Kansas City advances proposal to expand CPKC Stadium and redevelop riverfront
Mayor Quinton Lucas introduced legislation supporting a major expansion of CPKC Stadium and additional development along Kansas City’s Missouri River riverfront.
Politics & Government
Elections, public policy, government decisions, budgets, regulation, ethics, civil rights, and public administration.
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Portland council restores $12 million for police, fire, transportation and other services
Portland City Council voted 10-2 on July 22 to restore $12 million for public safety, transportation, water, parks and other city services during the FY2027 budget cycle.
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Augusta completes shift to four-day City Hall schedule
Augusta’s remaining City Hall offices, including Development Services and Assessing, moved to a Monday-through-Thursday schedule on July 13, 2026.
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California releases statewide voter guide for public review ahead of Nov. 3 election
California Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber announced July 21 that the statewide voter information guide for the Nov. 3, 2026, general election is available for public review.
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Dunleavy signs Alaska fiscal-year 2027 budget into law with school infrastructure and district-cost funding
Gov. Mike Dunleavy signed Alaska’s fiscal-year 2027 budget on July 3, 2026. The governor’s office said the enacted spending plan includes school-infrastructure investments and additional funding for districts facing higher energy and related costs.
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Oklahoma Republican runoff set Aug. 4 for governor and three other statewide offices
Oklahoma’s Aug. 4 Republican primary runoff includes contests for governor, superintendent of public instruction, labor commissioner and insurance commissioner.
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Laramie County commissioners scheduled to meet Aug. 4 in Cheyenne
The Laramie County Board of Commissioners is scheduled to meet at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 4, at the Laramie County Government Complex in Cheyenne.
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Milwaukee council approves citizen-led panel intended to direct public-safety funding
Milwaukee’s Common Council approved creation of a citizen-led panel intended to direct public-safety funding, according to the council’s July 31 news-release listings.
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Charleston approves $113.6 million FY2027 budget without raising taxes or fees
Charleston City Council approved a $113.6 million FY2027 budget that includes employee raises, road funding, capital outlay and continued public-safety recruitment and retention incentives without increasing city taxes or fees.
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Chesapeake pauses data-center application reviews for up to eight months
Chesapeake City Council approved a temporary hold of up to eight months on reviews of discretionary data-center land-use applications while the city develops standards for the industry.
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West Valley City sets Aug. 11 public hearing on 2026–27 budget and proposed tax increase
West Valley City has set an Aug. 11 public hearing on its tentative 2026–27 budget and a proposed tax increase, with public safety accounting for about 55% of the budget document.
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Salt Lake City and Salt Lake County sue over proposed mega immigration detention facility
Salt Lake City and Salt Lake County filed suit June 8 against the Department of Homeland Security and ICE over a proposed warehouse conversion into a large immigration detention facility in Salt Lake City.
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South Dakota seeks federal disaster declaration after severe storms and historic wind damage
Gov. Larry Rhoden requested a presidential major-disaster declaration covering eight South Dakota counties and two reservations after storms that included a mini-derecho, tornado and historic windstorm.
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Portland adopts $8.5 billion 2026-27 budget after confronting major shortfall
Portland City Council adopted an approximately $8.5 billion budget for fiscal year 2026-27 after months of debate over a projected shortfall, city priorities and staffing. The fiscal year began July 1.
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Salem City Council to consider data-center moratorium amid infrastructure concerns
Salem City Council is scheduled to consider a possible moratorium on data-center development at a special public meeting Aug. 3, following debate about water, electricity and infrastructure demands tied to a proposed southeast Salem project.
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Carson City mails 2026-27 property-tax bills; first installment due Aug. 17
Carson City property-tax bills for 2026-27 are being sent to owners, with the first installment due Aug. 17 and additional installment dates available for bills over $100.
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Omaha council scheduled to weigh streetcar financing, proposed $185M bond ballot measures
Omaha City Council’s July 28 agenda included streetcar and parking-garage bond financing and two proposed November 2026 general-obligation bond questions totaling up to $185 million.
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Nebraska ends tax incentives for new data centers and launches resource-impact review
Gov. Jim Pillen’s executive order bars new data-center projects from receiving ImagiNE Nebraska Act tax credits and directs a state task force to examine water, land and electricity concerns.
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Jefferson City voters to decide Proposition 1 half-cent sales-tax increase on Aug. 4
Jefferson City voters will decide Aug. 4 whether to approve Proposition 1, a proposed one-half-cent sales-tax increase for several city service and capital-need categories.
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Honolulu voter-service centers open through Aug. 8 primary election
Honolulu County voter-service centers are operating through Hawaiʻi’s Aug. 8 primary election, with pop-up sites in Wahiawa and Kaneohe open Aug. 3 through Aug. 7.
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Miami-Dade court trial set in challenge to Trump library land transfer
A Miami-Dade Circuit Court trial is scheduled to begin Aug. 3, 2026, in a lawsuit seeking to block the proposed transfer of nearly three acres for a Donald Trump presidential library.
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Tallahassee annexation of 1,742 acres near Lake Jackson heads toward August first reading over county legal objections
Leon County commissioners unanimously authorized legal objections to Tallahassee’s proposed voluntary annexation of about 1,742 acres near Lake Jackson and Meridian Road. The City Commission’s first reading is scheduled for Aug. 26.