Voters in three states rejected ballot measures promoting school choice. But they didn’t reject the legislators who favor it.

The power often goes out in Eastport, Maine, due to storms. Now, the small city is developing solar and tidal power to fuel ...

The county has spent billions on homeless programs only to see problems worsen. A proposal from two county supervisors would ...

Ohio would be the fourth state to require proof of citizenship under a legislative proposal. The bill would also require monthly maintenance of voter rolls.

The votes hadn’t all been counted in the presidential race before California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced he wanted to “Trump-proof” his state’s progressive policies. “The freedoms we ...

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Carl Smith is a senior staff writer for Governing and covers a broad range of issues affecting states and localities. For the past 30 years, Carl has written about education and the environment ...

Illinois’ pension debt compared to personal income is the second worst in the nation. Fitch Ratings reviewed pension funds for public employee retirees from every state. “In aggregate, states ...

Voters in a former Democratic stronghold in Minnesota complain that both the national party and Minnesota Democrats have swung too far to the left on spending and cultural issues.

A new report from Brookings shows how state departments of transportation have a free hand to spend on highway projects, but ...

Innovation must come with transparency, safeguards and human oversight. We need to deploy the technology in ways that enhance ...

The view of the federal department as a source of malign leftist influence is backwards. Good ideas are out there, and there ...