It could provide a controlled framework for innovation, testing and deployment of technologies like AI and blockchain.
By tying payments for services to results, a successful program in Anchorage demonstrates the impact of a data-driven focus on accountability.
Los Angeles County’s voters have demonstrated what a powerful tool these local constitutions are for self-governance. Home rule fosters experimentation — and a feisty and irreplaceable resilience.
Trump’s vow to get rid of mail voting may be aimed at blue states, but it’s been gaining popularity among GOP voters. And it would almost certainly be unconstitutional.
One of the hurricane's most important lessons isn’t about storm preparations — it’s about injustice. Communities should build disaster resilience across the entire population, focusing aid where people need it the most.
The Trump administration is planning a drastic rewrite of environmental policy. Will that happen?
Are vehicles like private equity, crypto and real estate a good fit for 401(k)-style public retirement plans — or too risky for savers? Marketers will soon be pitching these “alternative investments” to public employers. Prudence dictates caution.
Small colleges in small towns are up against stiff odds. But some are finding ways to thrive.
Cuts in funding don’t change counties’ obligations to their residents. They will have to figure out how to raise new revenue, cut services or both. But success in navigating this new landscape won’t come from austerity alone.
It undermines the effort to see what’s really working in government and what’s not.
It’s happening more and more. But while the initiative process could use some reforms, it's a legitimate element of the democratic process.
State policymakers must ask: Is our system creating real value for students? A growing number of states are pointing the way.
There’s much to applaud in the ways Columbia now celebrates its Black heritage. But too much of that celebration is limited to Black residents.
We could save billions by transforming these shuttered monuments to mass incarceration into something far more useful, humane and fiscally responsible. What the military did decades ago offers a proven blueprint.
Washington wants to prune federal regulations. The feds should pay attention to what the Old Dominion is doing. And AI can help.
The city’s movement toward free care for kids up to age 2 could be a gamechanger with national implications. And it’s a sign of the growing political strength of working parents.
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