State and Local Politics and Policy
It’s especially hard to get low-income Americans living in multifamily buildings across the digital divide. But states and nonprofits are finding ways to do it.
There are too many barriers to making medications that have been proved to help manage the disease available in residential treatment facilities. States should move to require the medications people need.
As the coronavirus continues to devastate families, several Massachusetts Congress members are vying for direct financial relief. But the debate in Congress continues to be deeply divided and without compromise.
If California AG Xavier Becerra is confirmed as the next U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, Gov. Newsom will have an opportunity to fill two influential political offices.
Nearly every great modern crisis has led to an expansion of federal power, but President Trump left the pandemic response largely to the states. This year, federalism was a boon both to health and election management.
The state’s 200 contact tracers can’t keep up with the growing numbers of coronavirus cases. Residents continue to push back against virus precautions, leading many to worry the situation will get worse.
San Francisco Assemblymember David Chiu proposed a bill that would require tenants to pay at least 25 percent of their total rent but would also extend the eviction moratorium through Dec. 2021.
The Statehouse has closed for the indeterminable future as COVID-19 cases increase, leaving state lawmakers to debate how to safely conduct the legislative session while also providing public access.
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As energy officials prepare for the normal winter disruptions, the coronavirus pandemic adds another layer of complication. Some residents are being asked to prepare for the possibility of staying home without heat.
Without reinvigorating our tattered intergovernmental partnership, his administration will be doomed as it tries to tackle enormous, urgent and inescapable challenges.
The 2020 Menino Survey of Mayors examined the social, public health and economic impacts of COVID on American cities, and the ways it has changed the future of work, transit and racial inequities.
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The local government survey of U.S. cities and counties reveals trends around COVID, remote work and digital infrastructure investments.
A newspaper investigation has found that the DeSantis administration has engaged in numerous attempts to suppress facts and public safety during the COVID pandemic to save face and encourage support for the governor.
Millions of Americans — particularly those from minority communities who remember infamous medical experiments — are leery of immunizations. Public officials need to find ways to overcome this.
Due to complex federal and state bureaucratic regulations, many homeowners and renters in California are still waiting for financial relief from a fire three years ago. For many, no money means no housing.
While doctors and nurses are among the top priority for receiving the COVID-19 vaccine, not all health-care workers want to get the vaccine and they likely won’t be required to get it, either.
Politicians who have imposed some of the nation's toughest coronavirus restrictions have been caught violating them. Their lack of self-control makes safety messages less convincing to the public.
The dashboard will collect coronavirus data from schools and combine it with information from the state’s health department to create a better understanding as to when it's safe to return to a classroom.
As COVID-19 numbers increase across California, Black and Latino residents are, yet again, disproportionately impacted. The reason for the disparities are unclear, but hard hit are the nursing homes.
Coronavirus dashboards are built on a pyramid of faxes, spreadsheets and phone calls. Public health technology investments have lagged behind other data-driven systems, making real-time information impossible to come by.
Many are worried that the unclear and poorly executed pandemic response from the state will be only further exacerbated if Thanksgiving does, in fact, become a superspreader event.
For many rural workers in Fresno, taking unpaid time off of work to travel great distances for a COVID test isn’t feasible. And many don’t get tested because even if they have it, they can’t afford to miss work.
Elections – like Georgia's runoffs – that require majority support can sometimes be used to exclude those in the minority.
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There have been more than 212,000 fraudulent jobless benefits claims in the state since March 1, raising concerns about how scammers are getting personal information from so many residents.
State lawmakers are increasingly unhappy about being sidelined, while complaining that governors have trampled civil liberties or harmed the economy. But they haven't presented a workable alternative to executive action.
Despite fears that COVID, cyberattacks and misinformation might jeopardize results, voting was smooth and secure. What contributed to this outcome, and how might lessons learned affect future elections?
States are working to create plans for what communities will receive the vaccine first and how it will be distributed. Many are worried vaccine distribution will be backlogged, just as COVID testing has been.
Newly released data shows an increasingly diverse American population. About 30 percent identify as racial or ethnic minorities, according to the latest Census Bureau estimates.
The Democratic Party just had its most fervent wish come true but has already started tearing itself apart. Seth Masket, author of “Learning from Loss,” explains why the party is unwilling to celebrate.
