At a La Mesa church forum, candidates split sharply on whether to keep or kill the city's social-worker homeless outreach team.

Council members want brighter signs and fewer smoke shops on San Mateo Avenue, but the closure timeline is still up in the air.

Nearly 50 churches and the SPLC say Childs Park in South St. Pete has no early voting site, just 17 days before polls open.

Batavia's Committee of the Whole split on three gambling ordinances, with a council vote possible as soon as Monday.

Food banks brace for more fallout as Sacramento and Stanislaus lose hundreds of CalFresh recipients overnight under new federal work rules.

A confidentiality deal over an 8.5-acre housing donation collapsed after records showed a contaminated hog lagoon on the site.

A divided council panel advanced the deal, but the property's identity and location remain under wraps.

Health care and construction kept hiring afloat while finance and government cut jobs, as July actually posted a net loss.

Fenn Church beat back Alabama Power's bid to cross his Calera land. Now the utility wants the state's highest court to step in.

Suburban Chicago reporters cite years of pay cuts and a 20% staff loss since Tribune's takeover.

Americans in Brazil are told to stay away from embassies as Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro remain locked in a dead heat.

A Douglas County judge split the baby on Omaha's wage ordinance, letting adult pay climb with inflation while siding with the state on youth rates.

State Sen. Robert Hallstrom calls the century-old levy a vestige of the past as counties brace to defend the revenue.