Methodology: For this study, GOBankingRates analyzed each state capital to find the cost of living comfortably in each city. Data was culled from the U.S. Census American Community Survey ...

Frankfort had been the capital city since 1792, the same year Kentucky was granted statehood. Lawmakers had approved Frankfort as the state capital in 1891, while the statue also stated two-thirds ...

Salem, Ore., is in budget straits, in part because untaxed state buildings make up 8 percent of the property in the city. Tina Kotek is backing a local property tax increase as lawmakers consider ways ...