Two years ago, as projected costs to the most expensive municipal project in Portland history ballooned by another $300 million, the city’s top elected leader insisted that an external watchdog was ...

MARTIN COUNTY, Texas—Two dozen cone-shaped, floating evaporators hum on a huge saltwater pond in the middle of the biggest oil field in the U.S. They are part of an experiment by Exxon Mobil to ...

Up until recently, before Chattanooga City Council member Chip Henderson began speaking out against Mayor Tim Kelly's proposed tax rate, it looked like the council member's longtime effort to get a ...