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Law enforcement has yet to recover from a workforce decline due to the pandemic and protests against police. Many young people are concerned about pay and potential danger, preferring jobs that they ...

Steve Waldrip, a senior adviser on housing for Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, will lead a new state Division of Housing and Community ...

Oklahoma's decision to stop using foster children's Social Security benefits to pay back the state reflects growing federal ...

Thousands of new private schools have opened as public funding expands, but many states have chosen a hands-off approach to ...

A Mississippi community's struggle to restore local healthcare highlights the growing challenge facing rural counties ...

Homicides in the U.S. moves in near lockstep with trends in drug overdoses, alcohol consumption and firearm purchases, and de ...

A Wisconsin report highlights the growing financial burden on states and local governments when federal disaster assistance ...

The city of Somerville, Mass., recently hit a milestone. Three years have passed since anyone died in a traffic collision on ...

A toolkit from a national commission emphasizes the importance of partnerships between public health leaders and elected ...

State and local governments have more power than they realize to keep older adults out of nursing homes. The tools are in the ...

As new work requirements and funding pressures take hold, some states are calling out businesses whose employees rely on ...