Clean, Open and Fair Government

local politics operates within an ideological framework similar to provincial and federal politics, even if the ideological labels are less...

The Court held that the First Amendment prohibits a public official who uses their personal social media account for government...

Three new policy recommendations give local leaders tools for reforming their police forces -- without waiting on action from federal...

Three new policy recommendations give local leaders tools for reforming their police forces -- without waiting on action from federal...

Use and abuse of civil asset forfeiture extends well beyond Michigan, with same unjust results.

California recently finalized its redistricting map. The state lost one seat after the 2020 Census, but the Golden State still...

The Washington state Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the City of Seattle could not deprive a man of the truck he was...

Electoral reform is an ever more polarized topic these days, but the reform known as ranked‐​choice voting, which has been...

Cities aren't being left to fend for themselves. But smart strategies now can lay the groundwork for long-term resilience.

From Los Angeles to Philadelphia, voters took policy matters into their own hands last November.