The ruling party secures an emphatic mandate in Gujarat's capital, reinforcing administrative stability as AAP fails to win a seat.
When statistical agencies miss transient renters and young families, local areas lose out on cash for surgeries, classrooms and bus routes.
Local leaders pause efforts to establish formal rules on how city staff use automated and generative tools.
Sam Bateman says she was "silenced" by the party after trying to introduce a council motion defining a woman by biological sex.
A flagship London borough says a massive central government funding cut leaves it facing the biggest financial challenge in living memory.
The national headcount is a massive logistical triumph, but the people who go uncounted are the ones who need public services the most.
Regional leaders in England are set to gain significant new tax-raising powers, allowing them to charge visitors for overnight stays.
