I'm Ben Sheehan and this is "Civics Made Easy." Let's start at the top. Before the United States, there were 13 semi-united colonies. They declared independence and began calling themselves states or ...

State lobbyist workloads are immense: sifting through hundreds of bills, advocating on behalf of multiple clients, preparing testimony for dozens of hearings, reporting progress to stakeholders, and ...

The most underappreciated story this election year is happening everywhere and yet is completely overshadowed by the race for the White House. No matter who wins the presidency, the nation is going in ...

Attention to individual acts of market intervention, however, has so far failed to fully understand the Trump administration’s actions as part of a single, evolving pattern of state behavior.

The whole-of-state approach to budgeting and collaboration at the state, local and education (SLED) level will be one of the top drivers behind how money will be invested in technology during the next ...

When it comes to climate action, the federal government can coordinate and fund many measures. But state and local governments also play a critical role in helping—or hindering—the fight against ...

The federal government does not have an equal footprint in each state. In some states, less than 1% of land is federally owned and managed, while in others, over half of the land is. 24/7 Wall St.