Longview City Council plans workshop to review the municipal court’s track record | #citycouncil
Longview City Councilmember Mike Wallin and City Manager Kurt Sacha discuss the need for a criminal justice and courts workshop during the Dec. 8 council meeting. (KLTV, Contributed) The Longview City Council will be taking a harder look at its relationship with the court system next year. A somewhat pro forma vote at Thursday […]
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Alabama voters to decide future of Aniah’s Law in November election | #elections | #alabama
On November 8, voters in Alabama will decide whether a bill created in honor of Homewood native Aniah Blanchard should become law. October 23 marks three years since Blanchard was kidnapped at a convenience store in the Auburn area. Her body was found about a month later, just before Thanksgiving. “This time of the year, […]
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Alabama voters to decide on removing racist language from Constitution | Don’t Miss This | #elections | #alabama
MONTGOMERY — In less than five weeks, voters will decide on renaming and updating Alabama’s Constitution, which proposes removing racist and outdated provisions. The state’s Constitution has been amended nearly 1,000 times since its establishment in 1901 and lawmakers said the updated proposal seeks to reorganize the historic document. If the majority of voters vote […]
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Mayor Eric Adams needs to reward competence, now that Frank Carone is exiting
Frank Carone is leaving as Mayor Eric Adams’ chief of staff at the end of December — a move that should prompt the mayor to start upping his staff’s game now. In his rookie year, Adams’ agenda in Albany stalled on multiple key fronts. Above all, the Legislature refused to make real criminal-justice fixes, badly […]
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NYC Mayor Eric Adams has the power to stem the rising crime rates
For the 18th time in a little more than two years, yet another New Yorker lost his life in yet another senseless act of deadly violence on the subway. Last weekend’s victim was finance professional Daniel Enriquez, 48. And, as is so often the case, the 25-year-old man charged with his murder, per The Post, […]
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