A former school in rural Caswell County has been transformed into 53 apartments, offering a model for preserving historic buildings while addressing housing shortages.
A new state program will provide qualifying buyers with loans equal to 5 percent of their mortgages, forgiven after five years if they meet program requirements.
Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock, rallying in Jackson, Miss., alongside Scott Colom, Mississippi’s Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate. Warnock drew parallels between Colom’s race against incumbent Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith and his own long-shot Senate win in Georgia five years ago. Warnock said…
A November ballot measure could significantly reduce funding for fire districts that rely on property taxes to pay for firefighters and emergency services.
In this episode of The Common Thread , Governing CEO Cathilea Robinett sits down with Randy Clarke, General Manager of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA),and one of Governing’s 2026 Public Officials of the Year. Clarke shares how his team is transforming Metro by…
Sarah Angevine, associate professor of political science at Whittier College, voicing the generational frustration driving a wave of Gen Z candidates onto Southern California ballots this November. Candidates include a 20-year-old school board candidate in Rowland Heights, a 20-year-old Perris City…
A public health expert spoke with Governing about why cases are proliferating and how government officials should be working to address it.
Judi Gorski, 75, a retired art business owner whose home overlooks San Francisco’s Sunset Dunes park, a two-mile car-free stretch of Upper Great Highway where cyclists, skateboarders and pedestrians now enjoy coastal views. The closure pushed as many as 20,000 vehicles a day onto alternate routes…
New enforcement provisions allow the city to pursue civil lawsuits against employers who fail to pay workers what they're owed.
In a city without traditional zoning, communities founded by formerly enslaved people are struggling to preserve their history and homes as development pressures mount.
We asked public sector thinkers for one bold idea that could fundamentally improve how government works.
A founder of RethinkAI, a professor of practice at Northeastern University’s Department of Public Health and a senior fellow at its Burnes Center for Social Change
A new law requires licensed health professionals to retain control over patient care decisions, even as hospitals increasingly rely on artificial intelligence.
California is poised to elect its first Latino governor in more than 150 years, while the tenor of Democratic politics in the state is undergoing a shift.
A Supreme Court case could have sweeping impacts on active and future lawsuits.