Houston TX Mayor John Whitmire’s first two months in City Hall
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Mayor John Whitmire speaks during a press conference at the Houston Emergency Center in January. Houston’s new mayor has met with a slew of elected officials, big-name executives and staffers during his first two months in office. Karen Warren/Staff photographer Aside from council meetings and staff calls, Whitmire’s top priority – resolving City Hall’s years-long […]
Read MoreFormer Brookhaven mayor John Ernst reflects on his eight years in office
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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 – […]
Read MoreHere’s Mayor Breed’s choice for S.F.’s next top financial officer
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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. […]
Read MoreCity 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 […]
Read MoreHartford mayor’s legacy leaving office. And what’s next.
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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 […]
Read MoreU.S. HHS Secretary asks Arkansas to re-enroll Medicaid-eligible children who lost coverage
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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 […]
Read MoreThe Point, Dec. 18, 2023: First Black, female mayor of Micanopy reflects on first months in office
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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 […]
Read MoreNew candidate could take on S.F. Mayor Breed — her predecessor
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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 […]
Read MoreSarah Huckabee Sanders Signs Bill That Bans Vaccine Mandates In Arkansas
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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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