Just like going to class, there is a lot to glean from watching state government in action. And 2025 was full of lessons.

Nathaniel Rakich: In November 2022, Democrats in four states achieved trifectas. No, they didn’t get lucky down at the track — although they did win a horse race of a different sort: They won the ...

Americans pay their state governments more than a trillion dollars in taxes annually and trust them to handle issues as important as education and health care, yet citizens know very little about ...

As the American economy recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic, declines in employment in state and local governments threaten the delivery of crucial services and the economic security of workers, ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) banned remote work for state employees in March. By June, he was signing a bill that allowed it again. This stunning reversal in just three months tells you everything you ...

Without naming individuals, the report listed more than 100 state employees who received more than $2.8 million in PPP loans.

The northern end of downtown Raleigh will see significant changes in the near future, starting with the opening of Freedom Park. Thousands of state employees will move offices in the next few years, ...

Nationally, state and local governments employed about 7.4 million full-time equivalent (FTE) workers in 2014. That's approximately 232 public employees for every 10,000 Americans, according to ...

DES MOINES — A massive reorganization of the executive branch of state government, proposed by Gov. Kim Reynolds and informed by a consulting firm, was signed into law Tuesday. Reynolds signed into ...

Lansing — A potential shutdown of state government next month could have repercussions across Michigan, closing parks, shuttering education programs, bruising schools' finances, limiting liquor ...