Steven Malanga

The nation's fiscal basket case is looking to take on even more debt.

The Democratic nominee's agenda would give a huge boost to labor organizingâ?"especially in the public sector.

Development projects are converting America's faded retail structures into livable space.

The New Jersey governor threatens huge layoffs if Washington doesn't solve his budget woes.

Instead of encouraging reform, Washington's new bailout bill rewards states and cities for bad fiscal practices.

The stock market downturn portends big losses for government pension fundsâ?"and billions in new obligations for taxpayers.

Layoffs continue, but some companies are hiring vigorously.

Widespread quarantines and shutdowns of industries have human costs, too.

Beset by high housing costs, crippling taxes, astronomical gas prices, wildfires and rolling blackouts, Californians are heading for the exits. That's...

Membership in government unions falls to a 20-year low.

Cities move to ban dollar stores, blaming them for residents' poor diets.