SAN ANTONIO, Texas — San Antonio City Council on Thursday approved using the Midtown Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone to buy downtown land for a new Spurs arena and to help fund work at the San Antonio Zoo, the Botanical Garden, and Brackenridge Park. According to T-SPAN Texas, the vote authorizes up to $60 million to … Read more
INDIANAPOLIS — Indianapolis voters who live within Indianapolis Public Schools boundaries will decide on Nov. 3 whether to approve an operating property-tax referendum expected to raise about $95 million a year for IPS and roughly 60 participating charter schools. Chalkbeat Indiana reporter Aleksandra Appleton explained the measure in a Sept. 2, 2026, guide that has … Read more
By Mike Joe ATLANTA — Nearly a year and a half after local leaders quietly voted to halt Beltline rail work, several Atlanta City Council members are pressing Mayor Andre Dickens’ administration to put transit planning back on the calendar. A resolution introduced Tuesday by Council member Kelsea Bond asks Dickens’ office to collaborate with … Read more
PORT ROYAL, S.C. — Town leaders in Port Royal voted Wednesday night to impose a six-month moratorium on new applications for large-scale multifamily housing, a pause Mayor Kevin Phillips cast as a chance to protect community character while the planning commission gathers public input and updates the comprehensive plan. WTOC reported the council action in … Read more
NEW YORK — The Metropolitan Transportation Authority released new renderings this week for the Interborough Express, a planned light-rail line meant to stitch Brooklyn and Queens together along an existing freight corridor without digging new tunnels. According to ABC7 NY / WABC reporting on the Sept. 9–10 unveil, the Interborough Express — often shortened to … Read more
BESSEMER, Ala. — Complete results from Bessemer’s Aug. 25 municipal election set a Sept. 22 Bessemer mayoral runoff between incumbent Mayor Kenneth Gulley and challenger Louise Alexander, alongside City Council turnovers and a new majority of newcomers on the Board of Education. All 12 reporting units are now accounted for, more than a week after … Read more
LAKEWOOD, Ohio — The Lakewood Board of Education voted Tuesday night to close Lakewood Lincoln Elementary School and consolidate the district’s neighborhood pre-K programs into that building, advancing a facilities plan parents packed the meeting to oppose. The Lakewood Lincoln Elementary decision passed on a single reading after an early-evening rally outside and a chamber … Read more
RALEIGH, N.C. — Helene FEMA reform is back at the center of a bipartisan House effort on Tuesday as U.S. Reps. Don Davis, a Democrat from Greene County, and Chuck Edwards, a Republican from Henderson County, press colleagues to overhaul how FEMA delivers disaster aid to western North Carolina communities still rebuilding from Hurricane Helene. … Read more
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri congressional map dispute means Missouri’s Supreme Court has unanimously blocked a new congressional map from being used in the November 2026 general election and ordered a statewide vote on whether to keep the districts. According to Associated Press reporting (Associated Press reporting) and the court’s own order, the 2022 … Read more