Moline City Council's committee-of-the-whole has again rejected a proposal to raise ambulance fees to bring an estimated $250,000 of new revenue to the city's general fund. Read more >>

SPRINGFIELD – After weeks of relative quiet, public employee unions are airing TV ads statewide to highlight what they say is the unfairness of Gov. Pat Quinn’s pension ideas. Read more >>

BAY CITY, MI — Police officers and firefighters would be cross-trained to save Bay City money under a consolidation plan that will be presented to the Bay City Commission on May 31. Read more >>

CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. -- Town Council of the Borough of Chambersburg authorized the filing of a lawsuit against the International Association of Fire Fighters 1813 (the union representing paid fire fighters in the Borough), Fire Captain Patrick Martin, who works as a paid fire fighter in the borough, and Scott McNew, another paid firefighter who works for the borough. Read more >>

Urban County Council member Doug Martin sees dire financial consequences ahead for Lexington because of skyrocketing costs for the city's police and firefighter pension fund. Read more >>

The Lansing region spends more on general government services and public safety than some comparable U.S. metropolitan areas, according to a new Michigan State University study that explores the cost of local government. Read more >>

COLUMBUS — State lawmakers want to know why Dayton police officers and firefighters have taken disability retirements at a higher rate than their counterparts in other large Ohio cities. Read more >>

Unions poured millions of dollars into state-level battles to beat back legislation that would limit labor’s political power. Read more >>

Six-year-old Dereonte Ashford of Englewood barely remembers the fire last March that left him hospitalized for months and burned over 80 percent of his body. Read more >>

SYCAMORE TWP., Ohio -- News 5 has obtained a memo from Sycamore Township Fire Chief William Jetter to township trustees that outlines a budget proposal cutting fire department personnel. Read more >>