Citing rising SNAP and public benefits fraud, U.S. Attorney Leah Foley says the new position will centralize investigations ...

State Republicans and city Democrats often diverge on questions of public transit. In Arizona, GOP leaders are trying to ...

Ranking near dead last among major cities, the city is launching a public-private Housing Gateway program aimed at coordinating services and moving people into housing faster.

A new federal survey finds roughly a 20 percent difference in school readiness between children from the poorest and wealthiest families.

Following is a list of more public sector portmanteau words, courtesy of AI (and sadly, for us, we like some of these better than the ones we came up with ourselves): Bureaucra-chat: The lengthy, ...

Police are working taxing overtime hours as calls over ICE-related activity soar. The police chief is trying to keep everyone ...

Students with disabilities in families with an annual income at or below 500% of the federal poverty level, which includes a ...

New eviction data underscores the state’s housing crisis, as a school board member’s case shows how quickly tenants can be ...

Oklahoma puts its tobacco settlement funds in a trust, spending only the interest. The strategy has had long-term public ...

As federal safeguards erode, state lawmakers are laying the groundwork for restoring and protecting wetlands left vulnerable ...

As the president calls for federal control of voting, administrators who endured bomb threats and burnout warn that ...

Local leaders lay out practical steps to stabilize funding and streamline assistance before the next crisis hits.