Local governments—and also large nonprofits like hospitals and universities—face a choice. They can either design contracts in ways that privilege purchasing from large, often out-of-state companies, or they can buy from local businesses that reinvest in their communities.
Next time your local city council or state legislature cries, “No resources,” you might want to consider giving these economic development deals in your own community a closer look. Is the money well spent, or is the public being shafted?
An Illinois county is finding out it’s easier to decide to get rid of its nursing home than it is to actually get it done.
The city of Margate had been advancing funds to the Alzheimer’s Family Center for years, but not getting reimbursed—and now the agency has left town.
More than 25 Ferguson-area businesses have raised a combined $447,198 on GoFundMe.
