City Manager David Bolling says the $12,300 deal just wasn't worth it, even after a Flock alert helped nab a wanted fugitive in May.

A new Emerson poll shows independents breaking hard from Trump, while Democrats add five more House targets to their expanding battlefield.

Ford and Seward counties now look like the America of 2046 — decades ahead of schedule, driven by meatpacking jobs and immigrant families.

Elementary kids must keep devices off or silenced and stored away all day under Palm Springs Unified's new rules, while parents argue over what happens in a real emergency.

The measure would enshrine hunting, fishing and farming rights in Oregon's constitution — but backers still need over 160,000 signatures.

Public Citizen says the National Park Service sat on its records request for months while Freedom 250 LLC courted corporate cash.

The governor wants to know if tax dollars are funding classrooms or administrative bloat — findings are due by year's end.

Council members chose voter choice over cost savings, opening a write-in window for challengers this fall.

Austin ISD must certify dozens of teachers yearly to meet a state deadline, even as one district middle school hit 101% staff coverage.

Commissioners voted unanimously to stretch the pause to 210 days, even though no data center applications are currently on file.

With Districts 2 and 3 wide open, four hopefuls are pitching fixes for potholes, budgets and the 49ers relationship.

Richard Petty headlines six honorees as the state's top civilian honor moves to Lenovo Center this November.

Earnestine Hunt Dorse, Memphis's first Black female municipal judge, is in line to steady a clerk's office rocked by a termination and citizen complaints.