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The resignation letter follows. Good evening, I am going to start out as is our culture in our district with…

By Vince Phillips For the foreseeable future, the First & D site in Salida is a parking lot. On May…

By Vince Phillips Salida’s city government is increasingly acting as both regulator and developer on major housing projects, most notably…

This week’s High Country Advocate coverage opens at home before spanning two national fraud investigations that document accountability failures at…

By Vince Phillips In the first two parts of this series, I summarized the core facts and governance issues detailed…

By Vince Phillips In the previous three parts of this series, I reviewed City Attorney Ben Kahn’s 61-page internal memorandum…

When agents from the Department of Government Efficiency arrived at the U.S. African Development Foundation’s Washington headquarters on February 21,…

Two days ago, top Trump administration officials flew to Minneapolis to announce what the FBI called a turning point in…

On April 28, 2026, a federal grand jury indicted Dr. David Morens, 78, of Chester, Maryland — senior adviser to…

Six recent HCA articles by Vince Phillips cover two investigations with a shared thread — institutions that maintain control through…