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Mayor

LA Mayor Karen Bass’ home targeted by career criminal Ephraim Matthew Hunter

US News By Nicholas McEntyre Published April 24, 2024, 3:00 a.m. ET The burglar who “targeted” Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass’ home during an early morning burglary over the weekend is a career criminal who was previously convicted in a brutal beating in Massachusetts. Mayor Bass, her daughter, son-in-law, and grandchild were sleeping inside the […]

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Arkansas

let the sunshine in • Arkansas Advocate

Good news and less than good news from Helena-West Helena comes as we mark Sunshine Week, an annual observance of the need to protect your right to know. First, the good news: Helena World publisher Andrew Bagley reports his newspaper has reached a settlement with the state-run Helena-West Helena School District over access to surveillance […]

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Alaska

The case of Eric R. Staples: Read what typical charges look like against Jan. 6 election protesters | #alaska | #politics

The criminal complaint against a man currently living in Girdwood, Alaska is an example of the Department of Justice’s efforts to round up and bring to justice anyone who entered the U.S. Capitol during the election protests of Jan. 6, 2021. Over 1,000 arrests have been made associated with the breach of the Capitol after […]

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Alaska

Sarah Palin Rode Alaska Scandal To Political Stardom | #alaska | #politics

Oct. 22, 2010 — — The massive corruption case that was brewing in 2006 meant trouble for many of the Alaska’s most entrenched politicians. But for one newcomer from Wasilla, the scandal presented an opportunity. From the early days of her primary campaign for governor, Sarah Palin had cast herself as a reformer, a Republican […]

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City Council

How and when will the Salt Lake City Council pick a replacement for Amy Fowler? | #citycouncil

Her resignation from the seven-member council is effective July 3. (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Amy Fowler takes the oath of office as a Salt Lake City Council member on Monday, Jan. 3, 2022. Fowler will resign July 3 after being arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence in May.   | June […]

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Mayor

Sunbury police, mayor work to combat increased crime | News

SUNBURY — Police Chief Brad Hare and Mayor Josh Brosious are warning residents the increase in violent crime in the city is unacceptable, criminals will face consequences and to be on the lookout for new officers out on patrol. “It is out of control and getting more and more violent,” Hare said. “We are doing […]

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Arkansas

3 Arkansas officers suspended after video captures beating

MULBERRY, Ark. (AP) — Three Arkansas law enforcement officers were suspended, and state police launched an investigation after a video posted on social media showed two of them beating a suspect while a third officer held him on the ground. The officers were responding to a report of a man making threats outside a convenience store Sunday […]

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Alaska

Alaska Democratic Party director is jailed after DUI arrest | Politics | #alaska | #politics

A month after Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband was charged with drunken driving in California, the Alaska Democratic Party is facing a similar scandal. Lindsay Denise Kavanaugh, who has directed the Alaska Democratic Party since 2019, was jailed Saturday after allegedly driving “impaired by alcoholic beverages,” according to Alaska State Troopers. The 42-year-old Anchorage […]

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