Democrats are taking control of the U.S. House next month and have promised that infrastructure will be one of their top priorities. In what seems like an unlikely pairing, public pensions could play a role.

Despite going into special session, lawmakers still don't have a solution for the least-funded pension system in the nation.

A new survey reveals how little the public knows about their state government. Media coverage is partly to blame.

Observers thought the federal law would stifle the sale of municipal bonds -- and in effect infrastructure projects. But it hasn't been that bad.

The bulk of the funding boosts are going toward education and rainy day savings.

Economists say the unprecedented period of economic growth may be coming to an end.

Governments in the U.S. are starting to accept cryptocurrencies, a controversial method of payment that got its start on the dark web.

Platte County, Mo., is being punished for its resistance to bailing out a retail center that opened during the recession and has struggled to make bond payments.

This is the first holiday season since the U.S. Supreme Court allowed states to tax online shopping.

State and local officials devoted thousands of hours, and put other projects on hold, to lure the company.

Budget directors are still figuring out how much of the tax law's impact on state revenues was a one-time boost.

Efforts to raise state taxes largely failed. That wasn't the case at the local level.

An unprecedented number of female candidates ran for state or local office this year.

Ballot measures in California and Louisiana sought to protect homeowners from huge property tax spikes.

Businesses wanted voters to protect exemptions, loopholes and tax breaks that collectively cost the state more than $12 billion a year.

As service taxes gain favor as a way to raise revenue, there's a growing movement to stop them. Voters in Arizona joined it on Tuesday.

It's one of just two states that limits the income tax rate.

The election defeats come at a time when support for raising teacher pay is at an all-time high.

In a year when the Trump administration is dialing back financial regulations, Colorado becomes the 16th state to limit the notoriously high interest rates on payday loans.

Voters rejected a financial practice already common in most other oil-dependent states.