Madison Township is looking at abolishing civil service testing as a requirement for police-officer applicants. Township government officials noted that civil service testing has become a hindrance in ...

The executive director of the Columbus Civil Service Commission is recommending the city cease what has been one of her agency's main functions for over a century: the filling of nonpolitical ...

As community focus on police reform continues, more Somerville residents want to know how the city hires its police. Right now, the City Council is reviewing appointments to the police reserve list, a ...

TAUNTON — The Attorney General's office has sued former Taunton Fire Chief Leman Padelford, accusing him of dodging subpoenas as the state investigates his firefighter test prep company. The state ...

Boston firefighters are suing the state’s civil-service office and appealing to the commission in an effort to persuade a judge to force the recently scuttled test to go ahead. Four Boston jakes filed ...