‘Tempers were high’: Tense Flint City Council meeting leads to executive order | #citycouncil
By La’Nita Brooks, Hannah Mose Click here for updates on this story FLINT, Michigan (WNEM) — Heated tempers at the Flint City Council meeting on Monday, May 8 prompted the mayor of Flint to issue an executive order out of caution. Tempers were flaring at Monday night’s Flint City Hall meeting to the point that […]
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Mayor of Harrisburg bikes through Riverfront Park with children
HARRISBURG, Pa (WHTM) – The city of Harrisburg marked National Bike Month with a kid’s ride with the Mayor. Children were invited to join Mayor Wanda Williams for a bike ride through Riverfront Park. For those who didn’t have a bike, Recycle Bicycle was on hand with bikes for anyone wishing to borrow one. Mayor […]
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Arkansas’ congressional delegation agree with GOP’s approach to debt ceiling raise
Earlier this year, U.S Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned lawmakers the United States could default on its debt if the debt ceiling isn’t raised by early June. With June approaching, lawmakers have started negotiations for a debt ceiling raise. Arkansas’ congressional delegation has been supportive of their party’s approach to the debt ceiling. U.S Rep. […]
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Public hearing, meeting scheduled Monday for Carrollton City Council | News | #citycouncil
CARROLLTON — A public hearing for Planning and Zoning to discuss a conditional use permit will proceed the Carrollton City Council’s regular meeting Monday. During the regular session the council will once again pick up the discussion of library ARPA funds. new business includes amending sections of town code to comply with home-based business regulations, […]
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Rapid City Mayor and Councilman reflect on change in the community
RAPID CITY, S.D. (KELO) — Rapid City has grown by tens of thousands of people over the last 40 years and changed quite a bit. Decades ago, Mayor Steve Allender was a police officer in Rapid City when the area looked a little different than it does now. “The downtown area was nothing like it […]
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Abusing child labor just got easier in Arkansas, and that means educational attainment will go down. Here’s proof.
Given Arkansas’s nearly total ban on abortion, the Arkansas Republican Party has shown itself to be very much concerned with protecting unborn children. They appear to be less concerned about those kids who are actually living in Arkansas. Back in March, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed into law the Youth Hiring Act of 2023. This […]
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City Council Recap | Legacy Pool renovations, boosting downtown commerce, North Huntsville road safety | #citycouncil
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Editor’s note: The following is a compendium of notices resulting from City Council discussion from the May 11 regular session meeting. Next phase of Huntsville Aquatics Center moves forward with Legacy Pool renovation The Huntsville City Council has approved a construction agreement for phase four of the Huntsville Aquatics Center. The $6.4 […]
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A ‘food forest’ rises on an empty Mattapan lot, and draws a visit from the mayor
“I can’t wait for people to enjoy it,” Dambreville said. Saturday marked the grand opening for the city’s 10th food forest, a term used by those in green circles to describe a perennial-heavy type of garden the mirrors nature, in a spot near Mattapan Square that will be open to the public from sunrise to […]
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Opinion: A Right to Housing in the California Constitution Could End the Crisis
New housing construction in the Crocker Village neighborhood in Sacramento in February. Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr. for CalMatters Despite Gov. Gavin Newsom’s historic commitment to ending California’s housing crisis — and the administration’s arm-twisting to try to make local jurisdictions do the right thing — we have not made the progress that Californians need. Forty percent of the […]
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How a rural Arkansas prosecutor advocated for her pedophile uncle
GLENWOOD, Ark. — Last year, while campaigning for the top prosecutor’s job in the rural district that surrounds this close-knit river town, native daughter Jana Bradford cited a tough-on-crime record that she said had brought the worst offenders to justice and comfort to their victims. “The most important thing that I’m able to do is […]
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