Schenectady mayor threatens to sue council over 2024 budget | Local News
“I think we’ll come together and all be semi-happy and only slightly irritated,” McCarthy said of a potential budget deal at the conclusion of the meeting. The city’s finance department will prepare a new proposed budget Tuesday morning that includes the council’s latest alterations. McCarthy told the council earlier in the evening that new research […]
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The Supreme Court’s ruling that Alabama’s congressional map violates the Voting Rights Act could lead to new Democratic-leaning districts in several states and influence the battle for control of the House next year. The ruling said Alabama had to create another district where Black voters could influence the election, but there is similar pending litigation […]
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In a city full of political drama, feud between El Monte mayor and resident turns ugly
Gabriela Leos was at the Michelada Rumble in Santa Anita Park when she ran into El Monte Mayor Jessica Ancona. The two women had been at odds for almost a year, with the dispute playing out in federal court after Leos sued Ancona and the city. That September afternoon, Ancona and her supporters started filming […]
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Federal judge to hear request next week to block NC’s new Senate districts | #elections | #alabama
RALEIGH, N.C. — Plaintiffs in the state’s latest redistricting lawsuit asked federal judge James Dever Monday to speed up hearings on their request to block the new state Senate map before filing for the 2024 elections opens on Dec. 4. Dever agreed to require a response from the State Board of Elections by the Monday […]
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Black man who says he was elected mayor of Alabama town alleges that White leaders are keeping him from position | #elections | #alabama
A Black man who says he was elected mayor of a rural Alabama town but has been kept from taking office by White leaders of the town has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit. Patrick Braxton, 57, is one of several plaintiffs named in Braxton et al v. Stokes et al. The other plaintiffs — […]
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Floresville City Council votes to fire its police chief | #citycouncil
FLORESVILLE, Texas – Months after Floresville council members hired an outside firm to investigate their police chief, Lorenzo Herrera, they voted to fire him. Council members discussed Herrera’s fate during a special meeting on Wednesday night for nearly an hour. According to the meeting’s agenda, the discussion is tied to a lawsuit filed by a former […]
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Omaha deputy city attorney files sex discrimination suit against mayor, city
Deputy Omaha City Attorney Michelle Peters has filed a federal lawsuit alleging the city of Omaha and Mayor Jean Stothert discriminated against her on the basis of her sex when the Mayor appointed Matt Kuhse to be the city attorney in October 2021.Read the lawsuit here.Peters alleges the city changed a job posting so that […]
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Judge dismisses lawsuit filed by Jennings mayor against city council members | #citycouncil
Jennings, Mo. (KMOV) – A St. Louis County judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by the mayor of Jennings against members of the city’s council. On Monday, a St. Louis County judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by City of Jennings Mayor Gary Johnson against five members of the Jennings City Council. According to the lawsuit, the […]
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NC Democrat: ‘Sue the bastards’ over maps. Can that be a winning strategy? | WFAE 90.7 | #elections | #alabama
This story first appeared in WFAE reporter Steve Harrison’s weekly newsletter. Sign up here to get the news first in your inbox. Democratic Rep. Wiley Nickel of Cary didn’t hold back about the new Republican-passed congressional map, which gives the GOP the clear advantage in 10 of 14 seats. Democrats are strong favorites in three districts, and […]
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Arkansas Supreme Court dismisses LEARNS Act lawsuit
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KAIT) – The Arkansas State Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit Thursday that had been ongoing since the Arkansas LEARNS Act was first voted on. According to our content partners, KARK-TV in Little Rock, the decision “ended the potentially far-reaching debate on how the state legislature passed laws with an emergency clause.” Thursday’s […]
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