Some programmers and engineers are willing to forego private-sector pay to find meaningful work. But governments need to be more nimble about hiring.

Cities across the country are committed to making it easier to build housing and are taking a variety of promising approaches, note the leaders of the U.S. Conference of Mayors. But they must be ...

The Department of Education denied an application from a cyber charter school that would have been part of a multistate network. Classes would have been led by AI tutors with humans serving as “guides ...

Crystal River, Minn., is a freshly incorporated city that lacks money for services and infrastructure. A lobbyist would help ...

Residents of red counties in blue states wish they had a new political home. Also, in Florida, the Legislature is starting to stand up to Ron DeSantis.

The administration rescinded its order for a spending review due to blowback. Republicans had not joined the chorus of critics, even though red states are heavily dependent on federal grants.

A 10-mile park running underneath a rail transit line in Miami-Dade County is expected to be complete next year. The county’s ...

The education committees in both the House and Senate approved a $450 million bill, a top priority for Gov. Bill Lee. Legislators are expected to pass it quickly during a special session this week.

The legislation would block foreclosures and allow homeowners who’ve suffered financially due to the L.A. fires to freeze payments without penalty. Several major lenders have already reached agreement ...

Homelessness rose last year by 18 percent, but much of the increase took place in a handful of states that had received lots of immigrants. Some experts say their increase during a HUD census inflated ...

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has signed a bill overturning the state’s work requirements, which had previously been blocked in court. The bill passed in December while Democrats still controlled the ...

Fortifying extreme weather and energy resilience — On-site solar power generation, combined with battery storage and microgrid controls, guarantees a reliable power source during severe weather events ...