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Mark Zuckerberg has ushered in a new form of philanthropy that has the potential to bring about positive change
When government lets the market fix policy problems, it often fails.
It shouldn't take a budget crisis like the one Kansas is dealing with to force a government to look for more ways to save taxpayer money.
The sharing economy is challenging the demand for land-use regulations, but they're still necessary.
We don't always have to build up to fit more people into a city. Vancouver and Seattle offer alternative solutions.
Unlike a generation ago, today’s urban renaissance often displaces people and businesses.
Instead of waiting to help until kids get in trouble, Los Angeles County is using data analytics to help them before. So far, it's proving successful.
In Seattle, a new private library -- the first of its kind in a century -- is based on the throwback idea of having a quiet place to read.
Despite their important-sounding titles, many of the growing number of “chiefs” in government don't have much actual authority.
There's a lot that our governments could do beyond giving people three minutes at a public-hearing podium.
To fulfill a campaign promise, Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe stocked his new digs with egg-laying chickens.
Like most rural areas, Alaska suffers from high rates of mental illness and a deficiency of mental health providers. The state may have a solution.
Massachusetts launched a website that details not just the effects of climate change but also how people can help.
Veteran homelessness has dropped sharply, thanks to cities’ efforts and new funds from the Obama administration. But most people living on the streets aren’t veterans.
The explosion of online health-care apps and providers has forced states to face tough questions -- many of which they have yet to find an answer to.
As states and localities have tried to modernize the way they attract and retain public workers, some best practices have emerged.
Chief financial officers used to be concerned with just balancing the books. But today’s CFOs have taken on a higher role.
After years of going down, road-related fatalities went up last year. There's two big reasons for that.
The FBI released video Thursday that shows law enforcement during a traffic stop this week fatally shooting one of the armed men who occupied an Oregon wildlife refuge.
A 44-year-old woman who allegedly aided three inmates who made a daring escape from Orange County's largest jail was arrested Thursday, officials said.
A member of the Ohio Senate's GOP leadership team is drawing fire after questioning whether his opponent, a woman with young children, could handle being away from home while serving in the state legislature.
Providence mourned the death yesterday of its beloved rascal, former Mayor Vincent A. "Buddy" Cianci Jr., the wisecracking political rogue who was widely credited with revitalizing the city during two stints in office that were cut short by criminal charges and a prison sentence for corruption. He was 74.
After the open enrollment period ends on Sunday for buying coverage on the health insurance marketplaces, people can generally sign up for or switch marketplace plans only if they have certain major life changes, such as losing their on-the-job coverage or getting married. Following insurance industry criticism, last week the federal government said it will scrutinize people’s applications for such “special enrollment periods” more closely, including one of the most commonly cited reasons — relocating to a new state.
In January 2015, when state officials were telling worried Flint residents their water was safe to drink, they also were arranging for coolers of purified water in Flint's State Office Building so employees wouldn't have to drink from the taps, according to state government emails released Thursday by the liberal group Progress Michigan.
The declines are happening mostly in places that enacted anti-union laws or had job cuts in heavily unionized industries.
A roundup of money (and other) news governments can use.
After two decades of “tough on crime” policies, many states are taking a hard look at the way people are charged, how much time they serve, and what happens when they are released from prison.
Medical marijuana is back on the Florida ballot.
Gov. Jerry Brown is putting his weight and likely his campaign war chest behind a November ballot initiative that would allow inmates to get out of prison earlier and require judges, not prosecutors, to decide whether to charge juveniles as adults.
The most important election news and political dynamics at the state and local levels.
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