5 ways local governments use Alexa to connect with constituents

GUEST: Alexa and her corresponding Amazon devices are best known for streamlining tasks in our personal lives. Things such as checking news briefings or weather forecasts and adding items to a to-do list are made easier by this handy digital assistant. Although her most common applications involve mundane daily tasks, Alexa can actually be a powerful tool […]

Local politician can’t ban constituents from Facebook page – judge

A federal court in Virginia has ruled that a politician violated a constituent’s free speech rights when she blocked him from her Facebook page. The ruling could impact a similar case involving President Donald Trump banning Twitter users. US District Judge James Cacheris in Alexandria, Virginia, ruled on Tuesday that a Facebook page of Loudoun […]

Senate Republicans avoided July 4 parades, and their constituents, amid health care debate

REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst Marching in local July 4 parades is a tradition for members of Congress, who use the holiday to show their constituents that they are part of the communities they represent. But this July 4, a number of Senate Republicans sat out the festivities, deciding instead to lay low amid a fierce debate over […]

GOP dismisses hostile town halls as angry constituents demand policy answers

Town halls with politicians have grown tense as constituents around the country continue to hammer their elected representatives about various policies. Both Democrats and Republicans have been forced to answer angry voters. Voters are going out in droves to speak with their elected representatives and hold them accountable for upcoming policy changes. After the 2016 […]