The city’s first-in-the-nation “Safe Stores are Staffed Stores” ordinance requires major retailers to hire more employees and limit self-checkout, drawing praise from unions and pushback from grocers.

Broadview, Illinois, Mayor Katrina Thompson in her office at Village Hall on Oct. 9, 2025. She is in her third term as mayor.

The police department in Columbus, Ohio, has overhauled its management structure and the way it seeks to disrupt violence, ...

Ohio’s Medicaid portal. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that more than 9 million people could lose health coverage ...

A homeless encampment near downtown Anchorage, Alaska, on Nov. 21, 2023. A five-year-old Anchorage program called Home for Good, utilizing well-evidenced strategies, has achieved striking results.

Not enough instructors and limited hospital placements are throttling capacity, despite surging interest and urgent workforce needs.

As Trump’s influence looms large over Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and Tennessee, the outcomes may determine ...

The Center for Digital Government and Governing are cataloging practical, actionable ways to improve government efficiency.

State and local governments are considering how they can help federal workers and how long they can afford to continue social ...

Lawmakers want to prevent chatbots capable of human-like conversations from encouraging teens to hurt themselves or engaging ...

States and localities rely on the regularity and reliability of federal data. Disrupting it undermines everything from ...