Republican President Donald Trump’s continued power grab in the nation’s capital, and his threat to expand his militarized takeover to other Democratic-led cities, is setting up a high-stakes showdown ...

If voters approve Proposition 33, it would allow cities to put rent caps on properties and units that they currently cannot cap, including newer apartment buildings, single family houses and vacant ...

Few policies raise economists’ ire as much as rent control. “In many cases,” Swedish economist Assar Lindbeck famously said, “rent control appears to be the most efficient technique presently known to ...

As Missouri stands on the verge of controlling the police forces in Kansas City and St. Louis, new polling suggests that Missouri voters oppose the idea of state control in policing. The poll, ...

Saturday’s forum at Lincoln Days in Kansas City was one of the first times the major Republican candidates for governor were together to provide insight into their views. KANSAS CITY — The top ...

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A business group backed by robot-taxi companies is celebrating the demise of a proposed California law that would have let cities regulate the controversial autonomous vehicles and fine them for ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. As Americans cast their votes in an election dominated by debates over inflation and ...

AFTER TODAY, RIGHT? SO TODAY WAS ABOUT CHANGING THE CITY CODE TO INCLUDE AN OUTLINE OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, HOW IT FUNCTIONS AND ITS RESPONSIBILITIES. MAYOR BRANDON SCOTT, MEMBERS OF THE CITY ...