Panel headed by first gent Bryan Sanders wants to use tobacco settlement funds for outdoor recreation
The Natural State Initiative advisory council headed by Arkansas’s first gentleman, Bryan Sanders, released its first annual report, replete with lovely photos of Arkansas’s outdoors, standard bureaucratic phrases like “brand development” and “incubation programming” and a few hints of how members want to spend state money. Buried in the 27-page report is the statement that […]
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Waterpark called Siouxland Splash planned in Sioux City | #citycouncil
SIOUX CITY — A long-awaited waterpark may be coming to Sioux City. The Sioux City Council on Monday will vote on a resolution inviting proposals for the sale of a roughly 10-acre parcel along Highway 75. The resolution also announces the Council’s intent to accept the proposal of an investor consortium planning to build a […]
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Mayor Kelly delivers UTC keynote commencement address
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) — UTC celebrated its 262nd overall commencement for the university on Saturday with two graduation ceremonies. Mayor of Chattanooga, Tim Kelly, gave the keynote address at the 1 o’clock commencement ceremony. “I often say, as you’ve heard up here earlier, there are no great cities without great universities. So it warms my […]
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Merry Christmas, California | TahoeDailyTribune.com
Christmas season is here! Although in California it can feel much different in the inland deserts and sun-kissed coastal cities than it does in the snow-capped Sierra Nevada, it should be a time of unity for us all. May its lessons of love, warmth, charity, and family inspire California politics this month and in our […]
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PUBLIC MEETINGS: Brazoria City Council to discuss animal facility | News | #citycouncil
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You’re RACIST, Mayor Wu! A ‘No Whites’ party is against everything my heroic white grandmother and black grandfather fought for. How dare you drag us back to segregation
Eli Steele is a documentary filmmaker and writer. When I learned that Boston’s mayor Michelle Wu hosted a racially segregated holiday party for the city council’s ‘Electeds of Color,’ I wondered: would I have been invited? After all, my father is black, but my skin looks white. The ‘no whites’ gathering was exposed this […]
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California Realtor groups hit with copycat commission rates lawsuit by Bay Area home seller
Complaints that Realtors maintain anti-competitive commission practices hit California with the filing of a federal “copycat” lawsuit in the Bay Area on Dec. 8. (File photo by Nam Y. Huh/Associated Press) Five weeks after a Missouri jury issued a $1.78 billion judgment finding that Realtors charge anticompetitive commission rates, a “copycat” lawsuit has been filed […]
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New Park City Council members to be sworn in on Jan. 3 | #citycouncil
PARK CITY, Utah — Three Parkites will take their oaths of office for the Park City Council in a swearing-in ceremony and celebration on the steps of the Marsac Building on Jan. 3. Ryan Dickey will be sworn in for a second four-year term, and Bill Ciraco and Ed Parigian will be sworn in for […]
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‘No way I will sign this’: Mayor Adams threatens to veto NYPD reform bill
Mayor Eric Adams said he plans to veto a bill that, if passed, would require police to start reporting “low-level stops” where the person is free to leave. The move – which comes as Adams reaches the halfway point of his first term in office – would also mark the third time he’s pulled a […]
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Placerville mayor: California’s insurance crisis is top of mind for constituents
When you’re the mayor of a small town, your neighbors aren’t shy about telling you what’s troubling them. When something is shaking their sense of well-being, they let you know. California’s insurance crisis has been top of mind for Placerville residents. I hear about it nearly every day. Retired homeowners’ security is at risk because […]
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