The call for greater diversity in leadership has grown louder, yet women remain underrepresented in political offices, particularly at the local government level. Despite making up more than half the ...

No one knows what the impacts of the Department of Government Efficiency-driven push toward federal government efficiency will have on state and local governments — or, for that matter, what ...

Note: We’re tracking these changes closely and will update this piece as new developments emerge. Please feel free to reach out and share feedback or flag additional areas for review. 2025 marks the ...

The country is in a moment where the distribution of responsibilities and resources between local communities and the federal government is shifting. The last four years have been defined by large ...

The dawn of Donald Trump’s second term signaled a shift in efforts to bolster local news with government assistance. For several years, Congress had considered measures to provide tax credits that ...

Local Government Fiscal Management encompasses the strategies and mechanisms through which sub‐national governments plan, allocate, and control public funds. This area of research investigates how ...

This week, the National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), at the end of its National Executive Council (NEC) meeting, called on President Bola Tinubu to enforce the judgement of the Supreme ...