In a special session this week, the state Legislature passed a bill intended to alleviate some of the sticker shock New Mexicans may face when they see the increases to the cost of their marketplace ...

Kendra Kay speaks during public comment at the regular Amarillo City Council meeting on Sept. 23. Kay is part of a group of residents who oppose Amarillo selling its water to a data center in nearby ...

AI is being used to create nonsensical, sometimes dangerously inaccurate books. Local librarians are tasked with keeping these volumes out of their collections.

Some states that have dropped degree requirements for public-sector jobs still force non-degree training providers to navigate a labyrinth of rules as if they were traditional colleges. It’s a ...

State and local government leaders know their budgets are being swamped by federal changes. They need to act fast to mitigate the impacts.

Kindergarten readiness and degree attainment are improving, yet literacy challenges, soaring tuition and student well-being concerns continue to weigh on the system.

This shutdown could last for a while, leaving states short of funds for a variety of programs. There’s no guarantee this time that they’ll be reimbursed in the end.

Too often, states are the chief culprit. Consider all the ways states serve to frustrate the will of the people. First, the Electoral College, which votes state by state, has already installed five ...

Officials have denied public access to findings on the Gas Co. Tower, one of the city’s tallest buildings, even as engineers warn it could be unusable after a major earthquake without costly retrofits ...

Gov. Abbott has his critics but there's no denying Texas' economic success during his time in office. The state's GDP has increased 60 percent on his watch.

Kentucky Secretary of State Michael G. Adams is one of the few public officials who's found a way to address both election security and ballot access concerns.

Few people knew that better than Melissa Hortman. By the time Hortman’s Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) Party won trifecta control of Minnesota’s state government in 2022, Hortman had been serving as ...