Boston power brokers flexing weakened muscles to influence City Council race | #citycouncil
New Balance Chairman Jim Davis greets employees and guests during the opening of New Balance’s athletic footwear factory in Methuen last year. (Amanda Sabga/Boston Herald) The Boston old boys’ network that used to run the city is trying to flex its withered muscles to tilt the City Council race in what could be a last […]
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Mayor Johnson proposes plan to house migrants in camps with military-grade tents
Gabriel Castillo and Alyssa Donovan 5 mins ago CHICAGO — The City of Chicago is working to solidify housing plans for more than 1,000 asylum seekers and migrants who are currently being housed in police station lobbies across the city. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson plans to relocate nearly 1,600 migrants and asylum seekers to winterized […]
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UPDATE 1-Elon Musk’s X Corp sues California to undo content moderation law
(Recasts first paragraph; adds comment from California attorney general’s office, changes to X’s business, details from state law, paragraphs 5, 8-9) By Jonathan Stempel Sept 8 (Reuters) – Elon Musk’s X Corp sued California on Friday over a state law establishing new transparency rules for social media companies, requiring them to publish their policies for […]
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Elon Musk’s X Corp. sues California AG over content moderation law
New York CNN — Elon Musk’s X Corp., the parent company of the platform formerly known as Twitter, on Friday sued California’s attorney general over the state’s new content moderation law. California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed bill AB 587 into law last September. The law requires social media companies to post their terms of service […]
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Arkansas Department Of Human Services Releases August Report On Medicaid Unwinding
(LITTLE ROCK, Ark.) — Today, the Arkansas Department of Human Services is reporting updated figures reflecting the fifth month of redeterminations conducted as part of its statutorily required six-month effort to unwind the Medicaid rolls, in accordance with President Biden’s ending of the Public Health Emergency (PHE). The continuous enrollment requirement during the PHE prevented […]
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Elon Musk’s X sues California over content moderation law – Orange County Register
By JOEL ROSENBLATT | Bloomberg Elon Musk’s X Corp. sued California over a law requiring social media companies to explain how their content is moderated. The company that operates the social network that used to be known as Twitter argues the measure, AB 587, interferes with its editorial judgments protected as free speech under the […]
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Consent order issued in 1st Amendment fight with Warwick City Council | #citycouncil
WARWICK, R.I. (WPRI) — The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Rhode Island has announced that the Warwick City Council has agreed to let a resident speak during its Sept. 18 meeting after he was escorted out by police during a previous public comment period. But the organization told Target 12 it plans to see […]
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Candidates for Missoula mayor share views on housing costs
MISSOULA – We’re just days away from next week’s Missoula municipal election means our coverage of the mayoral candidates continues. MTN’s Kathryn Roley recently asked the five candidates for their thoughts about rental and housing costs in Missoula. Mayor Jordan Hess says that the city should be proactive in helping the working members of Missoula […]
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Alabama’s Dallas County Is First Republican State to Bring Back Mask Mandates | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Public officials in Dallas County, Alabama have issued a new mask mandate for county buildings that deal with the public, according to local outlet WAKA 8, becoming the first Republican state to introduce new restrictions. The new mandate comes as COVID cases have risen in Alabama and across the United States probate Judge Jimmy Nunn […]
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‘Gender Affirmation’ Must Be a Factor in Child-Custody Decisions| National Catholic Register
The California Catholic Conference opposed the bill. California courts’ child-custody decisions must consider whether a parent affirms a child’s “gender identity or gender expression,” under a bill the California Legislature approved Friday. The California Assembly passed Assembly Bill 957 on Friday by a party-line vote of 57-16, with several Democrats not voting, KCRA 3 News […]
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