Columbus begins a financial experiment this week, handing over the keys to a portion of the city's budget to the public for ...

Columbus is launching a new program, "Our Voice, Our Choice Budget," to let residents help decide how to spend $9 million.

Columbus begins a financial experiment this week, handing over the keys to a portion of the city's budget to the public for ...

Sign up to receive our email newsletter in your inbox. In hopes to address food insecurity, community gardening with locally grown vegetables, fruits and nut-tree ...

While different from what voters asked for, here's why businesses downtown Durham are excited about the future bathroom.

"Angry" citizens often experience a lack of trust in politics and democracy. Governments are doing everything they can to involve this group in democracy again with referendums and participatory ...

The last year has seen a call to defund the Chicago police and reallocate funds to mental health and community services. And while that call has not been answered, it has placed the city’s budget ...

This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. In this excerpt from “Hyperlocal: Place Governance in a ...

Detroit Mayor Mary Sheffield delivered her first State of the City address on March 31, 2026, at Mumford High School on the city’s northwest side. In the speech, Sheffield touted the accomplishments ...

City Charters are Deliberative Democracy’s Friends. Allen Lab Fellow Tyler Fisher examines the untapped potential of city cha ...

As trust in public institutions declines, Celina Su’s Budget Justice: On Building Grassroots Politics and Solidarities calls us to imagine how government budgets can reengage citizens in the decisions ...