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Former Brookhaven mayor John Ernst reflects on his eight years in office

Former Brookhaven Mayor John Ernst (File) Brookhaven native John Ernst has ended his eight-year term as the mayor of his hometown of 55,000 people. After constituents elected his fraternity brother and longtime friend, former council member John Park as the new mayor in a runoff election, Ernst reflected on how he changed the city – […]

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Here’s Mayor Breed’s choice for S.F.’s next top financial officer

Ben Rosenfield listens during a technical advisory committee meeting to discuss affordable housing quotas at City Hall in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, March 10, 2023.Gabrielle Lurie/The Chronicle Mayor London Breed has revealed her choice to be San Francisco’s next top accounting officer: Greg Wagner, a senior leader in the city’s Department of Public Health.  […]

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City council members and Chief of Police sworn in in New Haven | Community | #citycouncil

Swearing-in ceremony for the city of New Haven FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WFFT) – The New Haven community welcomed some new faces to its city council as well as its law enforcement. Friday, December 29, seven city council members as well as the New Haven Chief of Police were sworn into office. Mayor Steve McMichael […]

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Hartford mayor’s legacy leaving office. And what’s next.

Mayor Luke Bronin’s toughest challenge leading Hartford — pulling the city back from the brink of municipal bankruptcy — came in the early days of his administration and might get lost in two terms that were more recently dominated by a bruising, life-changing global pandemic. “It’s easy to forget — eight years on — just […]

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Arkansas

U.S. HHS Secretary asks Arkansas to re-enroll Medicaid-eligible children who lost coverage

Arkansas’ removal of thousands of children from Medicaid coverage this year has raised concerns with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, according to a Monday letter from the department secretary to Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders. In Arkansas, 78,506 fewer children were enrolled in Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) in September […]

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The Point, Dec. 18, 2023: First Black, female mayor of Micanopy reflects on first months in office

Subscribe to The Point, arriving in your inbox Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. • WUFT News: Unity and infrastructure focus of Micanopy Mayor Jiana Williams’s first months in office. “As the first Black, female mayor of Micanopy, Jiana Williams, 37, often thinks about what her late grandmother, Willie Mae Stokes who used to clean houses […]

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New candidate could take on S.F. Mayor Breed — her predecessor

San Francisco Mayor Mark Farrell speaks during the grand opening ceremony of the Salesforce Tower in San Francisco, Calif. Tuesday, May 22, 2018. Jessica Christian/The Chronicle A venture capitalist and former District Two supervisor, Farrell was appointed mayor in early 2018 by his then-colleagues on the Board of Supervisors after Mayor Ed Lee’s death. His […]

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City Council seeks modest final changes to mayor’s proposed budget

Dean Mosiman | Wisconsin State Journal In a fiscal bind, Madison City Council members are proposing a final series of modest amendments to Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway’s budget for 2024, including more funds for alternative mental health crisis response, a Downtown underpass under John Nolen Drive, and city positions. Among the 21 proposed amendments made public […]

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Arkansas

Sarah Huckabee Sanders Signs Bill That Bans Vaccine Mandates In Arkansas

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) has signed a bill that bans state and local governments from mandating COVID-19 vaccines for workers after a similar ban expired last month. The legislation signed Thursday is aimed at defending citizens’ “individual liberty,” Sanders said at a press conference prior to its signing. The legislation also prohibits COVID-19 […]

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