Contested races starting to shape up for April Glenwood City Council election | #citycouncil
With four seats open in the April 4 Glenwood Springs City Council election, there is already talk and preparation for who will be running, including at least one contested race. Of the seven council seats, openings include an at-large seat, along with Wards 1, 3 and 4. As of Thursday, the at-large seat currently held […]
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NYC Mayor Adams delays $80 million cut to schools in preliminary budget
After a bruising battle last year over school budget cuts, Mayor Eric Adams reversed course Thursday on a plan to slash an additional $80 million next year from the coffers of schools that lost students during the pandemic. In his preliminary budget, Adams announced plans to delay the previously scheduled cut, giving a temporary reprieve […]
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With budget surplus, Alabama lawmakers consider tax rebates | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
The Republican lawmaker said he also expects proposals for tax cuts. But he said it is important that the state put a significant amount of money into reserves. “I think everyone realizes this is a one-time phenomenon having a surplus like this, and we need to put money back because the economy is getting tighter […]
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California latest to sue drug companies over insulin prices
California on Thursday announced it will sue the companies that make and promote most of the nation’s insulin, accusing them of scheming to illegally increase the price of the drug and demanding they return millions of dollars to some diabetics who state officials say were overcharged for the medicine they must have to survive. The […]
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Jacob Oliva discusses future of Arkansas schools
We spoke to Jacob Oliva, Arkansas’s education secretary, about what he hopes to accomplish for people in the Natural State. LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Jacob Oliva was appointed by the state board as commissioner of the Division of Elementary & Secondary Education on Thursday— and now, Arkansas’s new Secretary of Education has the same powers […]
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Warren endorses Porter in California Senate primary
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Thursday endorsed Rep. Katie Porter (D-Calif.) for Senate in California in 2024, two days after Porter announced her intention to run for the seat. Warren said in a video posted on her Twitter page that Porter saw how “giant corporations rig the rules” to harm families, leading her to stand […]
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Animal advocates expected to go before city council, seeking more humane way to control the ‘community cat’ population | #citycouncil
BAYTOWN, Texas – Animal advocates in the Baytown area are expected to go before a panel of elected officials on Thursday to ask for a more humane way to control the “community cat” population. Best Friends Animal Society, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that operates the nation’s largest sanctuary for homeless animals, says it has the […]
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Mayor Wilson Wants To Speed Up Process for Renaming Streets That Honor Confederacy
Alexandria Mayor Justin Wilson at the 80th anniversary commemoration of the Alexandria Library Sit-in, on Oct. 21, 2019, at Charles E. Beatley, Jr. Central Library. (Photo: James Cullum for The Zebra Press/file photo) ALEXANDRIA, VA – At Tuesday night’s City Council meeting, Mayor Justin Wilson shared a memo with other councilmembers to speed up the […]
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Rogers Humiliates Himself — and Alabama — During Speaker Fight | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
CONTRIBUTED BY DREW WHITE OPINION — The battle for Speaker last week was a necessary step to begin cleansing our nation’s capital of its endemic corruption. Contrary to the wailing and gnashing of teeth emitted by the corporate media, taxpayer-abusing elites on K Street, out-of-touch pundits and unscrupulous political mercenaries in the Republican party establishment, […]
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L.A. Mayor Karen Bass on housing and homelessness
When she was running for mayor of Los Angeles last year, Karen Bass spoke often about how the homelessness crisis is what prompted her to leave a safe seat in Congress and “come home.” It was the crisis of our time, and now, weeks into her tenure running the country’s second-largest city, she spoke at […]
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