'When you go into public service, you should feel the weight and responsibility.'
Erie City Council makes a push to get more people involved in changes they want to see throughout the city. A big part of their efforts to do so will be taking their council meetings to the road this summer calling it the City Council Neighborhoods Tour. Council will function the same way it would []
WHEELING, W.Va. (WTRF) - Following two weeks of devastation for many on Wheeling Island, city council acknowledged the incredible efforts from the entire community. Councilman Ben Seidler presented these efforts on paper, with the House of Carpenter tracking over 1,100 volunteer hours, over 50 city employees working around the clock, 11 different faith-based organizations, and []
Petersburg residents are weighing in on the casino that could be on their ballots this November after the city’s decision to choose the Cordish Companies to operate it.
Petersburg’s City Council has chosen an operator to roll the dice on for the proposed casino proposed to be built in the city.
The sign at the entrance to Rikers Island in Queens. City Council members questioned the Department of Correction’s "convoluted" process for investigating sexual assault claims by detainees. [ more › ]
The small town located southwest of Houston hasn’t had a property tax in nearly 30 years.
Utah Jazz owners Ryan and Ashley Smith officially bought the franchise, but the deal states that Arizona will get an expansion team if a new arena is built in the next five years.
'Who was responsible, who's being held accountable, and how will you ensure it doesn't happen again?' demanded Christine Conti-Collins, a resident angered by letters suggesting tax cuts that have become tax hikes.
DOTHAN, Ala. (WDHN) — Dothan City Schools is faced with two options if they don't receive funding from the city to sustain the progress they have made within the school system over the years -- eliminating programs or there could be an ad valorem tax increase. This comes after the 50 million dollars they received []
Members of Project Say Something has teamed up with the City of Florence to establish a new historical marker. They say the proposed marker was supposed to be discussed and approved at Tuesday's city council meeting, but they were shocked to find it wasn't even listed on the council's agenda.
Despite a number of councillors calling for the cancellation or suspension of Toronto's Vacant Home Tax Thursday, the program will live to see another year with city council ordering staff to revamp the process in the wake of a disastrous rollout which saw tens of thousands of property owners receive bills, even though their homes are lived in. During Thursday’s meeting, councillors considered a motion to scrap the Vacant Home Tax but it was defeated with a vote of 5-18. Instead, councillors...