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Legal immigrants are some of the nation’s biggest job creators, which is why more cities are viewing them as a key to economic revival.
Most politicians fail to communicate the importance of policies to the public because they lack skills in the art of the anecdote.
Regulating businesses is necessary, but it can have negative impacts on struggling cities.
Despite many perceptions, entrepreneurship and self-employment have been on the decline for years, especially among Millennials.
The lack of urban legislators in Republican states means cities will have their concerns largely ignored or challenged.
Dan Gilbert of Detroit is just one example of what a CEO determined to help their communities can accomplish.
Some worry the benefits of a better education don’t outweigh the new problems it brings.
President Barack Obama rejected a bill Tuesday that would have approved construction of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, the first veto of a year that seems likely to feature repeated such moves as the Democratic president confronts the Republican-led Congress.
An artist in Chicago uses the city’s potholes as his canvas.
Decades of stagnant pay is costing states and localities tax revenue.
Southern California’s Salton Sea has been neglected for decades, but there’s reason to hope for its restoration.
Driven by fear and frustration, protesters are starting to drown out the supporters of the nation's most ambitious attempt to fix failing schools.
Most governments don’t plan for population growth well. But Utah’s grassroots, nonideological, research-based approach has become a model for other states and localities.
More kids in the U.S., especially low-income and foster-care children, are on antipsychotics than in any other country. States are just starting to intervene.
Despite states’ e-recycling laws, electronics are the fastest-growing type of waste in landfills.
A looming court ruling will decide whether states have to give minimum wage and overtime pay to home health aides. Most states argue it would be financially crippling.
One Ohio county is rolling in so much extra revenue that it's offering other counties low-interest loans for infrastructure projects.
The head of the White House Office of Governmental Affairs talks about his plans for the job and what to expect on the domestic front during Obama’s remaining time in office.
Minority students became the majority this year, but most teachers are still white. Policymakers are seeking for ways to get and keep more minority teachers.
The use of the once-popular traffic devices has been in decline since 2013.
North Carolina is trying to recruit girls for careers in engineering not only to fill anticipated vacancies but also because hiring more women could make the roads safer.
Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Monday allowed a bill barring Arkansas cities and counties from passing anti-discrimination ordinances to become law without his signature.
Alaska's minimum wage will rise Tuesday to $8.75, a $1-per-hour increase that will affect thousands of workers' paychecks, according to the state's Department of Labor and Workforce Development.
Even though Kansas’ budget and credit have suffered since enacting massive tax cuts, governors in Maine and Ohio are still pushing similar plans.
The amount of money Ohio's oil and gas industry donated to the campaign coffer of the state Supreme Court justice who recently ruled that local governments can't regulate drilling.
The Charlotte City Council tightened its ethics rules for elected officials Monday, requiring council members to tell the public more about their business dealings and forbidding many gifts.
An Ohio Supreme Court justice lamented last week that "the oil and gas industry has gotten its way" in a decision that says local governments can't regulate drilling.
Chicago voters head to the polls Tuesday and will decide whether Mayor Rahm Emanuel collects a majority and quickly wins a second term or faces six more weeks of campaigning and a politically risky runoff election.
Darren Hodges, a Tea Party Republican and councilman in the windy West Texas city of Fort Stockton, is a fierce defender of his town’s decision to ban plastic bags. It was a local solution to a local problem and one, he says, city officials had a “God-given right” to make.
Ringing in the eve of marijuana legalization in Alaska, Wasilla’s city council on Monday banned making pot brownies at home.
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