City Council expected to propose 2024 tax rate | Government | #citycouncil
The Victoria City Council will discuss the 2024 fiscal budget during its regular meeting at 5 p.m. Tuesday. In addition to the budget work session, the council is expected to approve a proposed tax rate of 49.8 cents per $100 of valuation, according to the agenda packet. The proposed rate will exceed the no-new revenue […]
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Grand Junction’s mayor says she’s the one who can unseat Rep. Lauren Boebert
Grand Junction Mayor Anna Stout is running for U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert’s seat.Courtesy photo Anna Stout said she has a story that southern and western Coloradans can relate to. The 38-year-old candidate for Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District seat is in the process of sharing her story growing up in Grand Junction, where she currently serves […]
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Teenage Copperas Cove council candidate explains campaign focus | Local News | #citycouncil
A teenager has made some waves in Copperas Cove, announcing his desire to run for city council. Tayler Stokes, who will turn 18 next week, filed Monday to run against incumbent Vonya Hart for the Place 6 race in the Nov. 7 election. Stokes is an incoming senior at Copperas Cove High School. The Herald […]
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NYC calls on the state and feds to help care for migrants
Asylum seekers have stretched New York City to its limits, according to Mayor Eric Adams, who described an “unprecedented state of emergency” this week as he called upon New York state and federal lawmakers and agencies to offer more support. Adams’s office estimated that the city would spend $12 billion over three fiscal years to […]
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Florida sent a Colombian woman to California. Now she’s on the brink of homelessness | US immigration
Aura pointed at the corner of her left eye, where a scar, she said, reminded her of why she had left the Colombian coastal region of Córdoba seven months ago. Her ex-boyfriend, a local police officer, had beaten her and threatened to kill her if she reported him to the authorities, she said. Fearing for […]
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Hooper City Council candidates discuss campaigns, visions for serving | News, Sports, Jobs | #citycouncil
Image supplied Hooper City logo HOOPER — A large race for City Council is shaping up in Hooper City. Eight candidates are vying for two at-large positions on the board. The Standard-Examiner reached out to the candidates to discuss their reasoning for running as well as their vision for the position. Cindy […]
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2023 Candidate Interview: Brian Turnbull for Mayor of Northville
2023 Candidate Interview: Brian Turnbull for Mayor of Northville (Crystal A. Proxmire, Aug. 13, 2023) Northville, MI – In Northville, voters will have the opportunity to vote for Mayor as well as two City Council seats in the Nov 7, 2023 election. Current Mayor Brian Turnbull is running unopposed for Mayor. In the Council race, […]
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GOP Candidate Will Hurd Slams Trump for ‘Trying to Overturn an Election’ After CNN Report | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Republican presidential candidate Will Hurd, who is positioning himself as the anti-Donald Trump contender in the 2024 primary race, went after the former president again after CNN reported that new evidence has surfaced connecting Trump’s team to a breach in Georgia’s election system. According to CNN, prosecutors in Atlanta have found text messages that show […]
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Candidates for City Council React to the Hiring of Belleman Over Dempsey – East Lansing Info | #citycouncil
Following this morning’s City Council meeting where Council members voted 3-2 to name Robert Belleman over Tim Dempsey as the next city manager, ELi reached out for reactions from candidates who are running for City Council seats in the November election. As ELi reported earlier today (Aug. 13), Mayor Ron Bacon and Councilmembers Dana Watson […]
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San Nicolas: Tinian Mayor’s Office’s FTE employees now federally funded posts | Front Page
Rep. Patrick H. San Nicolas (R-Tinian) questioned yesterday why the full-time positions of employees of the Tinian Mayor’s Office have now become federally funded positions when they have traditionally been funded by general funds. “This, to my knowledge, has never happened in the history of our Commonwealth,” said San Nicolas, who was the only House […]
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