Arkansas receives second $786.6 million; now, where to spend?
Arkansas has a good problem to have: What should it do with $842 million in federal funds sitting in the bank? That amount – actually $841,965,067.52 – is what’s left of money coming from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA). It provided $195 billion in Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds to […]
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Greenwood Village City Council To Consider Residential Area Ban On Gun Sales – CBS Denver | #citycouncil
GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo. (CBS4)– The Greenwood Village City Council will consider a ban on gun sales in residential areas. This comes after residents filed a petition when they discovered a gun shop operating out of a home. (credit: CBS) Jason Pratt’s home in the Orchard Hills neighborhood in Greenwood Village is also his business: Tomcat […]
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Chattanooga mayor calls for new gun regulations second shooting in two weeks
Tony Webstervia Flickr (File) Chattanooga has experience two high-profile shootings in as many weeks. In Chattanooga, three people are dead and 14 others were wounded after a shooting in the early hours on Sunday. The Associated Press reports that the shooting occurred just before 3 a.m. at a nightclub on McCallie Avenue. Police believe multiple […]
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Who’s on your ballot? Breaking down the duties of elected California officials
(KTXL) — When looking at a ballot, it can be overwhelming to see the list of positions that numerous people are running for. It’s not always clear what the duties of those positions are, so let’s break it down. Governor The governor is the leading position of a state, serving as chief executive officer and […]
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Concerns raised over potential conflict of interest in Alaska’s review of private education reimbursement | #alaska | #politics
By Lisa Phu, Alaska Beacon Updated: 1 hour ago Published: 4 hours ago Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor at a press conference in Anchorage on Tuesday, March 22, 2022. (Bill Roth / ADN) Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor could have a conflict of interest as the state Department of Law that he oversees looks into […]
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4 CA Towns And 4 Stories Frame Housing Crunch
by CalMatters, CalMatters Network June 5, 2022 California’s chronic housing shortage shows no signs of abating with construction scarcely half of the 180,000 new units the state says are needed each year to close the demand/supply deficit. There is no single reason, but rather a toxic mélange of high costs, regulatory overkill and stubborn resistance […]
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A guide to the 2022 L.A. City Council District 5 race | #citycouncil
Four candidates are vying to replace Los Angeles Councilman Paul Koretz in District 5, an affluent area that stretches from the hillside mansions of Bel-Air to Hancock Park. If no candidate secures more than 50% on Tuesday, the top two vote-getters will head to a Nov. 8 runoff. The candidates The district The district covers […]
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Desert Sun wins 30 prizes in California Journalism Awards
The Desert Sun staff won 30 awards, including eight first-place laurels, in the 2021 California Journalism Awards, the state’s largest and most prestigious contest for print and digital newsrooms. Coverage of local government and the environment, plus photography, were standout areas for the newsroom last year in the prizes announced this week by the California News Publishers Association. […]
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With BPS in crisis, pressure mounts for Wu to become the ‘education mayor’
The district’s longstanding problems are not of Wu’s making, but they fall to her to solve. Every Boston mayor before her has tackled the behemoth challenges of BPS, but success largely eluded them. The coming weeks will mark Wu’s first major effort to make her mark on the system, with the education of 49,000 students […]
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Alaska’s effort to thwart political hardliners offers a model | #alaska | #politics
Alaska is a place both physically and psychically removed from the rest of America, which folks there refer to as “Outside.” Note the capital “O,” as it appears in newspapers, which reflects both standardization and a proud embrace of the state’s apartness. Isolation aside, Alaska has changed its elections in way that may be a […]
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