They’ve mostly benefited real-estate developers. Here’s how to redeploy these tax incentives to grow new businesses and boost ...

Too many jobs that have nothing to do with driving require it. It’s an unnecessary employment barrier, and other states ...

Voters in eight states will decide whether to bar municipalities from allowing noncitizens to vote. Few noncitizens cast ...

This fall, residents will vote on two major criminal justice ballot measures, one of which would increase the time some criminals serve in prison and the other would create a $350 million fund for ...

Baltimore has approximately 13,000 vacant homes across the city. State and local officials are aiming to transition at least 5,000 of those properties into updated homeownership or other positive ...

The rate of turnover among chief election officials has increased continuously since 2020. That doesn’t mean the workforce ...

Despite the postmaster general’s assurances, the mail agency’s operational statistics aren’t encouraging for the coming ...

The bipartisanship that Cecil Andrus, Dan Evans and Tom McCall practiced decades ago sets them apart from many of today’s ...

When Gov. Ned Lamont threatened to veto a wide-ranging bill regulating artificial intelligence in Connecticut during the 2024 legislative session, it effectively guaranteed the measure would die ...

The new law decreases the number of ballot drop boxes available, tightens the ballot application deadline, includes voter ID requirements and bans the handing out of water to voters.

The Missouri County voted to boost the pay for some positions within the county’s highway department in an attempt to lure new workers. The county has more than 60 open positions.

Struggling with addiction, PTSD and other service-related traumas, far too many of them run afoul of the law. States could do ...