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By empowering them to bargain and providing other protections, policymakers can address frustration over flat wages and inflation, while strengthening local economies.

James Brainard has been perhaps the nation's most prominent suburban mayor in recent years. He's been a leader in urban design — Carmel, Ind., now has more traffic roundabouts than …

The Housing Choice Voucher program helps 2.3 million households pay rent. Biden has called for small increases to the program, while GOP leaders are eyeing cuts that will hit some states ...

Feb 4, 2024 · At the end of 2023, public schools reported difficulty hiring qualified teacher’s candidates, with retention suffering as well, partially due to salaries.Teachers went on strike …

New Haven is known for Yale University, clam pizza and urban renewal. Across the nation, many cities were reshaped during the 1950s and 1960s by the construction of the interstate highway …

Dec 29, 2024 · Jimmy Carter’s success as governor of Georgia taught him some misleading lessons for his ultimate service in the White House. He scored some big victories, including a …

Nov 29, 2010 · Last summer, residents of Maywood, Calif., woke up one morning to find the government as they knew it gone. After years of corruption and mismanagement, the small, …

Transit fared more poorly in other areas. Some of the biggest losses were in Gwinnett County and Cobb County, Ga., in suburban Atlanta. Proposals to raise taxes to improve bus and …

Sep 14, 2012 · Some states are home to significant numbers of local governments, with numerous jurisdictional boundaries and overlapping special districts. Nationally, there were a …