In an era when national issues often dominate public attention, some of the most immediate challenges affecting daily life are occurring at the local government level. Local government is responsible ...

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 ...

Throughout 2026, the ND250 Commission, administered by the State Historical Society of North Dakota, is leading the state’s ...

Local Government Fiscal Management encompasses the strategies and mechanisms through which sub‐national governments plan, allocate, and control public funds. This area of research investigates how ...

This week, the National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), at the end of its National Executive Council (NEC) meeting, called on President Bola Tinubu to enforce the judgement of the Supreme ...

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 ...

“When you are in local government, you are on the ground, and you are looking into the eyes and hearts of the people you are there to serve.” – Valerie Jarrett, a former Senior Advisor to former ...