The plan comes after crime in Downtown Crossing and other areas throughout the city has reached a seven-year high due to drug use, focusing on treating rather than arresting users and dealers.
Gov. Landry’s office says he made the move because the state is having trouble finding and keeping qualified employees.
Most red states are looking to reduce property tax burdens, which have increased along with home values. Finding ways of replacing lost revenues for locals remains a challenge.
In an era of diminished credibility for traditional media, government leaders can no longer count on it to educate and inform the public. There are alternatives, and leaders should make greater use of them.
The programs depend on temporary sources of funding from Washington and the state that may be drying up. Finding sustainable funds has been a challenge.
Forty million Americans live in food deserts. Can government-owned grocery stores fix this?
The Yes In My Backyard movement is barely a decade old. But it has set the terms of the debate over state and local housing policy.
There's turnover in Washington with each new administration. Departing federal workers can bring valuable skills and experience to state and local governments.
Every few decades, we have an opportunity to change what our cities can be. This is one of those moments.
New Haven was sliced and diced by highway and urban renewal projects. A series of smaller initiatives are gradually knitting the city back together.
State and local governments will be forced to return pandemic relief funds if they aren’t properly obligated by the end of December.
Los Angeles County voters have approved changes that include an expansion of the county Board of Supervisors and creation of a separate executive leader. Reform advocates had pushed for such changes for decades and an atmosphere of scandal helped them succeed.
Critics of liberalizing housing construction are concerned that looser zoning rules could make existing houses more expensive. Fortunately, this worry is somewhat overblown.
New federal rules require localities to get rid of all their lead water pipes in the next 10 years. Officials say they need help – and money.
Seasonal retail and health-care hires did not offset the loss of jobs in the professional services and construction sectors in October, resulting in a net loss of 1,000 jobs in Minnesota.
Voters in five states rejected the voting system, while D.C. voters approved it.
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