We need more welcoming public places where people can connect in person — high-quality, well-maintained parks, trails, ...

Editor’s note: This story is part of Governing’s ongoing Q&A series “In the Weeds.” The series features experts whose ...

For American households, the good news is that inflation rates have largely returned to pre-pandemic levels. Perhaps most ...

The St. Paul, Minn., Police Department has ended its mental health unit, as the city plans an approach it says will be more comprehensive. The Community Outreach and Stabilization Unit (COAST) ...

As the Sacramento, Calif., City Council prepared to consider a state of emergency over road safety, advocates pleaded for the city to prioritize infrastructure improvements over a police response.

Nine towns are suing New Jersey over a law implementing aspects of the state’s affordable housing requirements. The rules ...

The city has lost nearly 40 percent of its population since 1960; during most of those years it experienced an uninterrupted ...

The public likes what lawmakers around the country are doing, but the industry’s lobbyists are working hard to embed ...

Flowers are laid at the foot of the welcome sign to Apalachee High School in Winder, Ga., in memory of those killed and injured in a shooting on its campus. School shootings raise difficult ...

To help pay for middle-class tax cuts in 2017, Congress put a $10,000 limit on itemized deductions for state and local taxes, known as the “SALT” deduction. Although only some 10 percent of ...

Local governments have jurisdiction over the third-largest source of methane emissions: the decomposition of organic waste in ...

The state’s Industrial Commission, made up of the governor, attorney general and agricultural commissioner, has approved a project to expand education about carbon dioxide capture and storage, which ...