LIVE: Norman City Council swears in Ward 5 Councilmember Michael Nash, calls special election | News | #citycouncil
Norman’s City Council is meeting tonight. Agenda items include the swearing in of Ward 5 Councilmember Michael Nash, considering a special election on OG&E’s franchise agreement and discussion of the Art in Public Places Act. Follow along below for updates: 6:45 p.m. Ward 6 Councilmember Elizabeth Foreman welcomes back Nash to council. Nash previously served […]
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Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao could receive a huge salary raise
Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao speaks during a press conference at City Hall in Oakland, Calif., on April 20, 2023. The Oakland A’s have agreed to buy land in Las Vegas and build a new stadium there, team officials confirmed Wednesday. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group) OAKLAND — Mayor Sheng Thao is poised to receive a […]
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California hotel workers on strike demand higher wages and a chance to live closer to work
ANAHEIM, Calif. — A second wave of hotel strikes is hitting Southern California this week. Hotel workers and labor organizers have been striking and demanding higher wages and other benefits as they argue their existing salaries are unsustainable amid the region’s high cost of living and rent, making commutes and buying basic goods unsustainable. Irene […]
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Tuberville concedes ‘white nationalists are racists’ but hangs on to holds on military nominees | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Just before 2 p.m. Eastern, the Alabama senator told Capitol Hill reporters that “white nationalists are racist,” according to pool audio, when asked to clarify his statements in May to a local Alabama radio station about white nationalists serving in the military, which he repeated on CNN on Monday. But Tuberville’s effort to walk back his remarks did not […]
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Schumer denounces Sen. Tommy Tuberville on white nationalism | #elections | #alabama
Sen. Chuck Schumer denounced Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville on Tuesday for defending white nationalism and claiming the hateful ideology is not necessarily racist. “The senator from Alabama is wrong, wrong, wrong,” said Schumer (D-N.Y.) “The definition of white nationalism is not a matter of opinion.” “He is fanning the flames of bigotry and intolerance,” the […]
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California Collegiate League provides development, exposure for college baseball players – Orange County Register
The 11-team California Collegiate League, which hosts its All-Star Game on Wednesday night at the MLB Urban Youth Academy in Compton, is a summer league that boasts some of the top college baseball players in the country. It was created in 1993 with the goal of giving college players a place to continue to sharpen […]
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Utah high court scrutinizes process that sliced state’s most Democrat-heavy county into 4 districts | #alaska | #politics
The Utah Capitol houses the chambers of the Utah State Legislature, the governor’s office, and the State Supreme Court. File photo provided by Getty Images SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Supreme Court grilled attorneys representing the state on Tuesday over their claim that courts shouldn’t intervene in the Republican-controlled Legislature’s decision to carve […]
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City Council: Why isn’t water shutoff in vacant buildings? | #citycouncil
A Baltimore City government committee heard explanations Tuesday from several government agencies all seeking to answer why a law mandating water shutoff in vacant buildings hasn’t been enforced. City Councilwoman Odette Ramos, who sponsored the resolution that called for agencies to appear before the council’s Economic and Community Development Committee, said she hoped to “hear […]
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Manchester Mayor Joyce Craig officially joins race for governor
In two months exploring a campaign for governor, Craig said she heard enough from Granite Staters to provide ample motivation to officially get into the race. In two months exploring a campaign for governor, Craig said she heard enough from Granite Staters to provide ample motivation to officially get into the race. Click Here For […]
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Alabama senator says white nationalists are racists after weeks of declining to say so | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
WASHINGTON (AP) — Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville on Tuesday backed off his defense of white nationalists, telling reporters in the Capitol that white nationalists “are racists.” Tuberville’s brief comment in the hallway, after a regular weekly lunch with his GOP Senate colleagues, follows several media interviews in which he has repeatedly declined to describe white […]
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