Management
City directs a cut of opioid settlement funds to grieving families
This summer, some families in Boston could start receiving payments to cover funeral expenses and legal services.
Infrastructure
Water conservation standards are crucial to addressing future challenges
COMMENTARY | When cities follow water-efficient building standards, they insulate their communities and lay the foundation for providing clean water services to growing populations.
Infrastructure
Colorado takes a new—and likely more effective—approach to the housing crisis
COMMENTARY | Colorado’s transit-oriented housing has gained support among developers, city planners and environmental advocates.
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Zoom One for Zoom for Government (ZfG) helps government agencies and contractors save time, reduce costs, increase productivity, and make teamwork more meaningful with a secure, all-in-one collaboration platform.
Workforce
Amid mental health crisis, new compact allows social workers to practice across state lines
America is facing a shortage of social workers and other mental health providers.
Infrastructure
Successful city parks make diverse communities feel safe and welcome
COMMENTARY | Parks are like a city’s living room. Designing, building and managing them well makes them attractive to different groups and boosts inclusion.
Management
New veteran justice program aims to steer veterans back to ‘hero status’
Nebraska is the first state to adopt recommendations from a commission on veteran justice that calls for treatment and case plans that address military service-connected conditions that contributed to criminal offenses.
Management
New doula program helps parents tackle substance use disorders
The Philadelphia Community Doula Support program can help new parents avoid overdoses and court-ordered family separations.
Infrastructure
How bullish are Americans on EVs? It depends on where the nearest charger is.
People who live closer to public electric vehicle chargers view the cars more positively, even when accounting for people’s party identification and the type of community they live in, a new analysis shows.
Digital Government
Meet Emma, Amarillo’s AI assistant and ‘digital human’
The Texas city’s generative artificial intelligence assistant will assist residents through voice conversations in multiple languages.
Infrastructure
Are modular homes the future of affordable housing?
In Buena Vista, Colorado, a public-private partnership crafted a patchwork of legislation, partnerships and regulatory tools to help a local company quickly deliver factory-built, affordable rental units.
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Management
States shift toward kin-first foster care
Kinship caregivers and advocates have long expressed frustration at unequal support for raising their own.
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Ten local leaders from water and wastewater authorities discuss their challenges and strategies for building a more resilient water infrastructure.
Management
Bans on gender-affirming care have 'chilling effect'
The number of state laws restricting LGBTQ rights is on the rise, experts say. The trend could worsen transgender individuals' access to mental and physical health care and exacerbate discrimination.
Infrastructure
New York’s slow progress moving to EVs highlights obstacles cities face
While the city has struggled to build public chargers for electric vehicles, it has made strides in electrifying its own fleet.
Digital Government
Inside the Department of Labor’s collaboration with New Jersey to overhaul unemployment programs
A new application for unemployment claims in the Garden State marks the result of a years-long federal effort to help states modernize their jobless aid efforts.
Management
Texas schools illegally suspended thousands of homeless students—and nobody stopped them
Hundreds of districts have illegally suspended students over the past five years, according to data obtained from the Texas Education Agency, denying students access to the food, shelter and education often found only on campus.
Finance
How do women in the public sector assess their retirement security?
New data shows that younger female workers are more worried than men about saving enough.
Workforce
Can a ‘sprint’ to a medical emergency solve states’ EMS shortages?
Minnesota lawmakers have approved a so-called sprint paramedic program to confront the state's worsening rural emergency response.
Emerging Tech
AI guardrails vs. ‘guiderails’: Navigating the curvy road ahead
COMMENTARY | Rather than focusing on guardrails, which try to prevent undesirable outcomes, agencies should consider more proactive guiderails that make generative AI safe and easy to use.
Management