The tough jobs in a community seem obvious – police officers and firefighters and medical professionals, to name a few.

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 ...

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 ...

More can, and should, be done to improve the transparency and integrity of how local governments help fund Medicaid, but it’s ...

Local students got an inside look at how local government works on Friday. 8th graders from Farmville Middle School visited ...

Girl Scouts of Western Pennsylvania Troop 10328 recently met with Sharpsburg Mayor Kayla Portis and got a look at how local government works. The Scouts took turns banging the gavel, asking Portis ...

Government plans to scrap regional councils (5 min 7 sec) While opposition parties agree more needs to be done to make local government work better for everybody, they say the government's proposals ...

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 ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has raised concerns about the financial stability of many municipalities, warning that poor revenue management is worsening service delivery challenges.