Ministers say the plans will save money but some councils are worried they are diverting focus from other issues.

While disgraced Orange County Supervisor Andrew Do last year showed the dark underbelly of public life, OC’s Ethics Commission showcases Shirley Grindle, tracking local campaign finance since 1978.

Three weeks in, the change the Republican administration has brought is a disruption of the federal government.

Some local officials are pushing back against the federal government’s assertion that they must help ICE with its deportation ...

Villager Rich Cole, who serves on the VHA Editorial Board, is urging fellow residents to resolve to learn more about government that is closest to home.

The Democratic Republic of Congo has been mired in conflict for years. As fresh fighting surges in the east, the roots of ...

The federal government’s recent mass deportation plan could have big impacts on those behind bars in Oklahoma and the rights ...

Created by President Donald Trump and run by tech-billionaire Elon Musk, the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, has consistently been in the headlines for the major changes it is making ...

The Trump administration’s aggressive push to cut government jobs is reverberating in the early stages of this year’s race for governor in Virginia.

In the first three weeks of his administration, President Donald Trump has moved with brazen haste to dismantle the federal ...

Technically, local jurisdictions in California that don’t have sanctuary ordinances are still subject to the state’s ...

President Donald Trump's latest executive order calls for the start of a sovereign wealth fund. What is it? And does ...