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 ...

Estimated number of immigrants living in the U.S. as of June, down from a record 53.3 million in January, according to Pew Research Center. It marks the first decline in six decades.

Texas House Democratic Caucus Chair Gene Wu debates the newly introduced redistricting bill, House bill 4 during a House meeting in the State Capitol on Aug. 20, 2025, in Austin, Texas. Texas ...

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

Cuts in funding don’t change counties’ obligations to their residents. They will have to figure out how to raise new revenue, cut services or both. But success in navigating this new landscape ...

Pennsylvania is pushing to expand the use of artificial intelligence tools in government agencies, and local governments are set to follow suit. For local and state agencies, it’s a way to ease ...

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 would almost certainly be unconstitutional.

Federal lawmakers are expected to return to the idea, despite cutting it from the budget reconciliation bill.

Trump wants to roll back environmental protections at least to where they stood prior to the 1970 Clean Air Act. (Courtesy of the National Wildlife Federation) In March, Environmental Protection ...

The initiative’s name comes from a desire to better connect the college to Upland along the mile of state highway that separates them. The centerpiece of this is a complete reconstruction of the ...

Cities and states scrambled to house homeless people in hotels and motels during the emergency phase of the pandemic. Many communities still find it’s a good model.

State and local governments depend on federal data for everything from community planning to disaster response. What happens if it goes away?