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Sturgis mayor announces run for state rep

STURGIS – A seat recently vacated on the Sturgis City Commission will remain so until the November election, commissioners decided, while the city mayor announced he is running for state representative. City commissioner Alan Albarran tendered a resignation letter April 17, effective immediately. Albarran recently purchased a new house outside the second precinct and could […]

Alaska

US denies request from 100 tribes | #alaska | #politics

The U.S. government rejected an emergency request from 100 tribes and communities in Western Alaska for a zero-bycatch limit on salmon, which would have effectively halted the nation’s largest Bering Sea pollock fishery. Bycatch is the unintentional capture of marine life by commercial fishermen. A directive from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Oceanic and […]

City Council

Pueblo City Council approves needle exchange ban on first reading | #citycouncil

Syringe exchange programs have been a hot-button topic in Pueblo politics for over a year, and a newly elected city councilor is pushing to ban them within city limits. An ordinance prohibiting needle exchange and distribution services passed an initial hurdle at the Pueblo City Council meeting Monday evening after Councilor Sarah Martinez unsuccessfully attempted […]

Alaska

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy wants to limit street protests with new bill | #alaska | #politics

Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy’s bill to make street protests without a permit illegal is being called unconstitutional and unnecessary by opponents. The Last Frontier is one of eight states without protest-related laws that restrict free assembly and speech in any form. The bill was proposed in February in response to extended protests ranging from climate […]

Arkansas

Arkansas Gov. Sanders’ administration grilled over $19K podium

Arkansas lawmakers questioned four members of Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ administration Tuesday following a critical audit into the purchase of a custom $19,000 podium for the Republican governor. The audit found the governor’s office potentially broke the law by paying for the podium out of operating expenses, paying for it upfront without first requesting detailed […]

Arkansas

Arkansas Gov. Sanders administration grilled over $19K podium

Arkansas

Why Arkansas lawmakers are considering updates to crypto mining laws

The General Assembly is poised to introduce bills to regulate crypto mining, a rapidly expanding industry in Arkansas that some say is creating problems for many rural communities. Proposed legislation would also amend parts of a 2023 bill that barred local government from regulating it. That bill, Act 851, was passed by wide margins during […]

Mayor

Irvin ‘Butch’ Callery, former mayor and commisioner, dead at 83

Irvin T. “Butch” Callery, who served as mayor for two Northern Kentucky cities, died Sunday. He was 83. His lifetime of public service sprang from an effort to keep his beloved Covington neighborhood, Latonia, safe from pollution. In the late 1970s Callery was worried about how a proposal to build coal docks on the Licking […]

Mayor

Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson inaugurated to second term

As he was sworn in Tuesday to a second term, Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson painted an optimistic picture of the city’s trajectory and pledged to be more involved in ensuring the success of the city’s students. Johnson took his oath of office in the City Hall Rotunda Tuesday before a packed crowd that included some […]

Mayor

In a Northern Kentucky city, scandal dogs 3 mayors in a row

WALTON, Ky. – Four years ago, the mayor of this Northern Kentucky city went viral after he called people “dips—-” on Facebook and encouraged them to stay home at the onset of COVID-19. Now, the outspoken and controversial mayor finds himself at odds with the city council who said he’s “under investigation” by them. He […]