Aiken City Council to consider adjusting AMDC appointment requirements | Local News | #citycouncil
Aiken City Council could admit Monday evening that one of the allegations made in a lawsuit filed to stop the current plans for Project Pascalis is true. On the agenda for the 7 p.m. Monday meeting of the city council is the first reading of an ordinance amending the city’s code regarding the membership requirements […]
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Mayor Victorino and Sen. Schatz meet with DOT to discuss Honoapiʻilani realignment
July 9, 2022, 12:41 PM HST Sen. Brian Schatz, Ed Sniffen, and Maui Mayor Michael Victorino. PC: County of Maui / Shane Tegarden Maui County Mayor Michael Victorino hosted US Senator Brian Schatz and Ed Sniffen, Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation Deputy Director on Friday for a site visit to discuss plans to realign Honoapiʻilani Highway. Combined […]
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Best winery in California is in the Bay Area, according to Yelp
NAPA, Calif. (KRON) — Shadybrook Estate Winery is the best winery in California, according to Yelp’s list of the best winery in every state. Founded by Alice and David Alkosser, the winery offers a variety of wines made from grapes grown with “sustainable and biodynamic farming practices” and fieldwork done by hand. The on-site winemaking […]
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Arkansas priorities: Cash for the rich, nothing for school teachers or anyone else at bottom of the scale
AR has 1.6 Billion dollar surplus. @AsaHutchinson has a plan to raise teacher’s pay. We have some of lowest pay of any state in the region. Petty politics should not prevent the legislature from doing it – now. — Jim Hendren (@JimHendren1) July 9, 2022 A rear guard action — meaning by minority Democrats and […]
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ARCATA CITY COUNCIL: Alex Stillman to Be Sworn in During Special Meeting on Monday | Lost Coast Outpost | #citycouncil
Stillman is ready to be a councilmember again! | Submitted After final election results were confirmed on Friday, it is official that Alex Stillman will again serve on the Arcata City Council and the councilmember will be sworn in during a special meeting on Monday. Stillman, who was one of six candidates running for the […]
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How Much Student Housing Does $1.4 Billion Buy In CA?
By Mikhail Zinshteyn Ryan Loyola, CalMatters Find out what’s happening in Across Californiawith free, real-time updates from Patch. State lawmakers are giving public colleges and universities $1.4 billion this year to build or renovate affordable dorms for students. The 25 projects across California range in size and price but are expected to make space for […]
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Bristol Mayor Joe Saxton Passes Away
Mayor Joe Saxton talking to a crowd along Mill Street in 2019.Credit: Tom Sofield/LevittownNow.com Bristol Borough Mayor Joe Saxton has passed away. The longtime borough firefighter, community booster, politician, husband, father, and grandfather died Friday. The reason for his death wasn’t known as of Saturday, but he had dealt with medical problems over the past […]
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Truckers in legal-limbo over California gig economy law
July 8, 2022 By JOSH FRIEDMAN An estimated 70,000 truck owner-operators, representing much of California’s transport industry, are now in legal limbo due to the status of the state’s gig economy law, raising concerns over already stressed United States supply chains. [Bloomberg] Signed into law in 2019, Assembly Bill 5 requires businesses to treat numerous […]
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MacDuff Parkway developer wants City Council to rezone for 36 townhomes, nixes mixed-use plan | #citycouncil
Rendering of townhomes proposed for northern MacDuff Parkway. Graphic/City of Peachtree City. A developer wants to build 36 townhomes on 6.4 acres off MacDuff Parkway and is seeking a rezoning Tuesday evening from the Peachtree City Council during a special called meeting. City planners wanted the developer to include a street-level component of commercial shops, […]
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Opinion: California Class-Action Lawyers Now Targeting Life Insurance Industry
A courtroom gavel. File photo After a brief two-year hiatus, the “Golden State” once again reclaimed the top spot in the latest Judicial Hellholes list in December 2021. The annual report released by the American Tort Reform Foundation shines a spotlight on the worst civil justice climates across the country. California has little hope of removing itself from the […]
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