It costs more to imprison them, both for their incarceration and its impact on families and communities. We can hold them ...

A series of recent health emergencies have put public health in the spotlight. Trust in local public health officials is stronger than trust in federal agencies. A new toolkit from a national ...

Every day in the United States, roughly 10,000 people turn 65. A significant share will eventually need help with daily tasks — bathing, medication management, getting around. When that day comes, ...

Thirty-three states and the District of Columbia currently have passed laws broadly legalizing marijuana in some form. The District of Columbia and 11 states -- Alaska, California, Colorado, Illinois, ...

MIT’s Charles Stewart, one of the nation’s leading experts on election administration, offers his take on the president’s ...

The next SpaceX won’t emerge from tax breaks and other public subsidies. What state and local governments should provide is a ...

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

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

The first courtroom challenge to the state's landmark packaging recycling law could shape similar efforts across the country.

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