Between battles in Congress and the federal government shutting down — as well as our own state’s issues with Alaska Permanent Fund dividend solutions, the budget and the executive and legislative ...

Seminole County Citizen’s Academy gives residents the chance to learn how county government works. Andria Herr, chairman of ...

As many of you may recall, the 2025 elections, held just a few short months ago, saw new school board members, mayors, borough council members and township commissioners and supervisors elected to ...

Do more with less. For nearly 20 years, I’ve heard this statement, serving on the front lines of local government — from the footsteps of town hall and managing a municipal tax office, to helping lead ...

The tough jobs in a community seem obvious – police officers and firefighters and medical professionals, to name a few. Not so obvious are those citizens appointed to fill esoteric roles that aren’t ...

Students from two area districts were able to tour Kandiyohi County government buildings and learn about the work that the ...

The dawn of Donald Trump’s second term signaled a shift in efforts to bolster local news with government assistance. For several years, Congress had considered measures to provide tax credits that ...

While opposition parties agree more needs to be done to make local government work better for everybody, they say the government's proposals to scrap regional councils could remove a layer of ...