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

Moderates have been largely squeezed out of political relevance. There is room for a new party, and it would have to start at the state level. It could bring pragmatic solutions to critical problems ...

Washington is one of two states to implement a tax on carbon emissions. A measure on the 2024 ballot would have canceled this provision in its climate law. By a large margin, voters affirmed their ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom called Thursday for lawmakers to return to the Capitol for a special session to protect “California values” in preparation for former President Donald Trump’s return to the White ...

The new boundary officially returns the pump station on one of the nation’s largest manmade lakes fully back into the Lone Star State.

Voting and election administration became contentious topics after 2020. This time, years of preparation, efforts to improve ...

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

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

Local officials are sorting out the impacts from the approval of 16 propositions. Voters rejected salary increases for ...

Republicans took control of the Michigan House and will share power in the Minnesota House, blocking the home-state agenda of ...

Arizona is the only state to require all jurisdictions to livestream ballot processing, but there are other places to watch.

Carl Smith is a senior staff writer for Governing and covers a broad range of issues affecting states and localities. For the past 30 years, Carl has written about education and the environment ...