Day: May 12, 2023

City Council

Montgomery is getting a youth city council | #citycouncil

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to correct a misspelling of Najaquan Flynn’s name. The Montgomery City Council has established a youth council to get teenagers involved in politics, and high school students will vote to put their classmates on the council this fall. City Councilor Marche Johnson said she’s wanted to start a […]

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Mayor

Flint mayor cuts access to parking garage, says threats to officials to blame

FLINT, MI — Mayor Sheldon Neeley has issued an executive order, designating an employee parking garage beneath City Hall as off-limits to the public because of recent “threats of physical violence and intimidation” against city officials. Neeley announced the order on Friday, May 12, four days after a Flint City Council meeting in which 9th […]

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California

How Newsom plans to offset California’s $31.5-billion deficit

California Gov. Gavin Newsom detailed plans to begin to bridle his progressive policy agenda to offset an estimated $31.5-billion budget deficit for the state during a presentation Friday explaining his revised spending proposal. The state expects tax collection to fall short of the money allocated for programs essential to millions of Californians in the upcoming […]

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Alabama

Alabama Republican blasts an effort to rid the military of white nationalists – WABE | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., claims that military recruitment is down because of liberal attacks on the military. “Look at Joe Biden’s [policies,] what he’s done to our military with the woke ideas. …We are losing in the military so fast,” Tuberville told NPR member station WBHM. The lawmaker, a member of the Senate Armed Services […]

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Alabama

At CNN town hall, Trump sticks to lies about election, Jan. 6, sex abuse | #elections | #alabama

Donald Trump’s primetime return to CNN Wednesday for the first time since 2016 felt like a throwback: Trump with the long, twisting answers; the interviewer at times struggling to fact-check him or return his focus to the question at hand; and then, eventually, both talking over each other as Trump flings insults her way. Wednesday’s […]

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Arkansas

Arkansas Department of Health warns against ‘zombie drug’

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — The Arkansas Department of Health released a warning today regarding xylazine, an animal tranquilizer that it says is emerging in the state with increased use among humans. Xylazine is a non-opioid tranquilizer used by veterinarians for elk, deer, horses and other animals, and is not approved for use in humans […]

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California

California’s Budget Puts Newsom in a Tight Spot for Reparations

California’s budget deficit—which has increased to $31.5 billion—might put Governor Gavin Newsom in a bind regarding his state’s plan to compensate Black residents for slavery and past discriminatory policies. Newsom announced the budget deficit on Friday, saying that California is partially challenged by high federal inflation rates and the state’s decision to allow some residents […]

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California

Governor Newsom Releases Balanced Revised Budget Plan

Proposal closes a $32 billion shortfall while protecting key investments in education, health care, public safety, housing and homelessness, and climate action, despite global economic uncertainty Includes $37.2 billion in total reserves amid increased economic risks Watch Governor Newsom’s state budget presentation here SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom today released his May Revision proposal, a […]

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City Council

Galesburg City Council to discuss ’employment or possible removal’ of city manager at special Monday meeting | #citycouncil

Galesburg City Manager Gerald Smith Four Galesburg City Council members have called a special meeting for Monday to discuss the “employment or possible removal” of City Manager Gerald Smith. Council members Heather Acerra, Wayne Dennis, Bradley Hix and Evan Miller called the special meeting, set for 5 p.m. Monday in City Hall Council chambers. Among […]

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Mayor

Mayor Winnecke shares photos from trip to sister city in Germany

(Courtesy: @MayorWinnecke / Twitter) HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) — This week, Mayor Lloyd Winnecke traveled across the globe to Germany and is sharing his travels through social media. Mayor Winnecke stopped in Evansville’s sister city Osnabrück, which is known as the “City of Peace.” Original Roca Bar sign finds new home at Evansville salvage yard University […]

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