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Dalton City Council expected to vote on property tax rate cut | Local News | #citycouncil

The Dalton City Council is scheduled to vote Tuesday to cut the city’s property tax rate. The council meets at 6 p.m. in City Hall. The meeting is open to the public and will be livestreamed on the city’s YouTube channel. The council members are expected to vote to set the 2023 property tax rate […]

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Mayor

Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway fights back – Isthmus

If you’re not a reader of the Wall Street Journal editorial page, let me clue you into the official conservative line about America: Everything’s going to hell and it’s the Democrats’ fault. Specifically, everything is going to hell in cities because, of course, they’re all run by Democrats. In red states everything outside of these […]

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Mayor

Miami Mayor Francis Suarez apparently won’t be included in first GOP debate – NBC 6 South Florida

Just days after announcing he’d qualified for the first Republican presidential debate, Miami Mayor Francis Suarez apparently will not be participating with the other 2024 GOP contenders. Suarez said Friday that he had qualified for Wednesday’s debate, but party officials disagreed. Senior RNC advisers who spoke on the condition of anonymity to share internal discussions […]

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Arkansas

Little Rock Nine Slam Arkansas’ African American Studies Erasure

LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS – SEPTEMBER 13: Elizabeth Eckford poses for a portrait on September 13, 2007 in front of the main entrance of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. Threading her way though an angry mob as the Arkansas National Guard looked on, Eckford was the first of nine black schoolchildren to make history […]

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Alabama

Republicans Continue to Push Unpopular Abortion Agenda | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Political analysts haven’t had a difficult time interpreting the string of high-profile defeats that Republicans have experienced on abortion since the Supreme Court jettisoned Roe v Wade last year. As journalist Ronald Brownstein notes, the Ohio GOP’s attempt this month to short-circuit the statewide referendum process – a political bank shot intended to undermine an […]

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Alabama

Falls and a Freeze-Up: Mitch McConnell’s Health Scares Prompt Succession Chatter | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

“Maybe he’s slowed down a half step over the last couple years, but I don’t see any gross changes,” Senator Marshall told Vanity Fair. McConnell “just had a bad day” at the lectern on Wednesday, said Senator Tommy Tuberville, an Alabama Republican, adding, “I’ve had a lot of bad days myself,” with a laugh. Tuberville […]

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Alabama

Alabama Voters Prep for Another Map Fight After Republicans Flout SCOTUS Ruling | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Voters in Alabama are preparing for another legal battle after the state’s GOP-dominated Legislature and Republican Gov. Kay Ivey on Friday approved new congressional districts that critics say defy a surprising recent decision from the U.S. Supreme Court. The latest map “is really a slap in the face, not only to Black Alabamians but to […]

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Alabama

Alabama GOP Defies SCOTUS, Refuses to Create 2nd Majority-Black District | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Ignoring a recent Supreme Court ruling, Republicans in the Alabama legislature have passed a new congressional map with only a single majority Black district. The decision comes after the Supreme Court upheld a lower court’s order to redraw the state’s previous congressional map, which the court deemed an illegal gerrymander, to contain at least two […]

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City Council

Dalton City Council to look at rolling back alcohol serving hours | Local News | #citycouncil

The Dalton Police Department has seen an uptick in the number of calls related to the city’s bars, said City Administrator Andrew Parker. “It’s usually after midnight,” Parker told members of the Dalton City Council on Thursday during a meeting of the city Finance Committee. The Finance Committee is composed of members of the City […]

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Arkansas

The future of the Republican Party in Arkansas

John Clark Davis, associate professor of political science at the University of Arkansas, talked about the history and future of the Republican Party in Arkansas. Watch the interview in the video player above.40/29 On the Record airs at 10:30 a.m. on 40/29. FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — John Clark Davis, associate professor of political science at the […]

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