Editor's Note: This article appears in Governing's Winter 2025 magazine. You can subscribe here. Zeb Smathers thought he’d seen it all. Smathers is the mayor of Canton, N.C., which in 2021 suffered ...

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To observe a SpaceX launch in person, as I did in February, is to witness a stunning and galvanic event. Two of the company’s greatest feats occur in quick succession. First, there’s the launch itself ...

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