North Alabama State Rep. David Cole resigns, signs plea agreement | #elections | #alabama
MADISON CO., Ala. (WAFF) – House District 10 Representative David Cole (R-Huntsville) has resigned and signed a plea agreement following his arrest for voting fraud. According to Gov. Kay Ivey’s office, the District 10 seat will remain vacant until a future special election can be scheduled. That date is unknown at this time. Cole was […]
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How University of California Workers Won the Biggest Higher-Ed Strike in US History
In the United States, the percentage of workers who belong to a union has declined to an all-time low since the height of labor militancy in the 1930s. Despite this historic weakness, or perhaps because of it, the labor movement is experiencing a historic moment of dynamism and reform. After decades of wage stagnation, neoliberalism […]
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North Augusta City Council to hold public hearing on development code | North Augusta Area Government | #citycouncil
How does North Augusta maintain the unique characteristics of its downtown without getting restrictive to the point of impeding future investment and without future development being subject to the whims of politics? That’s the challenge before North Augusta City Council as the final scrutiny approaches in what has been an almost three-year process of re-writing […]
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Fourth annual Mayor’s Day hosts more than 30 mayors at Colorado State Fair
(PUEBLO, Colo.) — Pueblo Mayor, Nick Gradisar, hosted more than 30 mayors and city officials from across Colorado at the Colorado State Fair for the fourth annual Mayor’s Day on Saturday, Sept. 2. Courtesy of City of Pueblo Courtesy of City of Pueblo Courtesy of City of Pueblo “Mayor’s Day is a great network to […]
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How California Could Reshape Solitary Confinement
This is The Marshall Project’s Closing Argument newsletter, a weekly deep dive into a key criminal justice issue. Want this delivered to your inbox? Subscribe to future newsletters here. It’s long been said that as goes California, so goes the nation. The most populous state carries outsized influence over U.S. culture and politics and is […]
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New details for possible Solano County city
Silicon Valley billionaires behind a secretive $800 million land-buying spree in Northern California have finally released some details about their plans for a new green city, but they still must win over skeptical voters and local leaders.After years of ducking scrutiny, Jan Sramek, the former Goldman Sachs trader spearheading the effort, launched a website Thursday […]
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DeSantis’ redistricting map in Florida is unconstitutional and must be redrawn, judge says | #elections | #alabama
A Florida redistricting plan pushed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis violates the state constitution and is prohibited from being used for any future U.S. congressional elections since it diminishes the ability of Black voters in north Florida to pick a representative of their choice, a state judge ruled Saturday.Circuit Judge J. Lee Marsh sent the […]
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Citizens ask Lubbock council to make changes to new Unified Development Code | #citycouncil
The Lubbock City Council and the Planning and Zoning Commission on Wednesday heard hours of public testimony and considered more than a dozen amendments to the city’s new Unified Development Code, adopted in May and set to become effective Oct. 1. The council and commission convened the joint public hearing Wednesday afternoon to consider staff-recommended […]
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Marion Mayor Not Sure What Cops ‘Did Wrong’ in Newspaper Raid
Despite the national backlash over his police department’s raid of the office of a local newspaper and the home of its 98-year-old co-owner, who died the following day, Marion Mayor David Mayfield still isn’t “sure exactly what they did wrong.” With his Kansas town still feeling the fallout over last month’s infamous raid of the […]
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Driverless trucks are California’s next battle for autonomous vehicles
Driverless 18-wheel trucks won’t be driving down Interstate 880 or any other state highway anytime soon. And if a proposal sailing through the California Legislature becomes law, they won’t be able to do so without a human driver present until at least 2031. Autonomous trucks are the latest frontier in the regulatory battle between elected […]
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