Upcoming City Council meeting to discuss possibly taking down old hotel | #citycouncil
WICHITA FALLS, Texas (KAUZ) – Wichita Falls city officials are hoping to buy the old hotel on Central E fwy. near the falls to turn the area into a public park. Officials are hoping to reach an agreement with the hotel’s current owners during the Aug. 1 City Council meeting. If no agreement is reached, […]
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St. Paul Mayor Carter vetoes tax-raising early childhood education ballot measure
Mayor Melvin Carter vetoed a resolution that would ask voters in St. Paul’s 2024 election whether to raise the property tax levy to pay for early childhood care and learning for low-income families in the city. The resolution was originally passed by the City Council in a 5-2 vote. If no council member changes their […]
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Massive defense bill approved by U.S. Senate, but deep partisan divide with House looms | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
WASHINGTON — U.S. senators avoided a heated partisan split as they passed the massive annual defense policy package late Thursday — in stark contrast to the GOP-led House version, in which far-right members included language to restrict abortion access and transgender care for service members. Senators passed the National Defense Authorization Act, 86-11, but lawmakers […]
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Biden openly acknowledges 7th grandchild, daughter of son Hunter and Arkansas woman
President Joe Biden speaks at Auburn Manufacturing Inc., in Auburn, Maine, Friday before he signs an executive order to encourage companies to manufacture new inventions in the United States. (Photo courtesy of Associated Press) WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden on Friday for the first time publicly acknowledged his seventh grandchild, a four-year-old girl fathered […]
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BART directors spar over California push to decriminalize fare evasion
FILE: BART train at the Downtown Berkeley Station. BART’s board of directors voted Thursday to formally oppose a bill in the state Legislature that would decriminalize fare evasion in the state’s public transit systems. Laser1987/Getty Images/iStockphoto BART’s board of directors voted Thursday to formally oppose a bill in the California Legislature that would decriminalize fare […]
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L.A.’s past could hold a key to adapting to our extremely hot future
Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It’s Friday, July 28. I’m Helen Li, a reporting fellow joining the Essential California team. You’ll be hearing a lot from me in the coming weeks and months. This summer has brought brutally hot temperatures to Southern California and many other parts of the country. As […]
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Meet Centralia City Council position No. 2 at-large candidates | #citycouncil
By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com In Lewis County’s upcoming Aug. 1 primary election, four candidates are looking to finish in the top to advance to November’s general election for Centralia City Council position No. 2, at-large. The candidates are Anthony Ahrens, Joyce Barnes, Leah Daarud and incumbent candidate Kelly Smith Johnston. The Chronicle spoke to […]
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Mayor Eric Adams accuses media of being “intentionally destructive” to Black men at National Urban League Conference in Houston
HOUSTON — Mayor Eric Adams offered a stinging rebuke of the media while speaking at a National Urban League Conference in Houston. Adams said Black people in many professions are covered differently and that reporting is sometimes “intentionally destructive.” Adams, speaking on a panel with other Black mayors of big cities, said the media pressures […]
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Mobile conservative calls congressional district fight “ritual political suicide” | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — As we wait to see if Alabama’s new congressional lines pass muster with federal courts, at least one local conservative pundit says the GOP legislature has made an even bigger mess. Writer Quin Hillyer’s latest commentary in the Washington Examiner says this fight likely won’t end well for our area. He […]
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Summit Utilities Arkansas to Resume Normal Collections
The Arkansas Public Service Commission (APSC) has ordered Summit Utilities Arkansas (Summit) to resume normal collections activities, including charging late fees and disconnecting customers for nonpayment, starting Sept.15. In the fall of 2022, Summit voluntarily and temporarily suspended charging late fees and disconnections as the company worked through new billing systems and customer service platforms […]
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