Local government meetings can look routine from the outside. Agendas get read, presentations are heard, resolutions are approved, questions are asked, and the meeting moves on. But inside those ...

A pair of Flint organizations will host a free workshop next month to help residents better understand how local government ...

As many of you may recall, the 2025 elections, held just a few short months ago, saw new school board members, mayors, borough council members and township commissioners and supervisors elected to ...

Between battles in Congress and the federal government shutting down — as well as our own state’s issues with Alaska Permanent Fund dividend solutions, the budget and the executive and legislative ...

The tough jobs in a community seem obvious – police officers and firefighters and medical professionals, to name a few. Not so obvious are those citizens appointed to fill esoteric roles that aren’t ...

Do more with less. For nearly 20 years, I’ve heard this statement, serving on the front lines of local government — from the footsteps of town hall and managing a municipal tax office, to helping lead ...

Outgoing Oshkosh council member DJ Nichols reflects on a final, nine-hour meeting and why local government — and showing up — ...

The ALCOSAN wastewater treatment facility in Pittsburgh's North Side is pictured above. Sewer issues, and infrastructure more generally, were just one focus for the students in Local Government ...

While opposition parties agree more needs to be done to make local government work better for everybody, they say the government's proposals to scrap regional councils could remove a layer of ...

The dawn of Donald Trump’s second term signaled a shift in efforts to bolster local news with government assistance. For several years, Congress had considered measures to provide tax credits that ...