The Trump administration has an opportunity to return authority over energy generation and natural resource development to the states.

Rents in Austin have declined on average for nearly two years amid a boom in apartment construction. Credit: Jordan Vonderhaar for The Texas Tribune Austin rents skyrocketed during the COVID-19 ...

President Trump’s executive order abolishing remote work for most employees will be good for the local economy and transit systems. Twenty percent of the federal workforce lives in the D.C. area.

Voters approved $10 billion in school construction bonds last November. Facing big maintenance backlogs, districts around the state are worried the money could be quickly depleted by the need to ...

The Trump White House has ordered a pause on infrastructure spending approved during the last administration, and is promoting new spending on digital infrastructure to support artificial intelligence ...

When those basics are working well, urban leaders can look to do more. But right now, we are far from that point, either in reality or public perception. Many cities in America are financially ...

As 2024 came to a close, the White House and Congress approved big giveaways to two subsets of state and local government ...

Insurance companies were fleeing fire-prone parts of California even before the disaster in Los Angeles. Policymakers are ...

The city is launching “neighborhood wellness courts,” a diversion program designed to issue citations and offer addiction treatment and other services in lieu of misdemeanor sentences.

The nation's largest health insurance program is likely to be cut in Congress this year to pay for other priorities. That ...

During a confirmation hearing, Eric Scott Turner said his priority as secretary would be increasing the supply of affordable ...

The programs depend on temporary sources of funding from Washington and the state that may be drying up. Finding sustainable ...