The Trump administration is giving Iowa more power to decide how it spends its federal education money, signing off on a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Adam writes about state and local policy and urban economic issues. When America was founded, states were viewed as the most ...

The unemployment compensation system in the United States operates as a joint federal-state program. Unlike a direct federal unemployment program, the federal government supports states in funding and ...

The New York state Capitol building in Albany, N.Y. States are trying to recruit fired federal workers into open positions in state government. The public-sector workforce is still recovering from ...

Four Southern states rank in the top five nationally for their dependence on federal dollars, according to a new report. And a very northern state, Alaska, is the most “federally dependent” in the ...