Having personal bodyguards isn't one of the perks of being the mayor of Albuquerque. Nevertheless, Jim Baca was understandably concerned when he activated the emergency alarm system in his City Hall office and it failed to bring any assistance.

Can you imagine John Wayne packing heat in a fanny pack? Some prosecutors in Illinois are warning that the Duke would get arrested if he tried to get away with such a thing there.

For decades, the game of dodgeball has been a staple of playgrounds and physical education classes, making the act of getting beaned by a rubber ball a right of passage for millions of elementary school students.But now, the game itself is under assault. Officials in Cecil County, Maryland, were set to vote in January on officially banning dodgeball from the school system.

State and local revenues are more exposed to an economic downturn because they're more attuned to nonstop economic growth.

There's a looming battle over groceries, but the battleground itself is the local government land-use approval process.