Five candidates are seeking two three-year terms on the Sanford City Council in Sanford, Maine, during the Nov. 4 election.

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The Trump administration has declared that no federal funding can go toward supplies that “promote or facilitate drug use." ...

Lacey City Council member Nic Dunning grilled Thurston County housing officials on Tuesday about homelessness and what he ...

This article was produced as a project for the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism’s 2025 California Health Equity Fellowship. A tough-on-crime measure California voters overwhelmingly approved ...

There’s palpable frustration from neighbors ... our firefighters, even our Housing First navigators,” said Tucson Mayor ...

The drug helped Ms. Massarone, who had also battled obesity, lose 17 pounds. Critically, it also allowed her to overcome drug ...

The Board of State and Community Corrections, which administers Proposition 47 grants, has proposed allowing those funds to ...