Officials shove, police intervene. Jennings council moves to bring back departed employees. | #citycouncil
Taylor Tiamoyo Harris , Victor Stefanescu JENNINGS — City council members voted to reverse the terminations of several city employees here at a tumultuous emergency meeting late Friday that featured frustrated residents, police intervention and a shoving match between a council member and the mayor. The council’s move comes after at least five city staffers, […]
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Jennings city attorney says he resigned because of mayor
JENNINGS — City council members will convene Friday afternoon to determine how to move forward after multiple top government employees here have recently resigned. Former Jennings city attorney Sam Alton pointed his finger at Jennings Mayor Gary Johnson in his recent resignation, accusing Johnson of creating a hostile working environment and illegally attempting to oust […]
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Former Portage mayor asks Supreme Court to hear his appeal
Former Portage Mayor James Snyder, right, exits the federal courthouse in Hammond in March 2021 morning with his wife, Deborah, after a jury returned a verdict of guilty in the ex-mayor’s bribery trial. Bob Kasarda, file, The Times WASHINGTON, D.C. — Convicted former Portage Mayor James Snyder is asking the Supreme Court to hear his […]
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Voter approval of Alaska judges is at an all-time low, and experts aren’t sure why | #alaska | #politics
The Alaska Judicial Council held a public hearing about applicants for two Anchorage Superior Court judge positions in the in the Boney Courthouse in Anchorage on Nov. 16, 2022. Few people participated. The council’s executive director says the public packs the venues when similar hearings are held in small communities. (Photo by Matt Faubion/Alaska Public […]
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Alaska is one of 26 states that picks judges through a council. Here’s why some voters want a change | #alaska | #politics
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The Alaska Constitutional Convention’s Committee on the Judiciary Meets in Constitution Hall. (Photo courtesy the Alaska Bar Association Archives.) When the framers of Alaska’s constitution were debating how the state should pick its judges, the goal was to remove politics from the process as much as possible. In territorial days, judges were political appointees named […]
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