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Never miss a local government story again.

Civic Signals monitors city councils, school boards, zoning hearings, and budget sessions in real time — alerting you the moment a story-worthy signal emerges.

Civic Signals Feed

● Active Monitoring
All SignalsUrgentWatchMonitor
● URGENTChicago, IL · 10m ago
City Council votes 7–4 to reduce library appropriations by 12% ($3.1M drop)

The Finance Committee vote represents a significant shift that officials warn could eliminate weekend hours at 10 branch locations.

● WATCHAustin, TX · 2h ago
Planning Commission approves 400-unit transit corridor rezoning proposal
● MONITORDenver, CO · 5h ago
Denver Public Works expands municipal sidewalk maintenance program funding
Signal Inspector

Chicago Library Funding

The 12% cut is the most significant drop in a decade. The committee debate focused on neighborhood branch impacts.

Detected Entities
Finance CommitteeCommittee
Chicago Public LibrariesFacility
Appropriations BillPolicy

Local government is one of the most underreported beats in American journalism. City councils pass budgets that shape daily life. Zoning boards quietly rezone neighborhoods. School boards make curriculum decisions that affect thousands of children. And most of it goes unnoticed.

Civic Signals changes that. Our intelligence engine continuously scans public records, meeting agendas, vote logs, and official minutes across hundreds of municipalities — categorizing every signal by urgency, topic, and geographic relevance.

Each signal arrives in your feed pre-classified: Urgent, Watch, or Monitor. You see the source, the jurisdiction, the key entities involved, and a brief AI-generated summary of what matters. No noise — just the signals that deserve your attention.

"Civic Signals gave our two-person newsroom the intelligence coverage of a 20-person team."
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Real-time monitoring

Signals surface within minutes of public records being filed — giving you a lead time advantage over competitors.

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Priority classification

Every signal is automatically rated Urgent, Watch, or Monitor based on public impact, recency, and coverage patterns.

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AI-powered briefs

Each signal includes a one-paragraph AI brief summarizing what happened, who's involved, and why it matters.

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Configure your jurisdictions

Tell Syndex which cities, counties, or school districts matter to your beat. We handle the rest.

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Signals arrive in your feed

New civic events are classified and surfaced in real time — filterable by topic, urgency, or location.

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Drill into any signal

Click any signal to see the full context: source document, key entities, timeline, and an AI-generated story brief.

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Send directly to Content Studio

One click hands the signal off to the AI Content Studio — where you turn it into a publishable story.

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Appropriations_Report_Draft.pdf
Official Meeting Minutes · 2.4 MB

"The committee has recommended a total allocation reduction of 12% across general operations..."

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