In an era in which companies enjoy unprecedented mobility to invest where they choose, one of the toughest issues for governments at the federal, state, and local level  is deciding what to do to att…

A boy walks through a mass grave of victims of religious riots in Nigeria's central city of Jos December 27, 2010. (Afolabi Sotunde/Courtesy Reuters) Monday morning, some Christian youth chased away…

While debate rages over the federal deficit, state and local governments face their own budget crises. Stateline describes the successes of North Carolina’s Local Government Commission in imposing bu…

The past year has taught us that disinformation will be one of the most significant and pervasive challenges of the digital era.