A new federal rule will require water utilities across the country to pull millions of lead drinking water pipes out of the ground and replace them, at a cost of billions of dollars. States, cities ...

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced the investment and others tied to a clean hydrogen hub project in a news release on Wednesday.

Henderson City Manager Richard Derrick has focused on improving city services in Nevada’s second-largest city. Community ...

The view of the federal department as a source of malign leftist influence is backwards. Good ideas are out there, and there ...

Nearly 80 Michigan municipalities have challenged the legality of the state’s processing of permitting requests for large-scale solar and wind energy facilities — a controversial policy passed ...

Mayors and other local leaders have an important role to play in the psychological well-being of their constituents, protecting them from harmful policies and helping them handle new uncertainties.

A new report from Brookings shows how state departments of transportation have a free hand to spend on highway projects, but ...

Rising minorities in big cities are increasingly concerned about order and security. Political parties need to pay attention.

Only $599 million of the record $1.3 billion homelessness budget last year was actually spent. City Controller Kenneth Mejia blamed “a sluggish, inefficient approach” for the underspending.

Innovation must come with transparency, safeguards and human oversight. We need to deploy the technology in ways that enhance ...

A proposed bill claims to provide disaster relief to those suffering the impacts of Hurricane Helene but in actuality focuses on obstructing power from the newly elected Democratic governor, attorney ...

The podcast cover image for this The Future in Context (TFIC) episode shows an AI-generated visualization of what creative instigation might look like. (DALL-E) Governments can drive economic ...