Zach Adams

The Springfield City Council meeting took an intense turn on several fronts. Right before adjournment, Ward 2 Ald. Shawn Gregory pressed for answers about the 12th Street explosion site: who is actually responsible for cleaning it up, how long it will sit there as a “tourist attraction,” and what the city can do if the […]

The Springfield City Council had a packed night on public safety, transparency, and who really controls information at city hall. Highlights from the meeting: If you care about how Springfield spends on public safety tech, how fast 911 responds, or how much your elected officials are allowed to know, this one is worth a watch.

The Springfield City Council’s debate over police spending got unusually candid this week. Ward 2 Ald. Shawn Gregory pushed to tie gunshot detection funding to better data: How many alerts are real? How many are false alarms? And are we accidentally making some neighborhoods look more dangerous on paper than they really are while missing […]

The Springfield City Council just got two big storylines: money and housing. First, the city’s main operating fund didn’t land where anyone expected. Instead of an $11.8 million deficit, the corporate fund finished fiscal year 2026 with an $11.4 million surplus. Stronger-than-expected revenues, conservative spending and delayed equipment purchases are already reshaping the outlook for […]

The Springfield City Council heard two very different public challenges on housing and accountability this week. First up, Diane Shaw, a retired Navy veteran who’s also a local landlord, tenant and property manager pushed back on a blanket landlord registry and laid out a “tenant–landlord boot camp” model instead — focused on shared standards, financial […]