Local governments, which rely heavily on property taxes and fund transfers from state governments, continue to struggle with slowing revenues - a situation that is likely to persist over the next few years. As new property tax assessments reflect declines in house prices, local property tax...

The recent recession and now the recovery have caused enrollment at many community colleges to soar as unemployed workers retrain for new occupations and students who might otherwise attend a four-year college choose to save money. In the Tenth District, the importance of community colleges is...

State and local officials have long sought to diversify the mix of industries in their regions, hoping to reduce short-term volatil­ity in their communities’ economic growth rates and poten­tially boost overall long-term growth. ; While theory does suggest that industrial diversity can...