Bureaucrats are keen to ensure that their interests are secured and protected in the laws and regulations. They seem to make efforts to insulate public concern and interests from prying into the ...

This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. On a Tuesday evening in April, one of the first pleasant ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Tens of thousands of Chicagoans cannot vote in local elections due to their immigration status. The overwhelming majority are from Latin America. Still, there is a way for some ...

Here’s what was funded, and how Rhode Island could adopt a participatory budget process in other areas of the state. Last summer, residents of three Rhode Island cities were asked to figure out how to ...

Residents of District 7, which covers Manhattanville, Morningside Heights, Manhattan Valley, and Hamilton Heights, are joining New York City’s annual participatory budgeting process, through which ...

Rana rulers and kings have come up with different constitutions. Except for the 1990 constitution, the people were not consulted in the constitution making process. Even in 1990, consultation was ...

Students in several Queens Neighborhoods will soon get the opportunity to decide how more than two million dollars will be used in their schools. Concilmember Elizabeth Crowley whose district includes ...

The heart of our community is Downtown Boulder. This is where, in some 40 square blocks and in over 3,000,000 square feet, people find churches, offices, services, banks, stores, restaurants, hotels, ...