State & Local Governance

Voters cast their ballots for the midterm elections in San Antonio, Texas, U.S. November 6, 2018. REUTERS/Callaghan O'Hare - RC15CE3E7D80

States and localities are on the front lines of fighting cyber-crimes in elections

Thursday, August 15, 2019

A small drone helicopter operated by a paparazzi records singer Beyonce Knowles-Carter (not seen) as she rides the Cyclone rollercoaster while filming a music video on Coney Island in New York August 29, 2013. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

Why national preemption has become a technology policy flash point

Darrell M. West

Thursday, July 18, 2019

Immigrants take the Oath of Allegiance to become a U.S. citizens during an official Naturalization Ceremony at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., May 6, 2019. REUTERS/Brian Snyder - RC1FAA5D2010

Trump puts the census citizenship question back in play

William H. Frey

Tuesday, July 9, 2019

Proposed New York bill expands scope of data privacy debate

Jack Karsten and Raj Karan Gambhir

Monday, June 24, 2019

A sign referring to the hacked computer system of Baltimore City is taped to a door near Baltimore City Hall in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. May 10, 2019. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith - RC1616204E00

How can city governments protect themselves against ransomware attacks?

Tuesday, June 11, 2019

Motorists drive through a heavy traffic flow near a passing metro train along the main highway EDSA in Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines June 21, 2016. REUTERS/Erik De Castro - D1BETLELWXAA

Are laxer environmental policies being trumped?

Tito Cordella and Shanta Devarajan

Wednesday, May 8, 2019

The exterior shot of the State Capitol is seen as California legislators work late into the night to pass a $40 billion budget in the building in Sacramento, California February 17, 2009. As California lawmakers resumed their push on Tuesday to close a state budget shortfall of more than $40 billion, state officials began informing some 20,000 state employees they could lose their jobs if the legislature fails to pass a budget plan. REUTERS/Max Whittaker (UNITED STATES) - GM1E52I0UL901

A federal privacy law could do better than California’s

Cameron F. Kerry

Monday, April 29, 2019

Customers shop for produce at the Food Project's Farmer's Market in the Boston neighborhood of Dorchester, Massachusetts August 14, 2007. Each year The Food Project hires 60 youth to grow food on their farms

Governors’ strategies for geographic and racial inclusion

Nathan Arnosti and John D. Ratliff

Tuesday, March 26, 2019

Governor Cuomo Announces Round III of Nation-Leading New NY Broadband Program to Bring High-Speed Internet Access to New Yorkers

Three ways governors are investing in innovation

Nathan Arnosti and John D. Ratliff

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

Fritza Lemitelamy (R) and her son Jonathan, students in the Culinary Job Training Program at the New Hampshire Food Bank, cart applesauce made by the class to a freezer amid shelves of the food bank's storage space in Manchester, New Hampshire November 6, 2013. Fritza Lemitelamy, a single mother of six, and two of her children are taking the eight week course for the unemployed and the underemployed with the ultimate goal of opening their own Haitian restaurant. The class, which in addition to teaching kitchen and life skills produces meals for three agencies of the New Hampshire Food Bank. REUTERS/Brian Snyder (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY POVERTY FOOD) - TM4E9B719LW01

A governor’s policy playbook to address disruptions from automation and artificial intelligence

John D. Ratliff and Nathan Arnosti

Friday, March 1, 2019