A bill would shut down public schools that are among the 5 percent worst performers, matching charter school standards.

More than anything it’s the simple result of Americans growing older, a fact of life we haven’t come to grips with ...

Over the past few months, gun laws in Illinois, New York and Minnesota have all been tossed out. Federal courts are more ...

When Democrat Jay Inslee took office in 2013, the state’s two-year budget was $38.4 billion. Now, as he prepares to leave, he ...

All but two states completed a review, but only 22 states reached or surpassed the recommended minimum levels of security in their systems.

We all know how obnoxious people can be at a show, with their talking and seat kicking and cellphone checking. Still, I was ...

Republicans gained a tie in the Minnesota House in November, ending the Democrats' trifecta and halting their heavily progressive agenda.

Panhandle businessman Alex Fairly, the father of an incoming state representative, was already a major GOP donor. Now he's funding a new group to support more conservative politicians.

Vincent Fort served in the Georgia Senate for nearly three decades as a forceful, effective voice for “the least of these.” As he copes with cancer, it's important to acknowledge a vanishing breed of ...

Editor's Note: This article appears in Governing's Winter 2025 magazine. You can subscribe here. The messenger is becoming as important as the message. State and local leaders have picked up a ...

Immigration is no longer the primary lens through which Latinos see the world. They are rapidly becoming more defined as economically populist voters, exasperated with the political failure to address ...