The two-term Democrat restored fiscal stability and scored major economic development wins while working with Republican ...

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Randy Clarke has paired more reliable service and improved safety with an unusually public approach to leadership, helping ...

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Oklahoma allowed private companies to employ incarcerated workers for outside calling campaigns, including work that ...

Gov. Greg Abbott has halted state funding for the AI-powered license plate readers as privacy concerns and reports of misuse ...

Mariyana Spyropoulos inherited an office marked by backlogs and dogged by ethical lapses. Her reforms aim to make the Cook ...

A water purification plant. About 12 percent of Americans receive water from a private local utility. Sewerage systems are far less likely to be privatized. (Adobe Stock) Economics textbooks always ...

Local officials don’t have to roll over in the face of today’s political challenges to affirmative action and DEI. Fair ...

A 2025 push to round up undocumented immigrants continues to disrupt local economies in Los Angeles County. Local officials ...