Local governments want to see empty and underused offices converted to housing, but that’s often difficult. An examination of ...

Storms that have devastated mountain communities and other inland regions are a reminder to prepare. New development in areas ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson speaks at a news conference on March 20, a day after the election in which citizens voted down ...

A state House committee voted 8-3 to pass a cluster of bills that would devote billions over 10 years to Michigan’s economic development and transit. But Democrats will need at least one Republican to ...

Chicago aldermen are set to consider the city’s largest police misconduct settlement ever: a $50 million deal for four men imprisoned after detectives allegedly forced their false confessions as teens ...

Proposed rules to protect California workers from extreme heat would extend to schoolchildren, requiring school districts to find ways to keep classrooms cool. If the standards are approved this month ...

Attorney General Kris Mayes has opened an investigation regarding the payment Gov. Katie Hobbs received from a residential ...

Governments and private employers are beginning to reap the benefits of this move, but sweeping changes in state and federal ...

An Alaska state trooper. The agency cannot recruit enough staff despite offering sign-on bonuses. The state has experienced crisis levels of public-sector worker shortages since closing its two ...

During her two terms as mayor of Compton, Calif., Aja Brown focused on improving the lives of the underserved. Now she’s ...

A new commission appointed by Maine Gov. Janet Mills will explore ways to make state infrastructure more resilient to climate ...

The state’s system for finding missing children was implemented in 2002. Since then, Minnesota has helped to recover all but one of the 46 children for which the state has sent out alerts, usually on ...