Parent celebrates first year of Arkansas LEARNS Act-funded Education Freedom Accounts
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Some Arkansas parents are celebrating the first year of a program made possible by the Arkansas LEARNS Act allowing their students to have more school choice options. Parent Pamela Esters said the first school year with Education Freedom Accounts in effect is a night and day difference compared to education opportunities […]
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New Orleans City Council has questions on the S&WB substation cost | #citycouncil
NEW ORLEANS — For roughly three hours Tuesday, members of the New Orleans City Council grilled the Sewerage and Water Board. One topic of discussion was the roughly $30 million substation project that the SWBNO now says it needs $21 million to finish. “This project is probably the most important project for the City of […]
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Dolton residents demand ‘Dictator’ Mayor Tiffany Henyard resign
US News By Katherine Donlevy Published April 2, 2024, 7:07 p.m. ET A mob of furious Illinoisans demanded Monday that self-described “Super Mayor” Tiffany Henyard resign from her post as the “Dolton Dictator” battles simultaneous sexual assault and money embezzlement scandals. The Village of Dolton’s monthly board meeting delved into chaos as the swarm of […]
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Don Hankey, California auto loan billionaire, finances Trump’s $175 million bond
As former president Donald Trump struggled last month to post a bond for more than $450 million to keep authorities from seizing his properties, California billionaire Don Hankey and his wife, Debbi, started discussing a solution: Hankey’s business could cover it. Hankey, a Trump supporter who made a fortune providing high-interest auto loans to customers […]
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California’s $20 fast food minimum wage balloons menu prices — with some chains increasing costs by nearly $2
US News By Genevieve Wong and Steve Helling Published April 2, 2024, 3:32 p.m. ET You’ll be dropping a lot of dollar on that Whopper. Menu prices at fast food chains across California have increased, as a new law went into effect requiring them to pay a $20-an-hour minimum wage to workers from Monday. The […]
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Clinton Presidential Center to hold retrospective on Hillary Rodham Clinton’s Arkansas years
The Clinton Presidential Center will hold a restrospective next week about Hillary Rodham Clinton’s years in Arkansas. The program will feature excerpts from a forthcoming oral history that Clinton — a former U.S. Senator and a former secretary of state — recorded in 2019 with the David and Barbara Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and […]
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Bridgeport City Council Backs Ceasefire Resolution After Heated Public Debate | #citycouncil
BRIDGEPORT — Amid a crowd of Palestinian and Jewish residents, the City Council voted on Monday to uphold a contentious ceasefire resolution following months of community debate. On Jan. 2, Bridgeport joined the more than 70 U.S. cities adopting resolutions calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. While the City Council acknowledged that it alone cannot […]
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Uvalde, Texas mayor resigns following school shooting report
Uvalde, Texas Mayor Cody Smith resigned effective immediately this week, nearly two years after a deadly school shooting and weeks after the release of a controversial report that cleared the city’s police of any wrongdoing during the massacre. In a statement released Monday, Smith thanked the community for supporting him while he recovered from “unexpected […]
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Voters hit the polls to vote on Alabama House District 27 seat | #elections | #alabama
MARSHALL COUNTY, Ala (WHNT) — Voters in Marshall County took to the polls today to vote on for a new representative in Alabama House District 27. The district, which represents Arab, Guntersville, Grant and Union Grove, was previously represented by Wes Kitchens. Kitchens vacated the seat when he won a Senate special election in January. […]
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‘Don’t send California homeless funding off cliff’ many cry as budget cuts loom – Daily News
More than 100 advocates, policymakers, affordable housing providers, and grassroots community organizations gathered on the Capitol steps to call on the governor and legislators to allocate ongoing funding for housing and homelessness and avoid a “funding cliff.” (Photo Courtesy of Jen Wheeler) A coalition of housing advocates and politicians are calling on California Gov. Gavin […]
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