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City Council

City council approves construction for new CSI building in Huntsville | News | #citycouncil

Thursday night, the Huntsville City council approved construction for a new 14,000-square-foot Crime Scene Investigation building. The building will have labs, office space, areas for processing evidence, and vehicle processing bays. Huntsville Police says the new facility will allow them to meet legal storage requirements and provide more room to work on multiple cases at […]

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California

New California rule aims to limit health care cost increases to 3% annually – NBC 7 San Diego

Doctors, hospitals and health insurance companies in California will be limited to annual price increases of 3% starting in 2029 under a new rule state regulators approved Wednesday in the latest attempt to corral the ever-increasing costs of medical care in the United States. The money Californians spent on health care went up about 5.4% […]

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Mayor

Mayor Karen Bass focuses on need for housing solutions at UCLA Luskin Summit

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass joined scholars, civic leaders and the philanthropic community last week at the sixth annual UCLA Luskin Summit to discuss housing and other policy issues. Bass, the featured speaker, declared homelessness a state of emergency on her first day as mayor in December 2022. She told the hundreds of people in […]

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Mayor

Mayor’s brand empowering women of color experiencing cracks

For the mayor, one week you can be in and the next you can be out. In the last week, two top officials — the city’s attorney, Judge Sylvia Hinds-Radix, and the city’s interim chair of the Civilian Complaint Review board, Arva Rice — have unexpectedly been shown the door. What You Need To Know […]

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City Council

SV City Council advances Surface Water Master Plan for public comment, approve commission appointment | Sierra Vista | #citycouncil

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California

Texas Attracted California Techies. Now It’s Losing Many of Them.

Back in the halcyon days of 2020, a year we all remember fondly, a new flash point opened in the enduring war between Texas and California. Technologists started picking up sticks in Taxifornia and moving to the Lone Star State in greater numbers. The enemy’s chief newspaper, the Los Angeles Times, worried that Silicon Valley’s […]

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City Council

Agenda set for Chillicothe City Council with four ordinances on tap | #citycouncil

Share To Your Social Network The Chillicothe City Council will consider four ordinances on April 29. The meeting will take place at Chillicothe City Hall at 5:30 p.m. One ordinance proposes to accept the lowest and most responsible bid for three years of HVAC maintenance. Another aims to approve a lease agreement with Grand River […]

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City Council

Lexington City Council hears health department updates, approves occupation tax for hotel project | #citycouncil

During Tuesday’s Lexington City Council meeting, a diverse array of topics ranging from public health updates to economic development initiatives were on the agenda. Haleigh Eschliman, representing Two Rivers Public Health Department, took the floor to provide a thorough update on the organization’s activities during the public comments section of the meeting. Eschliman shared informative […]

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California

Allstate could resume issuing new California home insurance policies

SANTA ROSA, Calif. — Allstate, one of California’s biggest home insurers, could resume writing new homeowner policies if the department of insurance approves rule changes. The company stopped writing new homeowner policies in late 2022 because of wildfire risk and the cost of rebuilding homes. Lenny Higgins of Santa Rosa lost his home in Coffey […]

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Arkansas

Jonesboro Senator Tries but Fails to Clip 20% off Arkansas PBS Network’s Appropriation

by Tess Vrbin, Arkansas Advnocate A legislative panel on Thursday narrowly rejected a proposed 20% reduction to Arkansas PBS’ spending authority for fiscal year 2025. Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Jonesboro, has repeatedly been critical of the publicly funded educational television station. He presented the Joint Budget Committee with an amendment to Arkansas PBS’ fiscal 2025 appropriations bill that […]

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