All but two states completed a review, but only 22 states reached or surpassed the recommended minimum levels of security in their systems.

Republicans gained a tie in the Minnesota House in November, ending the Democrats' trifecta and halting their heavily progressive agenda.

Editor's Note: This article appears in Governing's Winter 2025 magazine. You can subscribe here. The messenger is becoming as important as the message. State and local leaders have picked up a trick ...

The laws create more regulation, holding manufacturers responsible for the types of packaging materials used and requiring them to educate the public about recycling and disposal.

Over the past few months, gun laws in Illinois, New York and Minnesota have all been tossed out. Federal courts are more ...

Richmond, Va., has managed to cut its poverty rate by 36 percent. Many things broke right for the city, but a pair of mayors stuck with a longterm plan to make it happen.

Frank White, county executive for Jackson County, Kan. The jurisdiction could lose more than $70 million in federal funds if county leaders can't agree about how to allocate them by Dec. 31.

Two years ago, the city crafted heralded policies on requiring electrification of buildings and cars. This week, it softened restrictions significantly.

When Democrat Jay Inslee took office in 2013, the state’s two-year budget was $38.4 billion. Now, as he prepares to leave, he ...

Panhandle businessman Alex Fairly, the father of an incoming state representative, was already a major GOP donor. Now he's funding a new group to support more conservative politicians.

Vincent Fort served in the Georgia Senate for nearly three decades as a forceful, effective voice for “the least of these.” As he copes with cancer, it's important to acknowledge a vanishing breed of ...

We all know how obnoxious people can be at a show, with their talking and seat kicking and cellphone checking. Still, I was ...