Public Administration & Services

5+ hour, 35+ min ago   (357+ words) Published 1:25 pm Monday, September 14, 2026 Victoria County commissioners approved several grants, contracts and other county business Monday during their regular meeting. County Judge Ben Zeller and Precinct 3 Commissioner Shannon Martin were absent. Commissioners ratified an amendment extending the county’s interlocal agreement…...

7+ hour, 11+ min ago   (642+ words) The Foreign Office IR35 case enters a second year, with the department still unable to say what it owes HMRC after hundreds of wrong assessments. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office still cannot say how much tax it owes HM Revenue…...

6+ hour, 5+ min ago   (386+ words) The Department of Homeland Security’s proposal to reduce the federal disaster management agency’s workforce by half is arbitrary and capricious in violation of federal admnistrative law, a federal judge said. While the court granted a federal worker union’s motion for…...

7+ hour, 10+ min ago   (279+ words) The Department of War has committed $450 million to expand domestic tungsten production for military systems. The Office of the Assistant Secretary of War for Industrial Base Policy, working with the Economic Defense Unit, made the redeemable preferred equity investment through…...

3+ hour, 51+ min ago   (133+ words) Baytown Sun We are writing to strongly endorse Kelly Laird for Baytown City Council District 5. As Kelly’s neighbors for 14 years, we have seen firsthand his character, integrity and genuine commitment to his family, his faith, and his community. This…...

1+ hour, 30+ min ago   (1514+ words) Last month, The Richmonder filed records requests with several localities asking for contracts with Flock Safety, the company whose automated surveillance cameras have caused blowback across the country. The three Freedom of Information Act requests had almost identical wording. Chesterfield…...

2+ hour, 17+ min ago   (577+ words) In a pair of rulings, a judge said the feds acted unlawfully when they tried to cut half of FEMA's staff and intentionally deleted chats about the plan. SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — A federal judge shot down the Trump administration’s plan…...

5+ hour, 8+ min ago   (539+ words) De Pere Police Chief Jeremy Muraski on Sept. 14 announced the police department will end its contract for license plate reader cameras with Flock Safety, saying there were “significant public trust concerns.” In a statement released hours after Green Bay officials…...

4+ hour, 12+ min ago   (704+ words) Washington’s largest union for state government workers reached a tentative agreement on a new two-year contract early Friday, ending weeks of tense negotiations and a walkout by workers statewide. Just after midnight, negotiators for the Washington Federation of State Employees…...

12+ hour, 16+ min ago   (120+ words) Mark Segal September 14, 2026 The European Commission announced the release of a new proposed regulation aimed at creating simpler and more modernized public procurement rules across the EU, in addition to integrating strategic policy objectives – including environmental, climate-related and social objectives…...