Top-down, centralized state government land use mandates are hurting Utah's housing availability. Cities need local control.

The Legislature has repealed municipal authority to regulate the subdivision of land outside the corporate limits, ...

Lawmakers failed to pass a slew of bills that might have clarified where the Legislature stands on state-versus-local control ...

Wyoming politicians trumpet "local control" over top-down land-use policies, except, some critics say, when it comes to ...

Government wants to regulate water use along River Mpanga to prevent depletion, pollution, and conflicts among users while ensuring sustainability for both human and ecological needs Thank you for ...

When Montana’s 69th legislative session headed into transmittal break on March 7, lawmakers had introduced 1,417 bills, including 563 measures in the state Senate and 854 in the House. Among them were ...

Candidates running for the Elgin City Council on April 1 provide bio information and answer questions related to why they’re ...

In Sackett, the conservative majority sided with those industry and agricultural interests that sought more flexibility to ...

The Bill seeks to amend the existing Arunachal Pradesh Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act, 2003, to strengthen provisions to remove unauthorised occupants from public properties.

“We understand the town’s desire to regulate land use, but the zoning map was not initially created with electric infrastructure in mind,” she said. Southampton Town has proposed rules for ...

This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. It is part three in a four-part series. Read part one here ...