Girard Miller

2 weeks ago | governing.com | Jabari Simama |Girard Miller

Both hospitals are located in an agricultural swath of the state that’s home to most of its poorest counties. Many residents of the region don’t even have a nearby emergency department. Stacey Gilchrist is a nurse and administrator who’s spent her 40-year career in Thomasville, a small town about 20 minutes north of Grove Hill. Thomasville’s hospital shut down entirely last September over financial difficulties.

2 weeks ago | governing.com | Carl Smith |Girard Miller

When the first major hurricane hits the United States this summer, one thing will be different: There will be no reliable federal funding to help Americans recover. The Trump administration has frozen billions of dollars in disaster relief and slashed staffing at key federal agencies, leaving state and local governments as the last line of defense for the more than 40 million Americans living in flood-prone homes.

3 weeks ago | governing.com | Jared Brey |Jabari Simama |Mattie Quinn |Girard Miller

He got his income tax cut, business courts and ban on cellphones in schools, prompting him to say Wednesday it was probably the best session in his seven years in office. “Look. The governor should be very happy,” House Speaker Kyle Hilbert, R-Bristow, said early Friday. “He got everything he wanted this session.” The legislative session, which ended Friday, was a mixed bag for Gov. Kevin Stitt. But then came Thursday, effectively the final day of the legislative session.

1 month ago | sacbee.com | Girard Miller

May 27-Money market interest rates have held quite steady this year while the stock market, long-term bonds and financial futures have bobbed and weaved in response to turbulent tariff news and shifting views of recession risks. Public treasurers and cash managers have lost nothing so far by staying ultra-short in their portfolio maturities, but external, outsourced managers running public money against popular indexes in the one- to three-year range have outperformed most others.

1 month ago | governing.com | Girard Miller

They had equal say in big funding decisions, and worked in tandem to coordinate housing programs through a joint city-county agency called the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority. But after scathing audits criticizing the homeless authority, the county is blowing up that joint agency and starting over — despite the objections of L.A. Mayor Karen Bass. Now, questions remain about how the shakeup will affect the more than 75,000 unhoused people living in L.A. County.