North Little Rock to get new glass recycling center
NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Recycling glass in Arkansas is about to become more convenient because of a new glass recycling plant that is coming to North Little Rock. Right off Highway 165 in North Little Rock is where you’ll find the site for the new glass recycling plant. The founder of Epic Glass Recycling […]
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Golden Gate Fields racetrack in Northern California to close this fall
It’s the end of an era for Northern California horse racing. Golden Gate Fields will permanently close after its final racing date later this year at the San Francisco Bay area horse track. The track’s owner, The Stronach Group, said Sunday it will “double down” on its racing at Santa Anita and training at San […]
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Troup to face city council following no confidence vote | #citycouncil
QUINCY (WGEM) – Mayor Mike Troup will face Quincy City Council on Monday for the first time since a no confidence vote against him. Six voted in favor and six voted against, with one abstaining last week. While it won’t change Troup’s status, aldermen said they took the vote to show residents how they stand. […]
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Transcript: Mesa, Arizona Mayor John Giles on “Face the Nation,” July 16, 2023
The following is a transcript of an interview with Mesa, Arizona Mayor John Giles that aired on “Face the Nation” on July 16, 2023. MARGARET BRENNAN: We turn now to John Giles. He’s the Republican Mayor of Mesa, Arizona, a city about 20 miles east of Phoenix at the epicenter of this heatwave. Mayor Giles […]
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Defense bill that targets abortion access, trans health, racial equity passes U.S. House | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
The U.S. House approved Friday an annual defense authorization bill loaded with GOP rollbacks of Pentagon policies on abortion and transgender health care, as well as efforts to boost racial equity. Republican amendments targeting social policy issues turned a typically bipartisan measure preserving the nation’s military security into another front for the culture wars, similar […]
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Changes in state election laws have little impact on results, new study finds | #elections | #alabama
In recent years, U.S. politics has been consumed by partisan fights over states’ election policies. But a new study by two political scientists is causing a stir by finding that state legislators’ changes to election laws — both those that tighten election rules in the name of integrity, and those that loosen rules to expand access — […]
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Killeen mayor connects with residents through radio show | Local News
In the studio of 91.3 KNCT-FM, Killeen Mayor Debbie Nash-King and a radio host bring the inner workings of local government to the public on the second Monday of every month. Robert Franklin, general manager for KNCT-FM at Central Texas College, believes in the power of radio to reach people and weave stories in their […]
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A Cambridge City Council employee decided to run for a seat herself. Then the city changed its rules. | #citycouncil
City officials say it’s also pushed Cambridge’s already unusual electoral system into uncharted territory: Klein is not only vying for a spot on the nine-member legislative body against roughly 20 other candidates, but also her boss, Mayor Sumbul Siddiqui. That, Cambridge’s city manager said, creates the potential for a conflict for an employee who is […]
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Nashville punished, a cautionary tale for Birmingham | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
David Sher’s ComebackTown Click here to sign up for newsletter. (Opt out at any time) I’m sometimes criticized for comparing Birmingham to Nashville. But in the ‘50′s and ‘60′s, when I was growing up, Nashville was a smaller city than Birmingham. My dad used to take me to Rickwood Field to watch the Birmingham Barons […]
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Unhoused woman dies after being run over by tractor in California park
(KTXL) — An organization that supports the unhoused and a family are heartbroken after a landscaping contractor hired by the city of Modesto, California allegedly drove over and killed a woman who was laying in a field of overgrown vegetation. “I feel terrible because they killed my daughter,” said Christopher Chavez, the father of 27-year-old […]
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