Gov1 News
Find local government-related news on a variety of topics.
FEATURED NEWS
“I don’t believe there is much attention given to the fact that we are people, too, and the job is stressful and has been in the past decade,” said Spanish Fort PD Chief John Barber
During a congressional hearing, Kimberly Cheatle said the Secret Service was told about a suspicious person two to five times before the shooting at the Trump rally
The Heat and Health Index is a new tool that provides heat-health data at the ZIP code level
Watch Top Public Safety News Highlights
The move follows an NYCLU lawsuit filed last month to have the state’s only system deactivated
The Summit County, Ohio, task force also suggested strategies for mitigating future pandemics, including a PPE dispensary and pandemic-designed facilities
The task force is also calling for policies to decriminalize substance abuse, poverty, mental illness, and to address housing inequality and public health
State officials said the team would conduct outreach to overdose patients and use near-real-time EMS and hospital data to track overdose numbers
Unions argued that posting unproven or false complaints could sully officers’ reputations and compromise their safety
Pittsburgh announced a new pilot program this week that aims to keep low-level offenders out of the criminal justice system
In an anonymous letter, employees argue that telework options have been needlessly, and recklessly, limited
Most Americans now favor continued restrictions to curb the virus, even if they might hamstring the economy
Mayor Ted Wheeler was standing with protesters outside the federal courthouse Wednesday night when the crowd was fired upon
The art initiative is the city’s latest attempt to bring important messaging to its younger residents, who are increasingly spreading the virus