City Council votes 2-1 to raise members’ pay, effective Jan. 2 | #citycouncil
Because of a 2-1 vote of the three members present Tuesday evening, Statesboro City Council members will receive a pay raise in January that will be the first for council members in 18 years. Although increasing the current pay rates by roughly 45%, the raises for the council members and mayor pro tempore will not […]
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Mayor Scott explains closing of Patterson Park Pool
BALTIMORE — Mayor Brandon Scott cleared the air on Wednesday on why one of the city’s biggest public pools suddenly closed, to many swimmer’s surprise. RELATED:Pool closures leaves some Baltimore residents looking for ways to beat the heat “We were scheduled to break ground on a new Patterson Park pool, but the council members and […]
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California Sen. Feinstein seeks more control over her late husband’s trust to pay medical bills
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Attorneys for California U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the oldest member of Congress who has been beset with serious health problems, assert in a court filing that she is being stiffed on payments for “significant” medical bills by a trust created for her benefit by her wealthy late husband. Trustees for the […]
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Maine Gov. Mills expands access to abortion later in pregnancy | #alaska | #politics
Exterior view of the State Capitol Building in Augusta, Maine, circa 1973. Photo by UPI/Bettmann Archive/Getty Images AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine will soon expand abortion access, joining a half dozen states that leave it to doctors and patients to make the decision without restrictions on timing. Democratic Gov. Janet Mills signed a bill into […]
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Arkansas DFA announces new head over racing, marijuana, alcohol & tobacco
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – A Conway man will be leaving the governor’s staff to oversee alcohol, tobacco racing and marijuana in Arkansas. Officials with the Department of Finance and Administration said Trent Minner would oversee the DFA’s Alcoholic Beverage Control Division, Racing Commission, Medical Marijuana Commission and Tobacco Control Division with the title of Regulatory […]
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Florida and DeSantis blasted over voter eligibility in new federal lawsuit | #elections | #alabama
Carey Dunne, who works for the Free and Fair Litigation Group, one of the firms representing the coalition, said, “ever since the people of Florida passed a constitutional amendment to grant people with felony convictions a new right to vote, the governor and the state have done everything in their power to prevent those 1.4 […]
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Former Compass California President Mark McLaughlin Returns
Two years after he left to focus on his eponymous venture capital fund, former Compass California President Mark McLaughlin has returned to the residential brokerage as its chief real estate strategist. That’s the same title McLaughlin held for most of 2021, according to his LinkedIn profile. McLaughlin’s position is new even though the title is […]
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Governor Newsom Announces Contract to Secure Textbooks for Students in Temecula
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: California is entering into a contract to secure textbooks for students in Temecula following the local school board’s failure to provide adequate instructional materials. SACRAMENTO – Following the Temecula Valley Unified School District’s failure to adopt an updated social studies curriculum, today Governor Gavin Newsom announced the state is entering into […]
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Watsonville City Council OKs library strategic plan – Santa Cruz Sentinel | #citycouncil
Library staffer Eric Chalfant helps with a book request in the Santa Cruz Public Library Bookmobile. While Santa Cruz County Public Libraries has a bookmobile with stops at various locations in Watsonville, the Watsonville Public Library is looking at adding its own bookmobile. (Shmuel Thaler – Santa Cruz Sentinel file) WATSONVILLE — The Watsonville Public […]
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Council members will again debate removing Pontalba from mayor’s disposal
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – Following allegations of Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s violation of a council ordinance by staying at the city’s Upper Pontalba apartment overnight, council members plan to introduce a new ordinance in an attempt to take the apartment away from her. Two members of the New Orleans City Council say Mayor Cantrell clearly violated […]
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