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 ...

Climate change and the energy transition are driving a wave of state laws overriding local governments, with both parties driving their preferred policies.

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 ...

The District of Columbia is fighting for control of its police department, and the expensive technology investments inside it. Hours after a new federal "emergency police commissioner" was installed, ...

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 ...

In late March, a handful of Black faith leaders gathered on the steps of the Alabama State House to protest a bill that could allow the state to seize control of the police force in the capital of ...

In Southern California, rent control caps are never absolute. To be legally compliant, cities with rent control must give struggling landlords a way to raise rents above what local limits typically ...

President Trump’s vaunted dispatching of troops into Washington, D.C., has managed to be both buffoonish and authoritarian. Thus far it has involved little more than handfuls of National Guard members ...

Gov. JB Pritzker (D-IL) on Tuesday's "Morning Joe" said President Donald Trump wants to send National Guard troops into American cities so he can take control of the ballot boxes in the 2026 midterm ...

CNN host Fareed Zakaria ranted at New York City and Los Angeles on Sunday, saying the two cities are “delivering less” even as spending increases. Democratic Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York City ...