Local political reporting from Key West, Florida, covering the city commission, the City Manager's contested employment, and local elections. Issues include original reporting, direct questions put to officials, and full-length candidate Q&As.
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Budget Committee! analyzes school district finances, focusing on school closure plans, enrollment trends and municipal budget politics in specific districts such as Bellingham, Little Rock and DeKalb County. Each issue pairs narrative analysis with a podcast episode and appendix briefs containing detailed district data.
Detailed coverage of Ottawa's transit system, including Transit Committee meeting recaps, Stage 2 LRT progress, and route-level service reliability snapshots built from OC Transpo data. It holds OC Transpo and city politicians accountable on reliability, funding and planning.
Covers Austin city politics, including council races, ballot propositions, campaign finance and local policy debates, written by a longtime City Hall reporter. Readers get candidate profiles, PAC spending breakdowns and historical context on Austin's districts.
Local advocacy journalism covering Seattle and Washington state on housing, transit, homelessness, and elections. Issues combine on-the-ground reporting from public meetings and forums with a pro-urbanist perspective.
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