Troy Mayor Mantello on maintaining safe and clean streets
Troy Mayor Carmella Mantello sat down with JoDee Kenney to discuss the city’s Quality of Life Action task force. The city’s goal is to get departments to coordinate and collaborate more. This includes filling potholes block by block. The city is also working to address a homeless encampment and connect those in need of services with […]
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Troy mayor on building trust between community and police
This week on In Focus, Troy Mayor Carmella Mantello sat down with JoDee Kenney to discuss efforts to make her city safer. Mantello says part of that comes from building trust between the community and police. Through relationship building, Mantello says she hopes residents have trust in their police and safety officials to report […]
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Polls Close in Alabama’s Super Tuesday Primary | #elections | #alabama
Polls have closed in Alabama’s primary elections, which were also held in more than a dozen other states and territories on this Super Tuesday ahead of November’s Presidential election. Voters could cast ballots today from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. to nominate candidates within their party for a slew of local and national positions from President of […]
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Alaska judge to preside over upcoming Hawaii bribery trial | #alaska | #politics
HONOLULU — A U.S. judge in Alaska will preside over an upcoming bribery trial in Hawaii against Honolulu’s former top prosecutor after a judge suddenly recused himself. U.S. Senior District Judge Timothy Burgess will temporarily serve as a judge in the Hawaii district in the case against former Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney Keith Kaneshiro, according to […]
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City Council set to vote on teen curfew in Tampa | #citycouncil
TAMPA, Fla — The Tampa City Council is expected to vote Thursday on a city-wide curfew for teens 15 years old and younger. The curfew would be set at 11 p.m. on weeknights, and midnight on weekends. Opinions of a teen curfew have been torn since it was proposed last year, with some supporting it […]
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Austin City Council approves contracts to run 2 shelters | #citycouncil
AUSTIN, Texas — During its regularly-scheduled meeting Thursday, Austin City Council unanimously approved two multimillion dollar contracts for two area nonprofits to run the city’s Northbridge and Southbridge shelters, which help to house people residing in encampments. What You Need To Know During its regularly scheduled meeting Thursday, Austin City Council unanimously approved two multimillion […]
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Hiring of Art Acevedo sparks controversy among City Council | #citycouncil
AUSTIN, Texas — After it was announced that former Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo would be returning to city leadership, some Austin City Council members took to social media to react to the news. What You Need To Know According to Interim City Manager Jesús Garza, Art Acevedo will work as an interim assistant city […]
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Republican Attorney Bryan Brinyark Wins Vacant Alabama House Seat | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Republican Bryan Brinyark cruised to victory in Tuesday’s general election to fill District 16’s vacant seat and represent parts of West Alabama in the state House of Representatives. The position was left empty when incumbent Kyle South stepped down from his elected office to become the next President and CEO of the Chamber of Commerce […]
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New year brings change to Yakima City Council | News | #citycouncil
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Albany Co. Dem. chair on early mayoral primary announcement
We are talking about the impact of local elections across upstate New York, ahead of the 2024 presidential election cycle this weekend on In Focus. JoDee Kenney sat down with Albany County Democratic Committee Chair Jake Crawford, who weighed in on 2023’s results as a potential predictor for the year to come. Looking back to […]
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