Research has repeatedly found that stadiums generate little economic benefit, while subsidy referendums often fail when put before voters. Yet team owners continue to receive billions in tax dollars.
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Revenues for Michigan’s districts have failed to keep pace with inflation and the evolving needs of today’s students.
Amendment 3 would mean most homeowners pay less in property taxes – but that may not end up significantly lowering their costs.
Data center proposals are often local controversies with significant underlying principles at stake.
California’s leaders have repeatedly promised to tackle homelessness. But they don’t consistently make it a high priority for using state funds, researchers found.
South Australia’s new Biodiversity Act will achieve things no federal or state law has done before. It shows states and territories can achieve ambitious reform.
The president’s executive orders are part of a decades-long trend of shrinking government’s role while expanding private sector control over public services.
A recent Supreme Court judgment in Nigeria on local government will promote democracy and enhance grassroots development.
The NSW government wants GST to be allocated according to population. But doing so ignores different service delivery needs between states.
When the US Supreme Court legalized sports betting, states were quick to get in on the action. But as lawmakers grow reliant on taxes from betting, what do they owe problem gamblers?
Following the resignation of Annastacia Palaszczuk, the selection of her successor is a one-horse race. What do we know about the incoming premier, Steven Miles?
A former executive director of the National Governors Association explains what it is about certain governors that makes them less suited for the presidency.
Setting up buoys in a section of the Rio Grande is more likely to result in migrants seeking pathways elsewhere, rather than deterring migration altogether.
Congress has approved billions of dollars to fix water and sewer systems across the US. But getting that money to needy communities depends on how states define a key word.
Federal and state governments are turning to a facial recognition company to ensure that people accessing services are who they say they are. The move promises to cut down on fraud, but at what cost?
States have widely different track records on expanding broadband internet access. Here are the ones that could struggle to handle the federal funds coming their way.
Alarmingly for the Morrison government, the public has well and truly registered its lack of action on climate change.
States led by Republican governors generally had higher COVID-19 case and death rates in 2020.
President Donald Trump may be trying to get state lawmakers to shift the outcome of the presidential election.
This is not the first time the prospect of state legislatures ignoring the popular vote and appointing their own slate of electors has arisen.
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