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Arkansas

Walmart hometown Bentonville Arkansas gets more expensive

“In the last 10, 15 years, it’s just exploded,” he said. “Every time I go to town now, there’s new construction.” Sue and Gil Curren have seen Bentonville change since moving there from Kansas City in 1971. Melissa Repko | CNBC As Walmart tries to hold off Amazon and keep its title of the nation’s […]

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Mayor Breed Proposes Waiving City Fees for Night Markets, Block Parties, Farmers’ Markets, Other Outdoor Community Events |

Mayor’s Press Office Mayor London N. Breed introduced legislation on April 26 to encourage and expand outdoor community events. The first will waive City fees for certain events, making them less costly to produce. The second will simplify the health permitting for special event food vendors through the creation of an annual permit. Both pieces […]

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Ecuador Election Latest: Mayor Says Gunmen Tried to Kill Him

An Ecuador mayor said he was the victim of an attempted assassination as political violence continued ahead of Sunday’s vote. Francisco Tamariz, mayor of the coastal city of La Libertad, said gunmen — some dressed as policemen — fired 30 shots at his vehicle on Friday evening. Tamariz, his wife and two other people with […]

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East Coast mayors call for more office-to-apartment conversions

Mayors in cities across the U.S. want to loosen rules that can slow the pace of office-to-residential conversions. In some instances, cities have offered generous tax abatements to developers who build new housing. “We have a great opportunity to change the uses in the downtown,” said Washington, DC, Mayor Muriel Bowser at a December 2022 […]

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Toronto Mayor: Olivia Chow Becomes First Person of Color Elected to Top Job

Former federal politician Olivia Chow will be Toronto’s next mayor after earning a narrow victory in Monday’s municipal election. Chow was leading with about 37% of the vote shortly before 9 p.m. Toronto time, according to Canadian Broadcasting Corp., holding off a late surge from former deputy mayor Ana Bailao. A prominent voice in progressive […]

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London Lord Mayor for 2023 Hits Back at Pension Bosses’ Criticism Of Growth Fund

Nicholas Lyons, the Lord Mayor of London and a veteran financier, has hit back against industry criticism of his plan for a £50 billion ($62 billion) fund to boost investment in UK growth companies. The opposition is “from people with a vested interest in trying to prevent modernization of our pension schemes,” Lyons said in […]

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Follow Goldman Sachs Beyond London, Tory Mayor Andy Street Tells City Giants

Shortly after we arrive at Andy Street’s office, he insists on bundling into a taxi. Darkening rain clouds aren’t going to stop the mayor of the West Midlands from showing off his proudest new achievement: luring Goldman Sachs to Birmingham. Minutes later, Street marches across the city’s new financial district and plants himself in front […]

Alaska

Political ad spending is breaking records: Here’s where the money is going in critical Senate races | #alaska | #politics

This story has been updated to reflect the number of TV ads Rep. Val Demings’s campaign is currently running statewide. Outside spending is pouring into the 2022 Senate races, as Democratic control of the chamber hangs in flux. Nearly $450 million in outside spending has been spent on Senate races so far this cycle, according […]

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Political ad spending is breaking records: Here’s where the money’s going in critical Senate races | #alaska | #politics

Outside spending is pouring into the 2022 Senate races, as Democratic control of the chamber hangs in flux. Nearly $450 million in outside spending has been spent on Senate races so far this cycle, according to OpenSecrets, a watchdog group that tracks money in politics. Just over 80% of that sum, or about $360 million, […]