A study in Springfield, Mo. shows that hiring local workers on the city’s public works projects would increase sales at local businesses by $71 million, save or create 400 jobs and increase local tax ...

In 2023, state and local government received about $1.5 billion in settlement funds from more than a dozen companies that manufactured, sold, or distributed prescription painkillers and were sued for ...

In the past two years, newspapers have published more than 200 articles describing state or local budgets as “awash in cash.” There’s no mystery to this great fiscal flooding. Since the beginning of ...

In some locations, you can borrow tools (saving a purchase at the hardware store), take free language classes and even get free tickets to local museums and attractions. The resources that your ...