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Katie Wilson campaigned against expansion but now faces pressure from public safety advocates and civil liberties groups.
The circumstances have to be right, and real urban change agents know not to promise the impossible.
As the president calls for federal control of voting, administrators who endured bomb threats and burnout warn that long-standing guardrails are fraying.
Transportation funding fights and limited progress on core priorities have dented the governor’s popularity, setting up a risky re-election year.
Democrats and Republicans disagree over whether a special election upset in Tarrant County points to broader shifts ahead of November.
This isn’t the first time the president has threatened to invoke the act giving him broad power to deploy the military on U.S. soil.
Thirty-six states will hold gubernatorial elections this year, with at least 21 incumbents term-limited or not running for another term.
The state doesn’t currently allow for the voting method, but some legislators want to ban it from being an option in the future.
Her speakership begins as city leaders confront fiscal gaps and heightened community tensions.
Walz says campaigning would distract from confronting one of the largest social services fraud scandals in state history
Maura Healey broke new ground as the first woman and first openly gay candidate elected governor in Massachusetts, but her priorities have been firmly focused on quality-of-life and cost-of-living issues like housing and transportation.
Despite being the nation’s largest full-time legislature, divided government and a budget impasse have sharply limited output.
The Republican he endorsed for mayor lost by nearly 20 points.
Higher education battles around the country are beginning to look like a sports competition.
Big-city mayors are taking a wide range of approaches to interactions with the Trump administration.
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