A new city office focused on homeless services has given a boost to programs to help the unhoused in New Orleans.

The state has a surplus of 15,000 prison beds. Consolidating and deactivating prisons could free up billions of dollars for ...

Research shows that traditional defined-benefit plans still play a key role in attracting and retaining government employees.

State lawmakers in Illinois and California have backed proposals to consolidate transit agencies in Chicago and the San Francisco Bay Area. A lack of integration across services causes headaches ...

A treatment plant in Martin County, Fla. The EPA recently warned of "disabling" cyber attacks against drinking and wastewater systems. The EPA has warned states that foreign actors are targeting ...

The state Legislature passed a “first-grade readiness” bill to require students who do not complete kindergarten to take a test to enter the first grade. If signed by Gov. Kay Ivey, the law will go ...

Tampa Electric has called for a new rate structure that would shift the economic onus from the utility’s largest customers to residences and smaller businesses, resulting in a potential rate increase ...

A study found that California students who received associate’s degrees were able to recoup their educational costs faster than students who received bachelor’s degrees or certificates.

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Propaganda doesn’t need to go viral to sway elections anymore. That makes artificial intelligence’s impact more insidious and ...

An independent study found that more than 62,000 people received temporary housing under the program that moved medically vulnerable people from the streets and congregant shelters to empty hotel and ...