Voter Guide: Candidates for Baltimore City Council 2nd District | #citycouncil
What’s the job: Representing residents on the 15-member City Council, including introducing and voting on legislation, approving city spending and providing oversight of city operations. Council members are elected to four-year terms by district. The 2nd District includes East Baltimore neighborhoods such as Armistead Gardens, Belair-Edison, Highlandtown and Overlea. Look up your City Council district […]
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Mayor Wu joins volunteers for One Boston Day community clean-up at Franklin Park – Boston News, Weather, Sports
BOSTON (WHDH) – Volunteers fanned out across Franklin Park on Saturday for a community clean-up effort in recognition of One Boston Day. Mayor Michelle Wu was on hand for the event, which was aimed at embracing the spirit of One Boston Day, which marks the anniversary of the tragic Boston Marathon Bombings by conducting acts […]
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Google removes links to California news sites, citing proposed state law requiring payment to publishers
Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images Google argues paying news outlets for their content under a proposed California law would be “unworkable.” New York CNN — Google is removing links to California news websites in reaction to proposed state legislation requiring big tech companies to pay news outlets for their content, the company announced Friday in a […]
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Buying a child for sex is a misdemeanor in California. Lawmakers debate harsher penalty
California lawmakers next week are set to debate a proposal that would ramp up the consequences for consumers of the child sex trafficking industry. Under California law, purchasing or soliciting a child for sex is a misdemeanor carrying a maximum penalty of up to a year in jail, or a minimum of two days in […]
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Voter Guide: Candidates for Baltimore City Council 6th District | #citycouncil
What’s the job: Representing residents on the 15-member City Council, including introducing and voting on legislation, approving city spending and providing oversight of city operations. Council members are elected to four-year terms by district. The 6th District includes neighborhoods such as Ashburton, Coldspring, Forest Park, Park Heights and Roland Park. Look up your City Council […]
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Baltimore mayoral candidates debate vacant properties in the city
Baltimore City mayoral candidates debated vacant homes in the city at a candidate forum on Saturday, April 13 at Unity Hall. Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott attended along with candidates Shelia Dixon and Thiru Vignarajah. “We know Baltimore has had housing issues for generations, and one of my promises to residents in my last campaign was […]
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Heat protections for indoor California workers in limbo after Newsom abandons rules
A Lancaster, California, Rite Aid worker holds a heat and humidity index device that some warehouse employees wear on the job. Proposed rules to protect millions of workers from potentially dangerous heat inside workplaces are dead after Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration refused to sign off. File photo by Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images […]
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Google Shutting Down Some California Access To News Sites As A Test Of Proposed Legislation’s Effects
Photo by Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images On Friday, Google began removing California news websites from some people’s search results. The move comes as a test of what would happen should the state Legislature pass a new law requiring the search engine to pay media companies for linking to their content. Google said in a […]
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Anti-Israel protester threatens to ‘murder’ lawmakers at CA city council meeting | #citycouncil
US News By Matthew Sedacca Published April 13, 2024, 5:07 p.m. ET Riddhi Patel was arrested for making death threats against Bakersfield, Calif., lawmakers. Bakersfield The Sound of Something Better An anti-Israel protester was arrested for making death threats against lawmakers at a Bakersfield, Calif., city council meeting. During the forum’s public comments section, protester Riddhi […]
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Why Yianni Ioannou is running for Salt Lake County mayor
Born and raised in a small village in Cyprus, Yianni John Ioannou never imagined he’d one day be running for the Salt Lake County mayor’s office. But his personal life has certainly prepared him for just that. With his father serving as mayor of his small town, Yianni learned the importance of one’s civic duty, […]
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