Combining scholarly literature with elected experience at the local governmental level, Barry E. Truchil addresses the inner workings and politics of local gove

Democrats have largely ceded control of state governments to the GOP, allowing them to rig our political system and undermine democracy itself. After the 2016 e

Local government is the hidden leviathan of American politics: it accounts for nearly a tenth of gross domestic product, it collects nearly as much in taxes as

This book offers an overview of the legal, political, and broad intergovernmental environment in which relations between local and state units of government tak