Disability Rights NC spent a year investigating the state’s overuse of the legal procedure, which leaves patients locked up ...

Colombia has taken a major step in Indigenous rights by formally recognizing Indigenous councils as local governments across parts of the Amazon.

Colombia this week took a leading position in Latin America for Indigenous rights and forest protection by formalizing ...

Having voted at Abeysinharamaya, Panchikawatte, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake declared that the NPP would comfortably win Tuesday’s local government polls. The President voted soon after ...

Alex Nurse receives funding from the ESRC. The UK now has two regional mayors representing the Reform party, following English local elections on May 1. This is the first time anyone from the ...

How can local governments stay a step ahead in a future of surprises? The Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) is urging them to reconsider their budgeting processes. In January 2022 ...

Colombia this week took a leading position in Latin America for Indigenous rights and forest protection by formalizing Indigenous local governments ... but actual self-governing authority ...

Over 17 million Sri Lankan voters will on Tuesday (May 6, 2025) get to vote in the local government elections — the island nation’s third election in seven months — to elect representatives ...

the Local Self-Government department has issued an order fixing the number of local body chairperson positions reserved for women and Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe (SC/ST) members. Three of the ...

Terrebonne's Black community members gathered to discuss the impact of government budget cuts on local programs. Attendees discussed the need for community action and self-reliance in the face of ...

SRINAGAR, May 7 (Reuters) - Three fighter jets crashed in India's Jammu and Kashmir territory on Wednesday, four local government sources told Reuters, hours after India said it struck nine ...