Denver council to consider extending emergency declaration on homelessness | #citycouncil
DENVER — Denver’s city council will consider extending Mayor Mike Johnston’s state of emergency on homelessness during Monday’s meeting. It will come on the same day the city’s emergency operations center will activate. The operations center will bring together people from different agencies and departments to coordinate the city’s response to the emergency. Under state […]
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Mayor of Ecuador port city slain in shooting that kills 1 other, wounds 4
QUITO, Ecuador — The mayor of Ecuador’s third largest city was slain Sunday in a shooting that killed one other person and wounded four more, including two suspected attackers, officials said. Agustín Intriago, a 38-year-old lawyer, belonged to the local Better City movement in the port city of Manta and was recently re-elected to a […]
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I was trafficked as a child and sold to the highest bidder. California must pass SB 14
One can only imagine what it feels like to testify in front of individuals who decide what does and does not become law in California. To put it into one word: scary. I have testified before, but this time felt different. On July 11, in front of the California Assembly Committee on Public Safety in […]
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Asa Hutchinson wins best-dressed accolades on the campaign trail
Asa Hutchinson wins best-dressed accolades on the campaign trail – Arkansas Times Arkansas’s former governor is looking sharp out there in those french cuffs and charcoal suits, and a well-known menswear expert is taking notice. Asa Hutchinson‘s well-tailored look leads off a video by Derek Guy, a men’s clothing writer who’s Twitter-famous as the menswear […]
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Some of California’s Cheapest Cities Have Seen the Biggest Rent Hikes
A home with a real estate sign in Tower District in central Fresno. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local Inland cities including Bakersfield, Fresno, Visalia and Riverside — once cheaper options than pricey places such as the Bay Area — are no longer refuges from California’s housing affordability crisis. Since the beginning of the pandemic, […]
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Eight People Apply To Fill Vacated Ward 4 City Council Seat in Moorhead | #citycouncil
Moorhead City Council Member Steve Lindaas MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — There are eight people who want to become the next Ward 4 City Council Member in Moorhead. The period to apply ended late Friday afternoon. They include: Delores Gabbard, Trenton Gerads, Ryan Larson, Zachariah Lorsung, Sebastian McDougall, Darren Opsahl, Andrew Rockhold and Dorothy Suomala. The applicants […]
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Black man who says he was elected mayor of rural Alabama town files federal civil rights lawsuit claiming white leaders are BLOCKING him from the role
The plaintiff, Patrick Braxton, 57, claims he filed the necessary proper paperwork to run in the town’s 2020 mayoral election – and won when no one else did When the situation was understood, the filing claims, the incumbent and town council held an illegal, secret election to keep him on as mayor of the town […]
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Alabama Voters Prep for Another Map Fight After Republicans Flout SCOTUS Ruling | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Voters in Alabama are preparing for another legal battle after the state’s GOP-dominated Legislature and Republican Gov. Kay Ivey on Friday approved new congressional districts that critics say defy a surprising recent decision from the U.S. Supreme Court. The latest map “is really a slap in the face, not only to Black Alabamians but to […]
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School Board Changed Its Mind on Rejecting a Curriculum Over LGBTQ Figure
California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks at a news conference on June 24, 2022. Rich Pedroncelli/AP A California school district rejected the state’s social studies curriculum over the inclusion of Harvey Milk. On Thursday, Gov. Gavin Newsom threatened the district with a $1.5 million fine. The school board voted in an emergency meeting to accept the […]
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Let’s bring America to California – Redlands Daily Facts
The increasing rate of people and businesses leaving California is well documented and is slowly being acknowledged by reluctant politicians and legacy media. Arguments from California’s cheerleader in chief, Governor Newsom, that everything is fine are growing less credible by the day. For those of us who want to stay in the Golden State – […]
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