Local Government
Brickbat: Walk This Way
An investigation by Cedar Rapids' KCRG-TV found that totally sober drivers in Iowa are routinely arrested and charged with operating while intoxicated (OWI), and there's no system to keep track of how often this…
Michigan school says 7-year-old boy can’t walk home from the bus stop
Last year, Tali Smith's son Emmett walked himself home the four houses he lives from the school bus stop. He was six. The walk takes 3.5 minutes. But this year, his suburban Michigan school will not let him do that—too…
Cranbury, New Jersey tentatively agrees to not seize 175-year-old family farm
The township of Cranbury, New Jersey, will not take Andy Henry's 175-year-old family farm for an affordable housing development after all. According to a tentative agreement made public yesterday, the township has agreed…
Is Curtis Sliwa a spoiler in New York City’s mayoral race?
Covering third-party politics for a quarter-century accustoms one to the accusation that such-and-such marginal electoral candidate is a "spoiler," queering what would be the results of a one-on-one contest between…
Alabama police arrest 61-year-old woman in penis costume at No Kings protest
October 18 saw numerous "No Kings" protests across the country, reportedly encompassing 2,700 events and 7 million demonstrators. Reason's own Nick Gillespie observed the demonstration in New York City, where…
Texas city council approves $500,000 payment to Sylvia Gonzales over arrest
Sylvia Gonzalez, a former Texas city council member who said her political opponents punished her activism by orchestrating her arrest on a bogus criminal charge, has agreed to settle the resulting federal civil rights…
NYC doubles down on minimum wage for delivery app workers
In 2023, New York City became the first city in America to pass a minimum wage rate for app-based restaurant delivery drivers. Several other progressive cities have followed suit, resulting in a range of issues from rising…
Indiana mom whose home was wrecked by police can’t sue, court rules
An Indiana woman whose home sustained severe damage during a police raid set in motion by a faulty investigation is not legally entitled to compensation, a federal court ruled this week, in yet another case that asked what…
Mamdani’s fare-free bus plan would be an expensive fiasco
In June, 33-year-old self-described democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani won New York City's Democratic Party mayoral primary and is likely to become the next mayor of America's largest city. His platform contains…
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