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Terry Brunner, director of Albuquerque’s Metropolitan Redevelopment Agency. The federal Department of Transportation has been canceling grants for bike lanes and other projects not designed to move cars. The administration is reviewing a grant the city won back in 2022 for a downtown trail. Brunner said that due to federal workforce cuts, getting final approval from the feds has taken months so at least now the city is free to look for alternative funding sources. (Bloomberg News)
Half the state's D.A. offices can't hire enough attorneys, with some vacancies remaining open for years.
The administration has eliminated funding for many local projects it deems "hostile" to motor vehicles.
Crime has mostly gone down under Mayor Cavalier Johnson but there’s still a perception that downtown isn’t safe. Meanwhile, the mayor is struggling to finalize a new contract with the police union.
To address local challenges, cities and counties have to act as catalysts for other groups, including businesses, nonprofits and residents, to address areas of common interest in collaborative fashions.
The payoff from effective personnel policies is a heightened sense of residents’ confidence in government and quality of life.
South Carolina Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette. At the ribbon cutting for the state-funded $6.4 million public shooting range — the largest skeet and trap facility in South Carolina — Evette framed the project as a way to reconnect young people with the outdoors. (South Carolina Daily Gazette)
Roughly 2,000 modular units are underway, but opponents fear rents may still remain out of reach.
Inflation, tight property tax caps and cooling sales tax revenue are forcing municipalities to cut contracts, raise fees and reduce services.
HUD recently changed the eligibility criteria for grants to support the Trump administration’s positions on a range of issues, from immigration enforcement to gender identity. The move bars applicants from most states.
When it comes to protecting their residents from environmental harms, lawmakers in red and blue states alike are making progress without waiting for Washington.
Share of Americans who say it is acceptable to criticize living public figures ...
Oklahoma County Sheriff Tommie Johnson III. Johnson said investigators determined that nude images seen on a TV in state Superintendent Ryan Walters’ office during a July 24 Board of Education meeting came from an accidental display of the 1985 Jackie Chan movie The Protector. He confirmed that prosecutors would not pursue charges after reviewing the incident and showing clips from the film to board members who had reported the images. (Oklahoma Voice)
Newsom’s redistricting proposal links rural, conservative Modoc County with liberal Marin — two regions with starkly different economies, cultures and political priorities.
Fewer open positions stem from budget cuts and disappearing federal relief funds, not from solving the state’s chronic recruitment and retention challenges.
The proposed program mirrors the COVID-era “Save The Dream” initiative, though in a reduced form: eligibility narrowed and benefits capped much lower than before.
Police departments are understaffed and recruiting has become more difficult. In recent years, the number of communities using community responders to handle non-violent situations has skyrocketed.
High school students’ math and reading proficiency levels are the lowest in decades. Only rigorous accountability and proven improvement strategies can turn that around.
Negotiations over revising the first-in-the-nation law collapsed and now it won’t be enacted until at least June 2026.
More than a dozen members of Congress are giving up their seats to run this fall or next year.
With nearly $7 billion in K-12 support delayed, districts are bracing for cuts to staff, programs and student services.
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia. Capito, an honorary co-chair of the first-ever Congressional Pickleball Match, recruited fellow lawmakers to join in a bipartisan game on the National Mall on Thursday. She helped launch a Senate pickleball caucus two years ago, seeing the sport as a way to build relationships around a shared pastime. The exhibition game was part of a larger pickleball weekend organized by Congressional Sports for Charity and the Trust for the National Mall. (Roll Call)
Two big political blocs have different ideas when it comes to health.
A forthcoming state law will create the single largest new pool of workers with collective bargaining rights in decades.
Changing federal guidelines are creating uncertainty about access to the updated COVID-19 vaccination. Connecticut has found a way to bring clarity.
Statesville cited economic benefits in rezoning 330 acres of farmland, even as residents warned of noise, pollution and lost rural character.
Employers can get up to $5,000 per employee if training programs boost pay by at least 25 percent and exceed regional median wages.
Jake Poinsett, education manager at the Trinity River Audubon Center. With Dallas preparing to build a $3 billion downtown convention center, conservation advocates are urging the city to use bird-friendly glass and lighting. Poinsett noted that millions of birds migrate through Texas each spring and fall and collisions with buildings can be deadly. Supporters say the added cost of bird-safe design could save thousands of birds’ lives and position Dallas as a national leader in protecting migratory birds. (The Dallas Morning News)
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