Republican President Donald Trump’s continued power grab in the nation’s capital, and his threat to expand his militarized takeover to other Democratic-led cities, is setting up a high-stakes showdown ...

If voters approve Proposition 33, it would allow cities to put rent caps on properties and units that they currently cannot cap, including newer apartment buildings, single family houses and vacant ...

Few policies raise economists’ ire as much as rent control. “In many cases,” Swedish economist Assar Lindbeck famously said, “rent control appears to be the most efficient technique presently known to ...

As rents and eviction rates rise across the country, more cities and states are debating rent control policies, which housing advocates say are needed to keep more people in their homes. "The ...

Eliza Lucero, with the Party for Socialism and Liberation, speaks during a protest to demand that Colorado lift the ban on rent control at the State Capitol on March 5, 2023, in Denver. With rents ...

As Missouri stands on the verge of controlling the police forces in Kansas City and St. Louis, new polling suggests that Missouri voters oppose the idea of state control in policing. The poll, ...

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AFTER TODAY, RIGHT? SO TODAY WAS ABOUT CHANGING THE CITY CODE TO INCLUDE AN OUTLINE OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, HOW IT FUNCTIONS AND ITS RESPONSIBILITIES. MAYOR BRANDON SCOTT, MEMBERS OF THE CITY ...