Before a local government can build a new town hall building or upgrade its water and sewer infrastructure using federal ...

Washington’s Yakama Nation received both the grant and a $100 million federal loan. Held up by a series of bureaucratic ...

A proposed constitutional amendment would rule out exceptions for local elections. Opponents worry that it could lead to more restrictions.

Weeks after California announced a $250 million public-private partnership with Google to fund local news outlets and develop ...

Bringing a civil lawsuit is one of the few ways Pennsylvanians can force corrective action from municipalities, but it’s ...

The Georgia State Election Board passed a controversial measure Friday that would require local precincts to conduct hand counts.

The Legacy Youth Project was a homegrown ethnic studies and leadership program that served at-risk youth in Napa for eight ...

California lawmakers acknowledge secret negotiations with lobbyists for bill changes and unwritten rule about no public ...

Legislative hopefuls on Tuesday made their pitches for the best ways the state can reinvest in communities, including ...

The legislature returned from recess Monday in Harrisburg, and a new bill aimed at legalizing cannabis was introduced by a bipartisan pair of legislators, Reps. Aaron Kaufer (R-Luzerne) and Emily ...

The maximum pay for borough mayors and council members along with second-class township supervisors would grow under separate bills that advanced Tuesday within the Pennsylvania Senate. The ...