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Juárez Mayor Cruz Perez Cuellar’s home seized in corruption case

A political scandal with counter accusations is burning in Juárez after the mayor’s home was seized in a raid by armed state investigators as part of a public corruption investigation. Mayor Cruz Perez Cuellar, who is currently on hiatus from office while running for reelection, said the seizure of his family’s home was “a media […]

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Mayor Sean VanGordon delivers Springfield’s state of the city address

People gather during Springfield’s State of the City Wednesday, April 17, 2024 at the Richard E. Wildish Community Theater in downtown Springfield. Ben Lonergan/The Register-Guard A video shows at the start of Springfield’s State of the City Wednesday, April 17, 2024 at the Richard E. Wildish Community Theater in downtown Springfield. Ben Lonergan/The Register-Guard Springfield […]

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How much money does Quincy MA Mayor Tom Koch make?

QUINCY − What do the mayors of San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles and Boston all have in common? Quincy Mayor Thomas P. Koch will make more than all of them if city council follows the recommendations of a consulting firm hired by the city. Koch’s current $159,00 salary should increase to as much […]

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Gastonia youth leaders recognized by city council | #citycouncil

Gastonia City Council recently recognized 14 Gastonia high school seniors who participated in the 2023-24 Mayor’s Youth Leadership Council. Here’s a list of the Mayor’s Youth Leadership Program seniors and a glimpse at what’s coming next for them after graduation. Lucas Crisp, program vice president, Forestview High School According to Crisp, his favorite part of […]

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Pueblo City Council approves needle exchange ban on first reading | #citycouncil

Syringe exchange programs have been a hot-button topic in Pueblo politics for over a year, and a newly elected city councilor is pushing to ban them within city limits. An ordinance prohibiting needle exchange and distribution services passed an initial hurdle at the Pueblo City Council meeting Monday evening after Councilor Sarah Martinez unsuccessfully attempted […]

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Two candidates on the ballot for Staunton City Council seat | #citycouncil

STAUNTON – As of April 19, only incumbent Adam Campbell and challenger C. Dan Gunnells have filed to run for one open Staunton City Council seat coming up in the November election. Campbell won a special election in November to fill the seat left vacant by Andrea Oakes. “It was an incredible day, an incredible […]

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Windsor’s mayor-elect, town clerk face election complaint

Windsor resident James Cosner is challenging the election of Barry Wilson as the town’s next mayor. Cosner’s attorney filed a complaint in Weld County District Court on Thursday against Mayor-elect Wilson and Town Clerk Karen Frawley claiming Wilson was not eligible to run for mayor because he had already been elected to two consecutive terms […]

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City council considers removing requirement | #citycouncil

BROCKTON — Sgt. Kevin Amaral had bad news for the city’s top cop. “Chief, there’s no one else we can call,” Brockton Police Chief Brenda Pérez recalled him telling her recently. The chief had put Amaral in charge of eight background-check investigators working full time to recruit 30 new officers. So far, they haven’t been […]

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Naples City Council rejects more hotel rooms on Fifth Avenue South | #citycouncil

In a unanimous decision, city council denied plans for new hotel rooms on Fifth Avenue South in downtown Naples, seeing them as the wrong fit. The vote came Wednesday, just weeks after a city election, with three new faces on council. Much of the campaigning in the election centered around growth and development, with the […]

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Proposed Salem Public Library cuts may be avoided by mayor’s motion

Salem’s proposed budget — which includes eliminating jobs at the library and completely closing the West Salem library branch — drew the ire of about 50 protesters, and garnered a packed council room and nearly 200 pages of written testimony for Wednesday’s budget committee meeting. A motion made by Mayor Chris Hoy during the evening […]