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Activists try to rile up the governor in order to pile up some YouTube hits.
American Public Transportation Association says that despite cheaper gas, public transit ridership is up.
A widening rift between Bill de Blasio and the New York City Police is savagely ripped open.
Washington, D.C., Mayor Vincent C. Gray, at his farewell address.
Uncertainty is facing Central Florida gay, lesbian couples preparing for Jan. weddings.
The town hopes to shame residents into better behavior.
A proposal to build a park over the Anacostia River would add a new landmark to the nation's capital and maybe help unite a long-divided city.
A roundup of money (and other) news governments can use.
Much can be done on both sides to prevent the kind of tragedies that have ignited protests across the nation.
For now, Carla Chavarria plans to keep taking the bus. And Julio Zuniga will remain cautious every time he drives past a police car.
Sue Rahr, who steered Washington state's police academy away from traditional military training, was named Thursday to President Obama's task force on building trust between police and communities throughout the country.
The St. Louis area first faced outrage in the streets after the police shooting of unarmed 18-year-old Michael Brown. Now, discontent has moved to the courts -- and the issues have little to do with the police use of force.
Just 10 days after the city of Portland, Ore., sued ride-sharing giant Uber, saying it was illegally operating in the city, the San Francisco company has agreed to cease operations there until the spring.
The state stands to lose billions in revenue if oil prices continue to slip, Lt. Gov. Drew Wrigley said Tuesday at a meeting of the Highway 2 West Manufacturers' Association in Grand Forks.
Conservative groups are opening a new front in their effort to reshape American law, arguing that local governments have the power to write their own rules on a key labor issue that has, up to now, been the prerogative of states.
Questions loom about who will pay for the fallout of a national health crisis and what kind of impact it could have on credit ratings.
Nebraska and Oklahoma say legalization undermines their own marijuana bans and costs them public money.
As data-driven services and programs have grown, so has the data disparity between the rich and the poor.
Tight budgets, declining oil prices and pension scares are some key finance topics that state and local governments will face in 2015.
An impromptu survey reveals what public officials worry most about and what makes them optimistic about the future.
What seems like a growing trend of overdiagnosing corruption has negative consequences for not only public officials but the people they serve.
In the last few years allegiance to political parties may have gotten stronger, making the work of governing much harder.
John McNesby, president of the local Fraternal Order of Police lodge, said protests are an example of "media-fueled mob rule."
A new report shows signs of progress, particularly in public health funding, but many states face difficulties quickly responding to outbreaks.
Students are receiving more attention under a new state law and initiatives by Los Angeles Unified and other school districts. The law requires the state to define and identify a "long-term English learner," the first effort in the nation to do so.
Number of students, which is 17 percent of the total number enrolled, who stayed home sick with the flu last Tuesday in the Polk County, Ga., school system, leading the superintendent to cancel classes and start the winter break early.
"Bank On" programs and other innovative initiatives reduce the victimization of poor individuals.
Despite regional and local differences, officials from around the country see eye to eye on some important concerns.
After two years of watching gas-tax increases tank in the Legislature, Gov. Jay Inslee proposed Tuesday to take a new approach: Charge major polluters for the right to emit carbon.
The death penalty is on the decline in the United States in every conceivable category. Fewer states execute inmates, fewer executions are carried out and fewer people are sentenced to death in the first place.
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