2024 will be a big year for the reparations debate in California
This is part one of the Marketplace series “Golden Promises.” Read part two and part three. With 2024 here, California lawmakers are set for an intense debate about economic reparations for Black residents descended from enslaved ancestors. In 2020, California became the first state to form a reparations task force. In June, that task force […]
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Prison board votes to fire corrections secretary | The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Four weeks after suspending Corrections Secretary Joe Profiri with pay and banning him from the Department of Corrections administrative building, the Board of Corrections voted 5-2 Wednesday to fire him. The board held a special meeting via teleconference Wednesday afternoon to discuss a single agenda item — the status of Profiri’s job. The board could […]
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On Gaza, Minneapolis City Council out of its lane, meeting out of control | #citycouncil
Opinion editor’s note: Star Tribune Opinion publishes a mix of national and local commentaries online and in print each day. To contribute, click here. ••• The new Minneapolis City Council term is starting off on a terrible foot, and I am worried. I hoped that we could start off this term with a spirit of […]
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Joe Cobb announces 2024 candidacy for Roanoke City mayor
ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) — Vice Mayor Joe Cobb has officially announced he will be running for Mayor of the City of Roanoke. Vice Mayor Cobb is hoping to succeed Mayor Sherman Lea, who said that he will not be run for re-election on Dec. 20. ‘I am deeply grateful,’ Roanoke Mayor Sherman Lea not seeking […]
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California lawmakers to consider ban on tackle football for kids under 12
FILE – Pop Warner football players look on before an NFL pre-season football game between the San Francisco 49ers and the San Diego Chargers Friday, Sept. 4, 2009 in San Diego. The California Legislature is considering a bill that would ban tackle football for children under 12. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy, File) SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — […]
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At Least One Dead In California Avalanche
Play A search was launched after an avalanche at Palisades Tahoe ski area in California. Streets are submerged in floodwaters in some communities in the Northeast. Another winter storm is hitting the Northwest. At least one person is dead and another injured after an avalanche at Palisades Tahoe ski resort in Olympic Valley, California. The […]
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Citing 1A concerns, AG’s office rejects ballot initiative to guarantee education equity
Requiring parochial schools that accept vouchers to meet state standards would violate those schools’ First Amendment right to freedom of religion, Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin said today in his opinion rejecting a ballot proposal from a group called For AR Kids. The group’s “Educational Rights Amendment of 2024” would require private schools that accept […]
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Temecula Voters To Decide Who Will Fill Vacant City Council Seat | #citycouncil
Councilmember Curtis Brown resigned his District 1 post due to his service on Maui following the deadly Lahaina fire. Jan 10, 2024 2:30 pm PST | Updated Jan 10, 2024 2:32 pm PST TEMECULA, CA — A vacancy on the Temecula City Council will not be filled by a special appointment and instead will be […]
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Mayor Taps Public Health Exec
San Francisco Mayor London Breed said Wednesday that she’s appointed a new top budget official following the resignation of longtime City Controller Ben Rosenfield last year. Breed selected Greg Wagner, currently a top executive at the Department of Public Health, to lead the influential Controller’s Office. In addition to helping prepare the city’s budget and […]
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California bill could ban youth tackle football for kids under 12
The California legislature began debating a bill Wednesday that would ban youth tackle football for children under age 12. AB 734, introduced last year by Sacramento Assemblymember Kevin McCarty, a Democrat, would “prohibit a youth sports organization that conducts a tackle football program, or a youth tackle football league, from allowing a person younger than […]
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