President Barack Obama signed a new disaster declaration for Florida, freeing up additional federal funding and resources to help with clean-up and recovery efforts after Hurricane Matthew.
The after-effects of Hurricane Matthew hit North Carolina hard and will be felt for the rest of the week as the state's eastern communities brace for downstream flooding.
"Participative management" is big in the private sector. Government leaders need to recognize its value.
Even though the federal government has repeatedly rejected certain health-care requests, many Republican-led states keep asking for them.
Local governments have a lot to gain from the kind of transparency that involves residents in decision-making.
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