The city’s finances were already in poor shape but suffered a blow last month when voters rejected a $400 million-per-year sales tax hike.

In June, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore announced an executive order pardoning more than 175,000 cannabis-related misdemeanor convictions. (Jerry Jackson/Baltimore Sun/TNS) In 2014, an executive pardon ...

Houses under construction in Fate, Texas. After 15 years of underbuilding to meet population growth nationally, many localities suffer an acute shortage of affordable housing. (Shafkat Anowar/TNS) ...

Public health experts emphasize the importance of clear and consistent messaging. They may not get that with Robert F.

Trump will take a largely deregulatory approach to tech, while aiming to aggressively pursue foreign cyber threat actors.

Solar farms are being shut off, losing more than twice as much potential power than in 2021. The surplus would be worse if ...

Thanks to new funding from the state, county diversion programs for juveniles have increased dramatically. A new report finds ...

Evidence is growing that participation in art has public health benefits. Rhinelander, Wis., is using it as a remedy for ...

Far more seniors live by themselves and can only leave their homes with difficulty than live in nursing homes, yet they ...

State politicians love to proclaim temporary tax respites, but they rarely achieve their stated objective of boosting ...

After tearing down high-rises and building more townhomes, the city is trying a mixed-used approach that blends towers with ...

Big city transit systems receive more than half their operational funds from the state. That’s a far higher percentage than ...