diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/api/BylawApiController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/api/BylawApiController.php
index 3527c87..64f8bfb 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/api/BylawApiController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/api/BylawApiController.php
@@ -175,7 +175,8 @@ class BylawApiController extends Controller
                     ->orWhereIn('id', function($subQuery) use ($searchTerm) {
                         $subQuery->select('document_id')
                             ->from('bylaw_nodes')
-                            ->where('node_content', 'LIKE', "%{$searchTerm}%");
+                            ->where('node_content', 'LIKE', "%{$searchTerm}%")
+                            ->orWhere('title', 'LIKE', "%{$searchTerm}%");
                     });
             });
         }
@@ -224,7 +225,8 @@ class BylawApiController extends Controller
                     ->orWhereIn('id', function($subQuery) use ($searchTerm) {
                         $subQuery->select('document_id')
                             ->from('bylaw_nodes')
-                            ->where('node_content', 'LIKE', "%{$searchTerm}%");
+                            ->where('node_content', 'LIKE', "%{$searchTerm}%")
+                            ->orWhere('title', 'LIKE', "%{$searchTerm}%");
                     });
             });
         }
@@ -310,18 +312,30 @@ class BylawApiController extends Controller
 
         $description = $item->description;
 
-        // Check if description is practically empty (null, empty string, or just empty WYSIWYG HTML like <p></p>)
-        $cleanDesc = trim(strip_tags($description ?? ''));
+        // HARDCORE EMPTY CHECK: Destroy all tags, non-breaking spaces, and newlines.
+        $cleanDesc = trim(str_replace(['&nbsp;', '&zwnj;', "\r", "\n", "\t", ' '], '', strip_tags($description ?? '')));
 
-        // Direct Query Fallback: Fetch node_content manually via DB facade to bypass any Model restrictions
+        // If the description is genuinely empty, pull from the nodes table!
         if (empty($cleanDesc)) {
-            $nodeContents = DB::table('bylaw_nodes')
+            $nodes = DB::table('bylaw_nodes')
                 ->where('document_id', $item->id)
                 ->orderBy('sort_order', 'asc')
-                ->pluck('node_content')
-                ->toArray();
+                ->get(['title', 'node_content']); // Fetch BOTH title and node_content
 
-            $description = implode("\n\n", array_filter($nodeContents));
+            $descParts = [];
+            foreach ($nodes as $node) {
+                $nodeTitle = trim($node->title ?? '');
+                $nodeContent = trim($node->node_content ?? '');
+
+                if (!empty($nodeTitle)) {
+                    $descParts[] = $nodeTitle;
+                }
+                if (!empty($nodeContent)) {
+                    $descParts[] = $nodeContent;
+                }
+            }
+
+            $description = implode("\n\n", $descParts);
         }
 
         return [