Auditing reimagined: Looking beyond the public dollar
COMMENTARY | Today’s auditors don’t just account for finances, they also account for outcomes. Local government leaders should look to them as key allies.
New York governor blocks downtown tolling plan at the last minute
Citing economic hardships, Gov. Kathy Hochul put an indefinite hold on the congestion pricing plan for Lower Manhattan, upending a decade of planning to reduce traffic and air pollution.
States beg insurers not to drop climate-threatened homes
Property insurance companies say they’re taking losses amid escalating disasters.
The homeowner mutiny leaving Florida cities defenseless against hurricanes
The federal government is refusing to restore eroded beaches in Pinellas County unless homeowners agree to one condition: public access.
Post-pandemic, downtown recoveries continue to be uneven
From office conversions to bonding programs to unconventional approaches, cities are testing different ways to revive their downtowns.
Can cash payments reduce childhood poverty?
Money may not be able to buy happiness, but observers say it could help protect some of the nation’s most vulnerable: children living in poverty.
Universities try 3-year degrees to save students time, money
As states explore shorter degrees, some faculty say they undercut students’ education.
Communities push to take over investor-owned utilities and make them public nonprofits
Advocates say public power can deliver cheaper rates and a faster, more equitable transition to clean energy. Still, the measures face long odds.
A new tool aims to help communities spend their opioid settlement money wisely
The dashboard helps local governments estimate how much money to expect and, based on that, offers evidence-based recommendations on how best to spend it.
Safety-net health clinics cut services and staff amid Medicaid ‘unwinding’
Nationwide, health centers that serve low-income communities face a financial storm created by a sharp rise in the cost of care, a tight workforce and now fewer insured patients.
Utah’s largest teacher union files lawsuit against state's school choice voucher program
The lawsuit argues the voucher program violates several provisions of the Utah Constitution that require the state to establish an education system equally accessible to every child. It comes amid an expansion of these programs nationwide.
Challenge-based procurement ‘just makes sense’
New York City is trying out a new approach to government procurement, whereby the city seeks solutions to its problems instead of prescribing them.
A new initiative looks to combine child care and care for older adults under one roof
As child care and long-term care facilities face critical shortages, a grant program in Nebraska seeks to incentivize nursing homes to offer both services in the same building.
City directs a cut of opioid settlement funds to grieving families
This summer, some families in Boston could start receiving payments to cover funeral expenses and legal services.
How do women in the public sector assess their retirement security?
New data shows that younger female workers are more worried than men about saving enough.
Amid record high NYC homeless student population, calls grow for laundry machines in schools
More than 1,600 public schools offers on-site laundry services, allowing students who live in temporary housing or who otherwise lack access to such facilities to wash their clothes while at school.
Shiny new things and public priorities
COMMENTARY | The economic growth and civic pride benefits of new stadiums are not enough to compensate for the required public financial commitment.
As a key labor union pushes into the South, red states push back
Republican lawmakers have passed new laws on union elections for companies that receive state incentives.
California is about to tax guns more like alcohol and tobacco—and that could put a dent in gun violence
COMMENTARY | Gun deaths and injuries aren’t just tragic—they’re expensive, too.
How ‘kitty cats’ are wrecking the home insurance industry
Supercharged thunderstorms and tornadoes are ravaging the Midwest, driving insurance costs to record highs.
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