It costs more to imprison them, both for their incarceration and its impact on families and communities. We can hold them ...

A series of recent health emergencies have put public health in the spotlight. Trust in local public health officials is stronger than trust in federal agencies. A new toolkit from a national ...

Nevada's pause on new hospice licenses reflects growing concern that regulators need stronger safeguards before allowing more ...

MIT’s Charles Stewart, one of the nation’s leading experts on election administration, offers his take on the president’s ...

State and local governments have more power than they realize to keep older adults out of nursing homes. The tools are in the ...

The next SpaceX won’t emerge from tax breaks and other public subsidies. What state and local governments should provide is a ...

Steve Waldrip, a senior adviser on housing for Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, will lead a new state Division of Housing and Community ...

The first courtroom challenge to the state's landmark packaging recycling law could shape similar efforts across the country.

Thousands of new private schools have opened as public funding expands, but many states have chosen a hands-off approach to ...

Oklahoma's decision to stop using foster children's Social Security benefits to pay back the state reflects growing federal ...

The city of Somerville, Mass., recently hit a milestone. Three years have passed since anyone died in a traffic collision on ...