Atlanta City Council tackling affordable housing this year | #citycouncil
ATLANTA — The Atlanta City Council wants to double down on plans to create more affordable housing options. It’s an issue that impacts many residents. Hoderick Lowe has called Atlanta home all his life. However, Lowe said many of his friends and family who watched him grow up had fallen on hard times. He said […]
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California law that toy stores must have gender neutral aisles takes effect
Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Major retailers in California are now required to have gender-neutral aisles for children’s toys after a new state law went into effect. The legislation went into effect on Monday after Governor […]
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New Manchester mayor says he’ll tackle homelessness
Manchester’s new mayor said Tuesday that he’s putting himself on the clock and getting right to work on some of the city’s biggest problems.In his inaugural address, Mayor Jay Ruais said he wants to hit the ground running at City Hall, saying he just wants to “get things done,” starting with a new approach on […]
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The Literacy Council of Western Arkansas has free clothes closet
The Literacy Council of Western Arkansas offers free clothes for people who need them.The council has long focused on lifestyle classes, English as a Second Language and writing-skill classes.In 2022, a donation of six boxes of clothes started what has grown into a full clothes closet for people in the Fort Smith community.”We are getting […]
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Republican US House Speaker Johnson backs Dahlstrom to challenge Peltola and flip Alaska’s seat | #alaska | #politics
By Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media Updated: December 18, 2023 Published: December 18, 2023 On Jan. 17, 2023, Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom at the Alaska Capitol in Juneau. (Loren Holmes / ADN) Nancy Dahlstrom’s campaign for U.S. House now has a powerful backer in Washington, D.C.: the speaker of the House. Grow the Majority, a […]
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Winter Storm Warning Declared In California Ahead Of First Major Snowfall Of The Season
Topline Large portions of California’s Sierra Nevada mountains were placed under a winter storm warning Tuesday as the Golden State braces for two winter storms expected this week—potentially ending the state’s exceptionally dry winter so far. two feet of snow overnight. Getty Images Key Facts A winter storm warning begins in the Sierra Nevada range […]
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California Requires Gender-Neutral Toy Aisles
A California law requiring major retailers to have gender-neutral toy aisles went into effect on Monday. Passed by a 49–16 majority in the state legislature in September 2021 and subsequently signed by Governor Gavin Newsom, the law mandates that retail department stores that sell childcare items or toys physically located in California and with a […]
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City Council members slam Johnson plan to use $95 million in COVID funds for migrant shelters – NBC Chicago | #citycouncil
Several members of the Chicago City Council are blasting Mayor Brandon Johnson’s plan to allocate $95 million of COVID emergency funds to help address concerns about migrant housing in the city. Johnson said that the decision came because of a budget surplus, and that he has authority as mayor to defer federal COVID funds toward […]
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Reinert sworn in as Duluth’s 40th mayor – Duluth News Tribune
DULUTH — Roger Reinert became the city’s 40th mayor Tuesday afternoon as he took his oath of office before a standing-room-only crowd gathered in the lobby of City Hall. The four living former Duluth mayors, from left, John Fedo, Gary Doty, Don Ness and Emily Larson, watch the inauguration for Roger Reinert as the city’s […]
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Arkansas governor asks Biden to rescind military abortion policy
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has penned a letter to the Biden administration asking to rescind a Department of Defense rule that allows for reimbursing service members for travel expenses to obtain an abortion. In the letter to President Joe Biden and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Sanders called abortion a “barbaric […]
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