The first conference of the parties to the Escazú Agreement concluded with the approval to include the public in the board of directors and finalize the rules surrounding a committee that will oversee ...

The Dispute Resolution and Development Initiative (DRDI) has called for the strengthening of citizen participation in local government budgeting processes to promote transparency, accountability, and ...

FRAMINGHAM — City councilors this week unanimously approved Mayor Charlie Sisitsky's nomination of Ashland resident Heather Gutierrez to become Framingham's newest citizen participation officer. It's ...

Commentaries are opinion pieces contributed by readers and newsmakers. VTDigger strives to publish a variety of views from a broad range of Vermonters. Commentaries give voice to community members and ...

Since the start of the deposit-return system's modernization, citizens have returned over 580 million containers at Consignaction and Consignaction+ return locations. On March 1, 2024, the deposit ...

The Jan. 24 town hall meeting regarding the Pilates studio on Magazine Street proved conclusively that the current system for managing the coexistence of businesses and residences in our mixed-use ...

Voting is foundational, but it is not sufficient. A mature democracy requires continuous engagement – questioning policies, ...

In summary, while the 2019 revisions to the TCPA have reigned in a lot of the abuses of the statute, several open questions remain on how successful the revisions have been, say Dallas-based Bell ...