There’s a reason so many local governments rely on the council-manager system: It balances democratic accountability with operational expertise.
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The notion of controlling development and limiting suburban sprawl is finding some traction in pockets of the Sun Belt and West. You might be surprised at what’s been happening in Montana. -
The growth of cities between San Antonio and Austin, separated by 75 miles, is creating one massive metro region.
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Andrew Cuomo avoided the mistakes that kept his father from reaching his full potential. But then he found other mistakes to make.
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Judge Anna Hamburg-Gal. The Chicago Board of Election Commissioners had argued that the Illinois election code barred its employees from unionizing, but Hamburg-Gal argued that joining a union can be motivated by salary and other workplace concerns and was not necessarily political or partisan in nature.
