States will be scrambling to respond to new priorities and demands from Washington, to tighten their belts in a tough budget ...

Billions of dollars are at stake. With new federal rules, it’s up to state lawmakers to ensure that programs like food stamps ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has had enormous impacts on state and local governments by reducing tax revenue, causing widespread unemployment, and increasing healthcare costs. In addition to reducing ...

The White House offered few details Wednesday on what Congress can expect from planned legislative recommendations for a ...

It could signal major changes in compliance, grants and oversight for state and local governments. That’s happened in the ...

A national repository of personal information the federal government is seeking poses serious dangers. Americans should be ...

A Montgomery County office — which one county commissioner described as a far less controversial version of Elon Musk's ...

With tailored, evidence-based policies, the U.S. can relieve the burden on local and municipal governments, communities, and ...

President Donald Trump and U.S. Northeast governors will direct the nation’s largest grid operator to hold an emergency power ...

Sooty helmets were once a badge of honor. But research shows firefighters absorb carcinogenic particles through their skin ...

Progress is slow and uneven a year after the Eaton Fire. The wealthy and the well-insured are faring the best.

A century of increasingly restrictive zoning has priced out lower-cost housing, and new limits on how homes are used risk ...