Skip the meeting, not the news.

Plain-language recaps of local government meetings: what was decided, how each member voted, what's coming up and what people said, with every summary linked to the official record.

• Every meeting, in minutesA three-hour meeting becomes a short read, with the big items first.
• Checked against the recordWhen someone states a fact that matters to a decision, we check it against public documents and show our sources. One rule for every speaker.
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