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The Newly Elected Officials Course teaches officials the basics of municipal government through more than 40 hours of classes ...

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 ...

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 ...

The tough jobs in a community seem obvious – police officers and firefighters and medical professionals, to name a few.

Government plans to scrap regional councils (5 min 7 sec) While opposition parties agree more needs to be done to make local government work better for everybody, they say the government's proposals ...

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 ...

Local leaders and residents gathered Thursday evening for a civic community forum aimed at demystifying how Lufkin’s city government operates and encouraging greater public participation in local ...