As the Biden administration rolled out a $350 billion bailout of state and local governments during the COVID-19 pandemic, officials stressed how the huge pile of money would address urgent needs ...

What can taxpayers do when local government leaders either waste or misappropriate their money? It depends, experts told The ...

The state has failed to provide sufficient aid to counties and municipalities. Now some GOP lawmakers want to limit property ...

Congress has given the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program a double reprieve this month, but state and local officials say they’re still waiting for real certainty — and real money. As part of ...

The dawn of Donald Trump’s second term signaled a shift in efforts to bolster local news with government assistance. For several years, Congress had considered measures to provide tax credits that ...

The Public Technology Institute recently hosted a webinar on this year’s outlook with support from the National Association of State Chief Information Officers. State and local government CIOs are ...

From mining video evidence to enabling real-time translation of public meetings to speeding up prescription renewals, state ...

Artificial intelligence has become one of the most discussed technologies in state and local government. Yet for many public-sector leaders, the challenge is no longer whether to adopt AI, but how to ...

Washington finally set up the rules and money for state and local cybersecurity — now the real risk is waiting too long to actually use them. The White House’s March 2025 Executive Order (EO) on ...

Section 1. Purpose. One year ago, the California State and Los Angeles city and county governments failed to contain wildfires that ravaged Los Angeles and consumed nearly 40,000 acres of homes and ...