Proponents of the measure say easing zoning could boost housing supply, while critics warn it sidelines residents and weakens planning protections. Gov. Ron DeSantis now has before him a sweeping land ...

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – Westmont Hilltop Elementary School students have a new literary incentive for them to keep up with their Westy STAR expectations during the school day. Principal Nicole Kuzmiak ...

STERLING HEIGHTS — Local officials from three counties are uniting with a message to Lansing lawmakers: Work with us, not against us. That plea was emphasized again and again during a Feb. 24 news ...

Local control is the principle that government works best when decisions are made closest to where the people live. A package of bills introduced in the Legislature would blow that concept to pieces.

Rising gas prices tied to tensions in Iran are hitting Americans hard—now nearing four dollars a gallon in some areas.As AAA reports a 36 percent surge nationw Unicoi County Sheriff candidates ...

A Raleigh man has pleaded guilty to having "machine gun conversion devices" near Lenovo Center during the 2025 North Carolina State Fair, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Luis Alberto ...

TAYLORVILLE, Ill. (WAND) — A harm reduction vending machine has been installed in Taylorville to help prevent overdoses. The Christian County Health Department installed the machine outside the health ...

Most people have no idea what a charter commission does. I was no different until I began serving on city commissions in Coon Rapids. I started on the city’s Safety Commission, and last April I was ...

SPRINGFIELD — Gov. JB Pritzker will propose a statewide zoning law in his State of the State address on Wednesday, drastically limiting the authority local governments have to control what types of ...

JB Pritzker will propose a plan during his State of the State address to drastically limit local governments’ authority to restrict the types of structures that can be built on property zoned ...

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A Las Vegas resident won a $609,345 jackpot Sunday night at Palms Casino Resort on a Whitney Houston-themed slot machine. It’s the second big jackpot on those machines at the Palms ...

Virginia lawmakers are considering several gun control bills that could significantly impact firearm purchases and ownership in the Commonwealth, including an assault weapons ban and new licensing ...