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Lightfoot may be hired to investigate Dolton mayor, trustees – 301 – Gay Lesbian Bi Trans News

Lightfoot may be hired to investigate Dolton mayor, trustees 2024-04-06 This article shared 302 times since Yesterday A group of Dolton trustees is aiming to hire former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfootwho is also an ex-federal prosecutorto investigate Mayor Tiffany Henyard, media outlets reported. The group wants Lightfoot to investigate Henyard and village representatives in […]

Arkansas

New judge assigned to federal lawsuit challenging Arkansas LEARNS Act • Arkansas Advocate

U.S. District Judge Lee P. Rudofsky will replace a judge who recused herself from a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a section of the LEARNS Act that prohibits “indoctrination” in Arkansas schools. Chief U.S. District Judge Kristine G. Baker recused herself Tuesday, a day after the case was filed in the U.S. District Court […]

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Little Rock Airport boss Bryan Malinowski is shot in head while federal agents serve warrant at his Arkansas home

Bryan Malinowski, 53, was injured at his home in west Little Rock, Arkansas, on Tuesday morning after exchanging gunfire with ATF agents The ATF said agents were trying to serve a warrant when someone inside the home, later identified as Malinowski, fired gunshots at the agents Neither the ATF, state police nor federal prosecutors would provide […]

Alabama

Special master to submit proposals for new Alabama Congressional Map ahead of deadline | #elections | #alabama

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) – Today, Sept. 25, marks the deadline for a special master to submit three proposals for the new Alabama congressional map to the federal court. In June, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed a lower court’s ruling that found the map used in the 2022 elections likely violated the Voting Rights Act. Governor […]

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Black man who says he was elected mayor of rural Alabama town files federal civil rights lawsuit claiming white leaders are BLOCKING him from the role

The plaintiff, Patrick Braxton, 57, claims he filed the necessary proper paperwork to run in the town’s 2020 mayoral election – and won when no one else did When the situation was understood, the filing claims, the incumbent and town council held an illegal, secret election to keep him on as mayor of the town […]

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Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass ‘concerned’ for ‘what could come’ following Texas Gov. Greg Abbott sending ‘1st bus’ of migrants

LOS ANGELES (KABC) — L.A. City Council members are calling for a federal investigation into whether Texas Gov. Greg Abbott committed crimes — such as human trafficking — when he bused asylum seekers more than 1,000 miles with no food or water. The announcement came several days after the 42 migrants first arrived in Los […]

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Mayor Ken Welch, St. Petersburg, Florida

It’s providential for me to be mayor at a time when the city wants to redevelop some 86 acres that represent the second displacement of the Black community, which was done in the pursuit of baseball and what ultimately became Tropicana Field. That uprooted a thousand residents, businesses and churches in the Gas Plant area. […]

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Millions in federal funds to be invested in Missouri, Arkansas Roads

HARRISON, Ark. (KY3) – The Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration announced Tuesday that $771.3 million had been released to Arkansas for critical infrastructure in the fiscal year 2023. Additionally, Missouri is set to receive $1.4 billion. Those figures reflect the statistics gathered by the highway administration on road conditions from state to state. Arkansas […]

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Former Tallahassee mayor facing federal charges

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) – Former Tallahassee mayor and gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum is currently facing federal charges. The U-S Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Florida says Gillum and an associate, Sharon Lettman-Hicks, conspired to commit wire fraud. The 21-page indictment alleges the two solicited funds through false promises and used third parties to […]

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Should Asher return as mayor?

Questions are being asked about whether defeated Liberal candidate Stephanie Asher should return to her position as Mayor of Geelong after a series of campaign bungles left many voters fuming. Ms Asher stepped aside from her mayoral duties to devote her time to fighting to unseat Labor MP Libby Coker in the federal seat of […]