Sgt. 1st Class Marty Bellanger yells instructions to his troops following the explosion of a roadside bomb in Logar Province, Afghanistan, in September 2009. Erin Trieb
Proposed projects are driven by sketchy numbers nobody has to prove: inflated demand, water use most companies never report, power plans that route around ordinary review. Either way, the public pays.
In rural areas like Caldwell County, local Republican officials and citizens are scrambling to find ways to empower counties and slow AI-fueled development.