Local leaders and rural revitalization experts say Texas’ smallest towns can survive despite a shift to urban and suburban ...

The political landscape has shifted dramatically in Vermont. Nationally, the election showed that partisanship matters most ...

Arkansas, like many places in the United States, is in the middle of a solar boom, and projects are sprouting up on prime farmland across the Delta. The challenge? Whether the state can retain its ...

The New York governor proposed a 40 percent cut in the already-approved toll pricing with the expectation that the toll will ramp up to the original $15 base toll over the course of several years.

A 2018 lawsuit claims the level of segregation in state schools violates students’ rights to integrated schools. But a new poll found that most voters don’t know anything about the lawsuit nor do they ...

When people think about higher ed, they picture the Ivy League. But state officials are trained almost exclusively at their own state’s schools.

Local taxes to fund public transit fared well on Election Day. But state and federal election results could alter the outlook for infrastructure investment long term.

Having won a big victory, Donald Trump can claim a mandate. But recent history shows that voters punish politicians who ...

The five-year budget outlook is poorer than the one the state faced in the Great Recession and, without any changes, Maryland will only be able to cover 84 percent of planned spending through the 2030 ...

Sweeping police reforms in 2020 stripped Colorado law enforcement of qualified immunity, a legal defense that previously blocked officers and sheriffs from being sued in their individual capacities in ...

Hurricane Helene put rural Western North Carolina’s home-based child-care providers under an existential threat. The natural disaster exacerbated problems caused by years of insufficient funding and ...

Moderates have been largely squeezed out of political relevance. There is room for a new party, and it would have to start at ...