Republican President Donald Trump’s continued power grab in the nation’s capital, and his threat to expand his militarized takeover to other Democratic-led cities, is setting up a high-stakes showdown ...

Washington policing: Under pressure from a federal judge, the Justice Department clarified that Washington’s police chief will, for now, retain control of the city’s police force. The revision came ...

The planned site of the Northwest Colorado Business District greenfield business and industrial park in Hayden, Colorado. (Photo courtesy Town of Hayden) This is your first of three free stories this ...

Knife preemption laws are quietly redrawing the map of who governs everyday life in your city. As state legislatures expand their reach, local officials are finding that even something as basic as ...

A unanimous Arizona Court of Appeals ruling this fall sent a blunt message to city halls: When it comes to short-term rentals, local control has hard limits in this state. The decision arrives as ...