A new city office focused on homeless services has given a boost to programs to help the unhoused in New Orleans.

Supplementing early childhood educators’ wages has gone a long way toward addressing a longtime crisis. Even if the program ...

Colorado is the latest state to take a big swing at housing policy, with half a dozen housing-related bills approved by the ...

On Wednesday, senators rejected efforts to roll back guidance from the Treasury Department regarding how state and local ...

A 6-year plunge in federal funding that aids victims of sexual assault, domestic violence and child abuse is causing alarm ...

The state has a surplus of 15,000 prison beds. Consolidating and deactivating prisons could free up billions of dollars for ...

State agencies are trying to address technical shortcomings that led to as much as $135 billion in fraud during the pandemic.

In multiple states, voters will decide whether to reject justices who upheld abortion bans and restrictions. Separately, many ...

A recent study suggests that private schools are slightly more effective than public schools when it comes to boosting ...

The Biden administration has updated Title IX to cover sexual orientation and gender identity. Officials in red states are ...

A 53-page report details the bureaucratic dysfunction that allowed the Ohio county to pay for a jail management system it never used due to a signing bonus fixation, lack of planning and poor ...

Research shows that traditional defined-benefit plans still play a key role in attracting and retaining government employees.