Akron, Ohio, reopened a major downtown park after a $17 million renovation last year, part of a strategy to promote downtown growth by investing in public spaces.

The new Education Freedom Scholarship provides $7,295 per student, compared to $7,023 through the state’s public school ...

With 933 pedestrian fatalities over the past decade, officials are pursuing traffic calming, sidewalk improvements, and ...

The state’s Roth IRA program has signed up more than 20,500 employees and will soon mandate employer participation if no ...

SEPTA is cutting service and hiking fares amid a budget stalemate in the Pennsylvania legislature. The fight is highlighting ...

Los Angeles County’s voters have demonstrated what a powerful tool these local constitutions are for self-governance. Home ...

Floods are frequent, unpredictable and expensive. Fremont, Calif., is one of the first cities to secure flood insurance ...

Cities and states scrambled to house homeless people in hotels and motels during the emergency phase of the pandemic. Many ...

State health officials say 42 days without a new infection marks the official end of the nation’s largest measles outbreak in ...

Trump’s vow to get rid of mail voting may be aimed at blue states, but it’s been gaining popularity among GOP voters. And it ...

With the new law, patients and providers can opt into experimental treatments with reduced legal risks, access services via ...

Florida state Sen. Carlos Guillermo Smith. His remarks came after a rainbow crosswalk outside the Pulse nightclub—site of the 2016 mass shooting—was removed without notice as part of a state ...