Madison Township is looking at abolishing civil service testing as a requirement for police-officer applicants. Township government officials noted that civil service testing has become a hindrance in ...

TEXARKANA, Ark. -- The Civil Service Test will be given Saturday, Oct. 12, at the Police Department's Union Training Center, 1701 Line Ferry Road. Applicants must be 21 and a United States citizen.

Troy Police are looking to recruit. The city’s police department announced a civil service exam has been scheduled for September. Candidates will take a written exam and a physical agility test. The ...

As community focus on police reform continues, more Somerville residents want to know how the city hires its police. Right now, the City Council is reviewing appointments to the police reserve list, a ...

The executive director of the Columbus Civil Service Commission is recommending the city cease what has been one of her agency's main functions for over a century: the filling of nonpolitical ...

TAUNTON — The Attorney General's office has sued former Taunton Fire Chief Leman Padelford, accusing him of dodging subpoenas as the state investigates his firefighter test prep company. The state ...

In this undated photograph, Schenectady General Services Commissioner Paul LaFond answers questions from City Council members during a committee meeting. A state ruling now requires a civil service ...

Boston firefighters are suing the state’s civil-service office and appealing to the commission in an effort to persuade a judge to force the recently scuttled test to go ahead. Four Boston jakes filed ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- You no longer have to pay a fee to take any New York State civil service exam beginning July 2023 through December 2025, Governor Kathy Hochul announced Friday. This decision to ...