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Bingen City Council talks water system, housing code update | News | #citycouncil

BINGEN — On July 5, the Bingen City Council convened to discuss housing, fire updates and the city’s water system plan. Among topics debated were proposed changes to Accessory Dwelling Units and short-term housing codes in city limits. The city council wants to update their housing code to better protect and diversify local housing. Bingen […]

City Council

City council’s approval of NAH proposal deemed ‘short-sighted’ | #citycouncil

It is difficult to understand how our members of city council could approve the NAH proposal. This seems short-sighted and narrow-minded. This billion dollar project does not come even close to meeting the city’s plan for carbon neutrality by 2030. Token mentions of some solar panels, a few charging stations for EVs and no LEED […]

City Council

City council called on to put funds toward bike safety | #citycouncil

Gift this article Share this article paywall-free. An open letter to the mayor, vice mayor and Council: Thank you for your unanimous direction to city staff to prioritize funding for a few basic bike projects, namely: the (complete) construction of the Butler Pilot elevation, and the construction of two (dangerous) protected intersections — (Butler/Beaver and […]

Alabama

Republican secretary of state’s first act in office: withdrawing Alabama from voter-registration organization | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Wes Allen speaks at his inauguration ceremony on the steps of the Alabama state capitol in Montgomery. AP MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama’s new secretary of state has announced the state’s withdrawal from a 32-state voter-registration partnership, a data-sharing effort that was designed to maintain accurate voter rolls but has sometimes become the target of […]

Arkansas

Arkansas lawmaker wants to ban TikTok on state-owned devices | Arkansas

(The Center Square) – Arkansas Sen. Gary Stubblefield, R-Branch, has filed a bill to ban the social media app TikTok from state-owned social media devices. Members of both political parties have scrutinized TikTok for its possible ties to the Chinese Communist Party. “Christopher Wray, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, has warned that the data collection […]

Alabama

Meet the 10 biggest megadonors for the 2022 midterm elections | #elections | #alabama

With four weeks until Election Day, congressional candidates are on track to break midterm fundraising records, having raised nearly $2.5 billion so far this cycle. That’s already 70% more than what was raised during the 2014 cycle and just $200 million shy of the total raised during the full 2018 cycle. This cycle has also […]

City Council

Joplin council to hear plan to renovate City Hall’s first floor | Local News | #citycouncil

A $300,000 plan to renovate parts of City Hall’s first floor as offices for the city’s neighborhood improvement division and public safety team will be outlined at Monday night’s City Council meeting. A cost breakdown in city documents regarding the proposal lists the need to add or upgrade security cameras to the spaces, install computer wiring […]

Mayor

Former Iowa mayor, city clerk in Story County charged with fraud

Two former city officials are facing charges in Story County after law enforcement says the pair committed fraud. According to the Sheriff’s Office, former McCallsburg Mayor Chris Erickson and former City Clerk Jennifer Heithoff are charged with felonious misconduct in office, a class D felony; fraudulent practice, a class D felony; and tampering with records, […]