TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A Phoenix-based conservative advocacy group is suing Tucson over the city’s contracting preference for local businesses. The suit filed Friday by the Goldwater Institute in Pima ...

A study in Springfield, Mo. shows that hiring local workers on the city’s public works projects would increase sales at local businesses by $71 million, save or create 400 jobs and increase local tax ...

Charles Crumpley’s Comment column in the Sept. 20 issue headlined “L.A. Localizes Bad Policy” fails to recognize the need for a local preference policy to level the playing field for local businesses.

The City Council on Thursday approved changes to an ordinance that should help local businesses and those owned by veterans more easily win city contracts. Council members celebrated the updates as ...

When considering bids on contracts, the Suffolk County Water Authority is now giving preference to local small businesses. The new policy was adopted at the SCWA board meeting on July 26 by unanimous ...

City councilors are reviving a proposal to create a “local preference” proviso in the bidding process for developers interested in purchasing 288 acres of city-owned land near N.M. 599 and Ridgetop ...

Long Beach could give more local preference when it seeks to hire services or award contracts for city projects. City Council members voted on Tuesday, March 1, to study see how it could hire more ...

Through the efforts of Calvert County’s elected officials and business leaders a better opportunity for local vendors to work within their home jurisdiction could become more plausible. On Tuesday, ...

New York City will scale back its longstanding policy giving residents a leg up when they apply for a new affordable apartment in their own neighborhood, as a result of a lawsuit settlement that Mayor ...

According to a recent press release, the St. Johns County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) has approved an ordinance amending the county’s purchasing policy "to create more opportunities for local ...

Responding to the article about the city of Napa considering a local preference ordinance for attainable housing funded in part or whole from public resources, I would like to add my full throated ...

NASHUA — Frustrated that a local sporting goods company lost a contract bid with the Nashua School District because of a $1 difference, a city alderman is proposing an ordinance that would give ...