We need more welcoming public places where people can connect in person — high-quality, well-maintained parks, trails, ...

Editor’s note: This story is part of Governing’s ongoing Q&A series “In the Weeds.” The series features experts whose ...

For American households, the good news is that inflation rates have largely returned to pre-pandemic levels. Perhaps most ...

A former cellmate of Patrick Womack, who was found dead in a hot Texas prison cell in August 2023 a day after Womack asked a correctional officer to let him take a cold shower so he could cool down, a ...

The oil major’s U.S. onshore wind energy business, based in Houston, is valued at about $2 billion and has interests in 10 wind farms across seven states.

HUD’s Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing program had over 85,000 participants nationwide as of June. Since the program began in 2008, homelessness among veterans in Illinois has decreased by half.

Nine towns are suing New Jersey over a law implementing aspects of the state’s affordable housing requirements. The rules ...

The city has lost nearly 40 percent of its population since 1960; during most of those years it experienced an uninterrupted ...

The public likes what lawmakers around the country are doing, but the industry’s lobbyists are working hard to embed ...

The St. Paul, Minn., Police Department has ended its mental health unit, as the city plans an approach it says will be more comprehensive. The Community Outreach and Stabilization Unit (COAST) ...

Local governments have jurisdiction over the third-largest source of methane emissions: the decomposition of organic waste in ...

When the 2017 tax law expires next year, Congress will revisit the limits on SALT deductions on federal returns. With ...