Elevating buildings to avoid storm surges and flooding can increase the chance of survival for people and homes along the coast. But as hurricanes like Helene, and possibly Milton, continue to break ...

Voting reform advocates say ranked-choice voting will give voters more voice in their elections. But clerks of small counties ...

Cook County, Ill., has launched an innovative dashboard mapping certain deaths by cause — gun violence, opioids and extreme ...

As cities step up their enforcement efforts in the wake of a Supreme Court ruling, they should consider both the financial ...