Aid, but it’s not going to solve the structural deficit in the state’s budget,” one fire chief said of the plan.

Are we looking at a socialist future in this nation? With the election of two big city socialist mayors in Seattle and New York, you have to wonder. Today the current number of socialist officeholders ...

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With just over three months until the start of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, officials from host cities -- USA, Canada and Mexico -- say security planning has fallen dangerously behind schedule, raising ...

National forests across the country launched a hiring blitz last month for seasonal workers, a move that follows a freeze on hiring similar positions that lasted more than a year.

The first two grants from Washington’s new $100 million effort to boost law enforcement hiring have been awarded to local police departments, after months of frustration over the program’s rollout.

Earlier this year, a Seattle officer took a report of forcible rape and kept returning to the neighborhood, hoping the suspect’s vehicle might show up again. Eventually, it did.

A top City Council politician warned that Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s decision not to add 5,000 cops to the ranks of the NYPD could make New Yorkers less safe. Oswald Feliz (D-Bronx), who chairs the ...

"This is not good," City Councilman Oswald Feliz told The Post on Sunday. "Cutting police hiring will exacerbate problems ...

Washington Governor Bob Ferguson's budget agenda includes is a $100 million grant for police hiring, though zero new officers have been hired.

Sunnyside City Council members are set to take another look tonight at the city’s first-quarter hiring freeze and whether to ...