"My ancestors were scientists before the word ‘scientist’ came into their lives.” Those are the words of Jaytuk Steinruck in a recent video highlighting the work of the Tribal Marine Stewards Network ...

There’s a saying in the state budget world that there is no such thing as a “normal” budget cycle. Part of the budgeting process requires allowing for unforeseen events. The past five years have ...

Last September, Hurricane Helene caused historic devastation across the southeastern United States. In Georgia, Helene brought catastrophic flooding, sustained winds over 50 miles per hour, and ...

A new website, created by the South Carolina Center of Excellence in Addiction (COE), makes it easier for state and local leaders, health care providers, researchers, and citizens to understand how ...

Co-living spaces such as rooming houses and residential hotels—known broadly as single-room occupancies, or SROs—used to be common in the United States, providing low-cost homes for millions of people ...

According to Pew Research Center, 55% of U.S. parents report being extremely or very concerned about the mental health of teens today. And several factors are driving that concern: increased influence ...

The unprecedented revenue wave that states experienced from mid-2020 to the end of 2022—attributed to multiple factors, including the influx of federal funds to confront the COVID-19 pandemic—enabled ...

Kara Cohen, associate director of street medicine at Project HOME, which offers housing, education, medical care, and employment opportunities to people who are or have been homeless. Christine ...

The recent loss of homes in Los Angeles from the tragic wildfires has added to L.A.’s severe housing shortage, which had already caused rents and homelessness to soar. As the city begins to recover, ...

Are states investing enough in roads and bridges to prevent them from falling apart and to avoid leaving future generations on the hook for a costly repair bill? Historically, a lack of consistent ...

Since 2018, Michigan’s Medicaid program has provided treatment to patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) through health homes—a team of health providers that integrate and coordinate their services ...

State courts bear the immense responsibility of handling about 66 million cases a year, many of which require people facing civil or criminal matters to go to court for at least one hearing, and often ...