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On Monday, the Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly will hold its last regular meeting of 2022, just one week after its previous meeting.

(The Center Square) – Economic analysts and lawmakers are speaking out against a plan to pay down the state's unemployment debt, claiming it could raise taxes. Earlier this week, Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced the state w...

SACRAMENTO—Legislation to create a first-in-the-nation Fast Food Sector Council charged with regulating wages, working hours, and conditions affecting over half-a-million California fast food workers passed the state Assembly Jan. 31 and is on its way to the state Senate.

This is the first in what will be a periodic column by Beth Mitchell, a volunteer at the Clinton County History Center.Books can be wonderful things. If yo

The Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly on Monday will consider a slew of policy topics in addition to transboundary mining. It will discuss the borough’s federal policy priorities, hear presentations from

The New York Privacy Act includes a private right of action, unlike other states with privacy laws on the books, and data-sharing safeguards for consumers.

The Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly concluded its business in 2021 with a brief meeting that nevertheless included some serious deliberation. By the time the meeting adjourned at 6:48 p.m., the

The McDonough County Voice Dear Editor, It’s the beginning of a new year and after a tough 2020, I am looking forward to a fresh start. But the closing of the 101st General Assembly Jan. 13, after a heavily partisan lame-duck session, greatly dampened my spirits as to getting the State going in a better direction. Quite a few controversial bills were forced through with little scrutiny at all hours of the day and night during the last-minute legislative push. A 764-page criminal justice refor...