In odd-year elections, voter turnout often falls even though the ballot questions affect our lives more directly than who serves in Congress or the White House. National elections tend to dominate the ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Almost a year ago, Mark Naughton watched from his apartment window as a man with a gun opened fire in the parking lot of the King Soopers grocery store ...

Defining the term “community of interest” is the predominant issue at stake for Michigan’s new redistricting commission. The term serves as the foundation, or "building block," of our new ...

How is a community defined? Is it a unit of geography? Or is it a group of people, or a subset of the people, who live in that geographic territory? I present to you an ongoing debate. When I was ...

Last week, I introduced you to Fred Nock, La Jolla’s litter slayer. As my column concluded, Fred made a wish for La Jolla that impressed me as a gratifying definition of community: “I would hope ...

A meeting on Westfield’s future will be Sept. 17 WESTFIELD — The village and town of Westfield invite all residents, business owners and other local stakeholders to attend a public meeting at 6 p.m.

Policymakers around the world are increasingly interested in place-based programs that use tax incentives, zoning regulations, and other measures to promote investment, economic growth, and positive ...

BRATTLEBORO — Since the town signed the Charter for Compassion in 2017, there has been a lot of behind-the-scenes work going on. Now, a new discussion series sets out to get more people involved in ...

This workshop will bring together researchers, practitioners, leaders, and others with expertise in violence prevention and promoting community safety to (1) define community safety, (2) examine the ...