How people feel about where they live  is an overlooked factor in engaging them in civic life. There are ways to boost those feelings.

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

The incentives are reshaping rural economies, with debates emerging about oversight and long-term community costs.

They should take steps to protect and boost their own revenues. And they should take a second look at their own tax cuts.

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

With about 86 percent of its transportation fuel imported from California and refinery closures looming, state leaders ...

Phil Murphy signed a bill Monday that makes New Jersey one of the most restrictive states for e-bikes, much to the dismay of ...

Industry surveys reveal a growing disconnect between when data centers expect power and when utilities can provide it.

U.S. cities lag far behind global leaders in public transit. Building world-class transit in the U.S. would cost an extra ...

State leaders who want to curb the increasingly violent arrest tactics of immigration enforcement agents in Minneapolis and elsewhere are struggling to push back. They’ve promis ...

Imagine starting the new year with the promise of at least a $147 million payout from the federal government. But there are ...

Her first executive order is a “statewide affordability directive,” instructing state agencies to find “actionable budgetary, ...