A new Brookings analysis of counties' 2024 presidential vote shows that lower-output, small town, and rural areas still comprise the foundation of the GOP base. But they've been joined by numerous new ...

Voters in several states last week delivered a stinging rebuke to ranked choice voting, clouding the future of an idea that had seen strong momentum in recent years. Ranked choice voting, which allows ...

In Maryland and several other states, many of the reductions have come thanks to the retirement of coal-fired power plants.

The increase of energy demand across the country is growing to rates that haven’t been seen since the end of World War II.

Seasonal retail and health care hires did not offset the loss of jobs in the professional services and construction sectors in October, resulting in a net loss of 1,000 jobs in Minnesota . And while a ...

Local leaders and rural revitalization experts say Texas’ smallest towns can survive despite a shift to urban and suburban ...

After a decade of increasing popularity among endowment funds and pensions, its use in investment decisions is coming under ...

The political landscape has shifted dramatically in Vermont. Nationally, the election showed that partisanship matters most ...

Local taxes to fund public transit fared well on Election Day. But state and federal election results could alter the outlook for infrastructure investment long term.

Having won a big victory, Donald Trump can claim a mandate. But recent history shows that voters punish politicians who ...

For decades, young people chose to move to cities and large metros for greater opportunity. Since the pandemic, that ...

When people think about higher ed, they picture the Ivy League. But state officials are trained almost exclusively at their own state’s schools.