A series of new laws expanded workforce programs through high schools, community colleges and apprenticeships.

Since 2018, state spending on hotels for unsheltered individuals has tripled. Conditions are often inadequate and some worry ...

School choice programs provide state money to help families who want to educate their kids outside of public school. After ...

Now 25,000 members strong, financially secure and long blessed with thoughtful leadership, the Government Finance Officers ...

The incinerated town of Lahaina has barely begun to recover. Policymakers have scrambled to ease inflexible laws and ...

Getting ticketed by AI cameras using license plate data was never popular. Now there are concerns about financial ...

The bill would devote most new funds to highways but transit would also get a boost. The major revenue raiser is a 15-cent ...

With classroom behavior notably worse than it was prior to the pandemic, a number of states are increasing penalties to ...

Local transit agencies are facing a budget gap of nearly $800 million. The Illinois Senate has passed a bill to provide ...

Oregon has enacted a law that's the first of its kind, protecting doctors from corporate interference over medical ...

Hospital associations more rural facilities will close if Medicaid cuts go through. Potential aid includes changes to ...

Most states have seen their collections drop below 15-year trends. Federal actions may also provide a drag on revenue.