Category: local government

$63 Million Verdict Against Miami Commissioner Accused of Political Retaliation

A federal jury in Florida on June 1 found Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo liable in a federal civil lawsuit brought by two businessmen who accused him of using his office to harass them after they supported the commissioner’s political opponent. In Fort Lauderdale federal court, the jury found Carollo guilty of violating the First Amendment…


LIVE NOW: With Washington’s Failures, Will America’s Future Be Decided by the States?

The Republican-led Congress was supposed to hit the ground running with investigations into Biden administration corruption and “deep state” crimes. So far, the GOP has disappointed. But don’t fear—look to the local level. After years of progressives pushing their destructive agenda through state legislatures, the Freedom Caucus is making its stand. In this hard-hitting new…


With Washington’s Failures, Will America’s Future Be Decided by the States?

The Republican-led Congress was supposed to hit the ground running with investigations into Biden administration corruption and “deep state” crimes. So far, the GOP has disappointed. But don’t fear—look to the local level. After years of progressives pushing their destructive agenda through state legislatures, the Freedom Caucus is making its stand. In this hard-hitting new…


LIVE at 11AM ET: With Washington’s Failures, Will America’s Future Be Decided by the States?

The Republican-led Congress was supposed to hit the ground running with investigations into Biden administration corruption and “deep state” crimes. So far, the GOP has disappointed. But don’t fear—look to the local level. After years of progressives pushing their destructive agenda through state legislatures, the Freedom Caucus is making its stand. In this hard-hitting new…


How Dare American Citizens Get Involved in Local Governance

Commentary In one of CNN’s recent apoplectic convulsions, a pitiful special came out and outed Stephen K. Bannon as the Sith Lord of the movement of citizens who had the temerity to get involved in governance in their county or local level. The whole thesis of this CNN screed was absurd. If big media is…


Real Estate ‘Time Bomb’ and Mortgage Boycott by Homeowners in China; Enes Freedom on Human Rights

China is facing a growing mortgage strike. Unfinished homes and growing resentment toward banks and developers may be a ticking time bomb. For the Chinese regime, a third of the economy is on the line, with upward of $2 trillion in home loans. Meanwhile, the protest over what Chinese residents call “rotten tail buildings” reaches…


China’s Imperiled Local Government Sector

Commentary Many of China’s local authorities are staring down a severe fiscal challenge this year. The typically robust real estate sector has instead been a big disappointment. The country’s ongoing property market slump has hit local government revenues. We’ve previously pointed out land sale revenues as being a major component of local budgets, and China’s…