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Matt Zavadsky and Rob Lawrence break down what changed and what didn’t after the 2026 election, and a path forward for educating newly elected officials
Renton police officers arrived to assist fire crews with an unconscious person in a vehicle when they heard a gunshot that wounded a firefighter
Longmont’s Ballot Issue 3A failed with 64% opposed, derailing a decade-long plan to add 43 police, 31 fire and 12 crisis-response positions, as critics cited both tax concerns and distrust in giving police additional resources
VMSC-EMS Deputy Chief Bryson Schroeder said the ambulance corps’ radios are 10 to 12 years old and unserviceable, with North Wales Borough backing the no-match state grant application to equip every crew member with a radio compatible across Montgomery County
Officials cited an “additional administrative process requirement” in delaying the competitive portion of the $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program’s second-year funding, frustrating state leaders who had expected amounts by Oct. 31
Federal, State and Public Safety Grant Activity Moving into October
A 2019 memo warning that AI could introduce bias based on accents, disabilities and race went unaddressed before the department began using the technology on live 911 medical calls in 2023, prompting experts to call for suspending its use until a public evaluation is completed
Strongsville voters approved a new levy to hire 12 firefighter-paramedics, North Royalton passed a renewal and increase generating $2.27 million annually, and Olmsted Falls renewed its existing fire levy while rejecting a separate income tax hike
El Dorado County voters rejected the proposed 30-year, three-eighths-cent sales tax increase, which would have raised an estimated $13 million annually for hospital upgrades, fire agencies, and wildfire prevention