Salaries and local cost of living are generally intertwined, but no state pays enough for teachers to live comfortably.

State zoning reforms to remove barriers to factory-built homes have done little to close the housing gap. There are steps ...

The Ohio Senate in session at the Statehouse in Columbus. After Ohio voters passed a citizen initiative protecting abortion rights in November 2023, legislation was introduced that would have stripped ...

Despite Pennsylvania’s growing economy, many workers are struggling to find affordable homes near new job opportunities as ...

Empty and partially empty office buildings are one of the enduring legacies of the COVID-19 pandemic. Six years after the pandemic sent many employees to work from home, office vacancies remain 50% ...

Kelly Ayotte, co-chairs Craig Benson and Andy Crews pointed to data-mining firms inundating state agencies with Right-to-Know ...

San Francisco is benefiting from an AI boom while Los Angeles grapples with population decline and a struggling Hollywood.

Unchained At Last, a group supporting bill HB 1455 to end child marriage in Washington state, meets with Sen. Manka Dhingra, D-Redmond, left, who chairs the Senate Law & Justice Committee, inside the ...

The federal Maritime Administration is distributing $774 million for port infrastructure projects around the country.

Foreign actors can use this powerful technology for election interference. But election officials have a new tool in their ...

The median rent has dropped in Austin over the last few years following a boom in housing construction. But the city also had ...

Georgia’s voting law, passed in response to Donald Trump’s loss and widespread absentee voting in the 2020 presidential election, has a larger impact on Black voters than white voters in several ways, ...