“We’re having a hard time with things like generators, kerosene.” But members of the community stepping up providing warming shelters for those in need of a place to go. "We felt it was ...

This increases the impact of projects and strengthens involvement in issues crucial to the prosperity and well-being of local communities. The CFLI funds approximately 650 projects annually. This ...

First, policies should ensure effective participation from communities and mainstream their ecological practices. Indigenous and local communities carry rich knowledge of their immediate ecosystems.

What is Local Self-Reliance? Local self-reliance means that we, the people, are free to exercise power over our lives — how we provide for our families, how resources are shared and allocated in our ...

This means it allegedly didn’t provide communities with proper funding to meet its requirements when it was passed. When the state mandates that local governments offer a new service ...

Having tracked and documented broadband developments for nearly 20 years, we have amassed the nation’s largest storehouse of information on community-driven efforts to solve local connectivity ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s controversial decision to forgo soil testing in communities burned in ... permits have been filed with local agencies — and a few have already been ...

Lawmakers had secured more than $15 billion in "earmarks" for projects in their districts. But a recent government funding bill written by the GOP didn't include it. Now, it's vulnerable ...

Two Westchester communities made a list of the country's top 15 places to raise a family Six Westchester areas total made a top 200 list of best places to raise a family More than a dozen Lower ...

"It provides opportunities for people to grow into the roles we have here and allows us to serve the community." The popular food truck has participated in local events such as Fall for Greenville ...

As the National Trust for Local News approaches an inflection point, Nieman Lab talked to the outgoing cofounder and CEO, current leaders at the Trust, and executives and journalists who’ve worked for ...

The same cannot be said for rural America. In the last few decades, rural communities have lost over 200 hospitals. Over 2,100 local newspapers have shut down. We’ve lost countless high schools and ...