MINOT, N.D. — We're hearing a lot of "local control" arguments right now, what with the Legislature debating caps on local budgets as a mechanism for controlling run-away property tax bills or ...

If you told me six months ago that the biggest conflict in New Hampshire state government, and among those who follow it, would be “local zoning,” I probably would’ve cocked my head like a curious or ...

Once again, we see an example of local officials using their “local control” to try to raise property taxes through political games and manipulation of the electorate. West Fargo School District is ...

Members of the National Guard patrol at the National Mall on August 26 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) The president’s decision to take over the District of Columbia police, along ...

TO STRIKE BACK AT EFFORTS TO SET HOUSING POLICY AT THE STATE LEVEL, AS STATE REPS OPEN HEARINGS ON A SLEW OF NEW HOUSING BILLS, SOME LAWMAKERS WANT TO GET BACK TO BASICS. HOUSE RESOLUTION 30 WOULD ...

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