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

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

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

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

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 ...

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.

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

The meat industry’s multimillion-dollar lobbying fight succeeded in stopping the city’s slaughterhouse ban, which will result in the continued operation of one of the nation’s largest lamb processing ...

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.

Thanks to a celebrated book, we know all about Robert Moses’ dictatorial misdeeds in New York City. But the truth is that many of his worst visions were being realized in cities across the country.

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 ...

An initiative to cut a carbon tax out of the Washington Climate Commitment Act was soundly rejected by voters. Gov. Jay Inslee sees the margin of defeat as an important message.