The obsession with economic output as a measure of human development puts sustainability on the back burner. Researchers can ...

As a public analyst, I have been assessing the environmental and social realities of Guyana and its citizens from 2022 to the present. Over the past few years, our nation has seen remarkable growth in ...

Modernizing benefits delivery is no longer a question of “if,” it’s a question of “how well.” Making benefits more easily accessible improves staff workload, increases user satisfaction and improves ...

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The first government shutdown in nearly seven years began at midnight after lawmakers failed to reach a deal on extending ...

The government shutdown began at midnight on Wednesday as Democrats and Republicans appeared to be nowhere close to reaching a funding deal.

California lawmakers published a bill late Tuesday that seeks to put new guardrails on Measure ULA, the city of Los Angeles real estate tax that has become a topic of fierce debate among economists in ...

Citing bedbugs and roaches, brown water and spoiled food, harassment and assaults, advocates demand better protection for vulnerable people experiencing homelessness.

As a health policy professional who has spent nearly two decades working in health care quality measurement—much of it at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and private payers—I (Ma) ...

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass quietly launched an effort at the California Assembly to alter Measure ULA, but the legislators working with Bass withdrew the proposal just before it was scheduled for a ...

Construction along South Alamo has cut into small business' profits. Small-business owners in Hemisfair, La Villita and ...