gun control

City Council

The new chair of Philly City Council’s tech committee wants to use data to help reduce gun violence | #citycouncil

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Mayor

St. Louis gun laws are ‘common sense,’ mayor says in letter ripping Missouri AG

ST. LOUIS — Mayor Tishaura O. Jones on Thursday defended efforts to enact a new gun law in the city and blasted the state’s top law enforcement official for threatening to stop her.  Attorney General Andrew Bailey wrote Jones last week saying her plans to prohibit “military-grade” weapons on city streets were unconstitutional, that crime […]

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City Council

City council’s approval of NAH proposal deemed ‘short-sighted’ | #citycouncil

It is difficult to understand how our members of city council could approve the NAH proposal. This seems short-sighted and narrow-minded. This billion dollar project does not come even close to meeting the city’s plan for carbon neutrality by 2030. Token mentions of some solar panels, a few charging stations for EVs and no LEED […]

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City Council

City council called on to put funds toward bike safety | #citycouncil

Gift this article Share this article paywall-free. An open letter to the mayor, vice mayor and Council: Thank you for your unanimous direction to city staff to prioritize funding for a few basic bike projects, namely: the (complete) construction of the Butler Pilot elevation, and the construction of two (dangerous) protected intersections — (Butler/Beaver and […]

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Alabama

Opinion | The Real ‘Right Wing Death Squad’ Is the Cowardly Republican Party | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Steven Spainhouer’s son worked at one of the stores in the Allen, Texas shopping mall chosen by America’s most recent mass shooter (as of Saturday: there were seven this weekend). He arrived at the mall just after the neo-nazi murderer had slaughtered several people, sometimes ripping their bodies and faces into an indistinguishable mass of […]

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Mayor

Forgive or clawback? Virgin mayor says code violations around raises are ‘small potatoes’

Virgin • Mayor Jean Krause leaves little doubt about which side of the divide she stands on when it comes to forgiving or recouping the illegal pay increases the previous mayor and Town Council gave themselves between fiscal years 2018 and 2022. Tasked by the state Auditor’s Office to either recoup the $78,060 in improper […]

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Arkansas

Arkansas School Safety Commission makes progress

Illustration: Brendan Lynch/Axios Arkansas’ School Safety Commission met Tuesday for the 10th time since being reinstated by Gov. Asa Hutchinson in June. What happened: After hearing concerns and experiences from four parents living across the state, the group unanimously adopted several tactics to include in its final report, due in October. State of play: Hutchinson […]

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Arkansas

Arkansas governor pledges $50 million for school safety

As Arkansas parents of nearly a half-million students prepare to head back to school later this month, many are likely thinking about the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, in May. Driving the news: Gov. Asa Hutchinson outlined an interim report from the Arkansas School Safety Commission on Tuesday, and he said he’s putting a $50 […]

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Alabama

Sewell votes along with House Democrats to approve ‘Assault Weapons Ban of 2022’ | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Congresswoman Terri Sewell (D-Birmingham) voted late Friday night for H.R. 1808, which is also being dubbed the “Assault Weapons Ban of 2022.” The vote was announced Friday morning and pushed forward that afternoon by Nancy Pelosi, who had previously said the issue would be brought up next month. The House passed the bill 217-213 Friday, […]

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