Mississippi is hoping IT upgrades, new trainings and other efforts can reduce its SNAP “error rate” — or how often it over- ...

Federal policy changes stand to make it harder for local governments to cope with housing instability and homelessness. There ...

He tried it in the race for Miami mayor and it didn’t work. The candidate Trump endorsed in the race, Republican Emilio ...

Texas cities and counties already face limits on how much revenue they can generate. Local leaders have warned that further ...

Across the country, commissions are fielding protests, rejecting hikes and debating rate freezes all while rents and other ...

Number as of October 17, 2025. Hover over state for a count. If tax credits for the Affordable Care Act are not extended, it ...

At Stillwater, corrections officials are testing an “earned living unit” that trades privileges for accountability and has gone two months without a lockdown.

The state employed disciplined budgeting, debt repayment, spending cuts and targeted tax relief to dig itself out of a ...

After Congress failed to pass a federal moratorium on state AI laws, the administration is taking matters into its own hands.

Developers behind Project Jupiter, the controversial campus of data centers slated for Doña Ana County, have asked state ...

As Cleveland City Council presses Mayor Justin Bibb’s administration to advance Tanisha’s Law — a proposal to send unarmed ...

In this week’s episode of The Common Thread, Governing CEO Cathilea Robinett sits down with Michael G. Adams, Kentucky’s ...