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 ...

Voters in eight states will decide whether to bar municipalities from allowing noncitizens to vote. Few noncitizens cast ...

Too many jobs that have nothing to do with driving require it. It’s an unnecessary employment barrier, and other states ...

They’ve mostly benefited real-estate developers. Here’s how to redeploy these tax incentives to grow new businesses and boost ...

Despite the postmaster general’s assurances, the mail agency’s operational statistics aren’t encouraging for the coming ...

Many insurance companies in metro Atlanta are denying essential coverage to businesses in “high crime” areas, which are also predominantly areas of low-income residents of color.

The bipartisanship that Cecil Andrus, Dan Evans and Tom McCall practiced decades ago sets them apart from many of today’s ...

The rate of turnover among chief election officials has increased continuously since 2020. That doesn’t mean the workforce ...

Voters will weigh in on at least 18 ballot measures raising taxes to pay for transportation improvements. Transportation ...