Should builders permit their own projects? Post-fire LA considers a radical idea
The recent spate of Los Angeles County fires has led many different parties to re-examine state and local approaches to ...
Anger, chaos and confusion take hold as federal workers face mass layoffs
Employees from Michigan to Florida were left reeling from being told that their services were no longer needed.
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Should builders permit their own projects? Post-fire Los Angeles considers a radical idea
The recent spate of LA fires has led many different parties to re-examine state and local approaches to building approval.
Federal workers ordered to return to work may find no office space exists
President Donald Trump in January ordered federal workers back to the office full time, but some workers say they don't have a desk or an office to go back to.
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City tells government staff not to block ICE from public buildings
City staff are directed to treat US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents no different than the general public, as the ...
Anti-Trump rally held at Boston Common, demonstrated outside JFK federal building
More than thousand people rallied on the Boston Common before marching through the city and demonstrating outside the JFK ...
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Building after the fires
The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously to consider a building permit "self-certification" program, which would allow ...
Interior Department fires 2,300 employees after OPM directive
The Interior Department is firing 2,300 employees after a directive from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). An ...
More than a dozen state attorneys general challenge Musk and DOGE’s authority
Attorneys general from 14 states are challenging the authority of billionaire Elon Musk and his Department of Government ...
House Republicans revive effort to ban pride flags on federal buildings
Diana Harshbarger is leading a bill to codify a policy that only the U.S. flag can fly over public buildings and ban pride ...
Once a political giant, Madigan now a convicted felon and likely prison inmate — but not a racketeer
The verdict capped an unpredictable four-month trial that gave jurors an up-front and uncensored look at the practice of behind-the-scenes politics in Chicago and Illinois in the previous decade.