Day: July 14, 2022

Mayor

Mayor Gloria Celebrates Record Year for Underground Pipe Replacement

Councilmember Marni von Wilpert and Mayor Todd Gloria sign a length of pipe. Photo courtesy of the Mayor’soffice Mayor Todd Gloria and City Councilwoman Marni von Wilpert Thursday joined neighborhood residents in Otay Mesa Thursday to celebrate what is being touted as a record-breaking year for underground pipe replacements in the city. Gloria made the […]

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Arkansas

Arkansas congressman’s son arrested for possession of meth

ROGERS, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — U.S. Rep. Steve Womack’s (R-AR Dist. 3) son was arrested in Rogers on July 6 for possession of meth. According to an affidavit, police were asked to assist with a probation home visit on E. Woodridge Lane in Rogers. When police arrived, they found James Womack, 34, in a downstairs bedroom […]

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California

California Bar presses lawmakers to save legal innovation push

The California flag flies above City Hall in Santa Monica, California. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register (Reuters) – The State Bar of California is scrambling to save two projects aimed at lowering the cost of legal services that state lawmakers are trying to shut down. Bar leaders have proposed […]

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City Council

The Glidden City Council Has Appointed Independent Public Advisors LLC As The City’s New Municipal Advisor | CBC Online | #citycouncil

The Glidden City Council Has Appointed Independent Public Advisors LLC As The City’s New Municipal Advisor | CBC Online – Carroll Broadcasting 2382682679 Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_14_6) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/98.0.4758.80 Safari/537.36 3aaeec821128009ada5f9c310e85261738cd2944 1 Click Here For This Articles Original Source.

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Alabama

Opinion | Polls Show Americans Don’t Care that Much about Dobbs — and Won’t Base Their Vote on it | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Dobbs is a truly historic case the ramifications of which will be felt — and can’t be truly known — for years. But as a quick-acting elixir for Democratic political woes, it’s a fizzle. A number of things are going on. First, the May leak of the draft opinion stole some of the thunder from […]

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Alabama

7 Things: Rogers likens Biden to Jimmy Carter, Tuberville says migrants are being flown to Alabama and more … | #elections | #alabama

7. ISIS coming back is becoming more likely According to acting State Department coordinator for Counterterrorism Timothy Betts, there is an “ongoing security and humanitarian threat” in Syria as there are anywhere from 4,000 to 5,000 non-Syrian fighters, including some Americans, being held in the area. Betts also said that the […]

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California

California’s Cannabis Equity Act – California Globe

California has a number of formal acts in statute. Business and Professions Code Division 10, Chapter 23 provides the California Cannabis Equity Act, which is contained in Sections 26240 to 26250. Chapter 23 was added in 2018 by Chapter 794. Section 26240 provides definitions for the following terms: “eligible local jurisdiction”; “equity assessment”; “local equity […]

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Mayor

Double Oak mayor responds to criticisms over use of COVID-19 funds – Cross Timbers Gazette | Southern Denton County | Flower Mound

In a statement on Thursday, Double Oak Mayor Von Beougher defended his decision to use most of the federal COVID-19 relief funds the town has received to give 10 town employees each a $25,000 bonus. “In my early conversations with Council, there was general consensus that we needed to take advantage of this opportunity to […]

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California

California Removes Enough Trash to Fill Garbage Bags Lining the State’s Entire Coastline. Twice.

More than 12,700 tons of trash cleared from state roadsides during first year of Clean California Multiyear initiative creates hundreds of jobs while beautifying communities statewide SACRAMENTO – Enough trash to fill trash bags lining the entire California coastline twice over. That’s how much trash has been removed in the first year of Governor Gavin […]

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Arkansas

Arkansas medical marijuana tax revenue down in the first half of 2022

Arkansas collected $15.8 million in tax revenue from medical marijuana sales in the first six months of 2022, down from $16.9 million in the same period of 2021. Pounds of product sold at state-licensed dispensaries is up almost 10% in the first half of 2022. The Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration (DFA), the parent […]

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