Loves Park mayor addresses safety of the community
LOVES PARK, Ill. (WIFR) – Just after 11 p.m. Friday, August 5, Loves Park police found 30-year-old Dijoune Nelson shot to death in a backyard in the 200 block of Pennsylvania Avenue. The area isn’t known for shootings and violence; in fact, most residents move to the area to get away from crime. This is […]
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Arkansas: Choctaw-backed ballot seeking to halt Cherokee’s Pope County casino project fails to submit required signatures
Casino opponents proposing a constitutional amendment intended to remove Pope County as a state-license casino site have failed to submit enough signatures of registered voters that would have granted them an additional 30 days to gather the needed signatures to get on the ballot. The news was confirmed by Secretary of State John Thurston on […]
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Principal Park upgrades approved by Des Moines City Council | #citycouncil
The Des Moines City Council has approved spending $5.8 million on the first phase of renovations to Principal Park. The action came Monday, before the announcement Tuesday that Endeavor Group Holdings, which purchased the team in January, had sold it to investment group Silver Lake Partners. Endeavor reportedly had come under pressure from Major League […]
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Senate appropriators want $4 billion for ships Navy didn’t seek | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Sen. Richard Shelby, a Republican from Alabama, during the Senate’s Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs hearing examining the quarterly CARES Act report to Congress on September 24, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Toni L. Sandys-Pool/Getty Images/TNS) WASHINGTON (Tribune News Service) — The Senate Appropriations Committee’s new defense spending bill would add $4 billion to […]
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Federalism Rankles National Privacy Debate: California Weighs in on the proposed American Data Protection and Privacy Act | Foley Hoag LLP – Security, Privacy and the Law
As states have continued to debate and pass new comprehensive privacy statutes – such as those in Virginia and Colorado – a common refrain from business leaders is the need for a comprehensive federal privacy statute that will lessen the need to comply with a patchwork of state laws. Indeed, the absence of serious privacy […]
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The Trailer: Your hour-by-hour guide on what to watch in four states tonight | #alaska | #politics
Comment on this story Comment In this edition: A primary day cheat sheet, GOP worries about political oppression, and a talk with the CEO of AIPAC. The “Dark Brandon” meme got awful serious awful quickly, and this is the Trailer. It’s the story everyone in America woke up talking about: Voters going to the polls […]
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California Man Pleads Guilty to $3.5 Million Scam-PAC Fraud | OPA
A California man pleaded guilty yesterday in the Western District of Texas to conspiracy to solicit millions of dollars in contributions to two political action committees based on false and misleading representations that the funds would be used to support presidential candidates during and after the 2016 election cycle. According to court documents, from 2016 […]
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Bristol Borough appoints Council President’s son, Ralph DiGuiseppe III, as new mayor
Ralph DiGuiseppe III, the son of Bristol Borough Council President Ralph DiGuiseppe, is the borough’s new mayor, winning appointment from council during its meeting Monday night. DiGuiseppe will replace the late former mayor Joe Saxton, who died in July. The council president, in his role as acting mayor, abstained from the vote Monday. For the […]
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Arkansas special session focuses on tax cuts and school safety bill
Day one of the special legislative session began with a discussion on Senate Bill 2. It would set aside $50 million from the state’s $1.6 billion surplus to create a grant program by which schools across Arkansas could access funds to improve school safety. But what those safety measures could look like was cause for […]
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Payson City Council keeps certified tax rate the same; property tax revenue increases | News, Sports, Jobs | #citycouncil
Mark Johnston, Daily Herald file photo Storefronts along Main Street in Payson Wednesday, August 25, 2010. Payson City Council on Aug. 3 agreed to increase its property tax revenue by keeping the certified tax rate steady at 0.001193. Keeping the same tax rate would increase property taxes for residents and tax revenue for the […]
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