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Lubbock election results roll in for Prop A, mayor and more

Polls closed at 7 p.m. Saturday’s local municipal and school board elections, featuring a Lubbock mayoral race, a special initiative to decriminalize marijuana in Lubbock, a contested city council seat, and numerous municipal and school board seats in Lubbock communities across the South Plains. The Avalanche-Journal will post updates throughout the evening below. Early voting […]

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Pro-Palestine, Israel supporters want Austin City Council stance on war | #citycouncil

Amid ongoing pro-Palestinian protests at the University of Texas, dozens of people packed the seats of the Austin City Council Chambers on Thursday to call on the council to pass a resolution taking a stance on the Israel-Hamas war. During the public comment portion of the meeting, which gives people time to speak on topics […]

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Arkansas legislature passes two bills to regulate crypto mining

Arkansas lawmakers on Wednesday gave final approval to two bills regulating cryptocurrency mining operations in the state and delivered them to the governor’s office to be signed into law. Both bills are meant address what proponents say are shortcomings in 2023’s Act 851, the Arkansas Data Centers Act, which bars local governments from regulating crypto […]

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Paterson NJ mayor backs Fannia Santana in 1st Ward race

PATERSON — Mayor Andre Sayegh is working hard for the defeat of Michael Jackson, his archenemy on the City Council, in Paterson’s 1st Ward election on May 14. The mayor has accompanied Jackson’s challenger, Fannia Santana, during her door-to-door neighborhood campaigning. He has made contributions to Santana’s election fund. Sayegh’s political allies are backing her […]

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Mayor addresses who can speak before Wichita Falls City Council | #citycouncil

A disagreement about who can and cannot speak before the Wichita Falls City Council has been resolved amicably. Wichita Falls Mayor Tim Short stopped a Burkburnett resident from making a public comment on an agenda item at the April 16 council meeting. David Gray of Burkburnett, who has made comments at prior meetings, had stepped […]

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Will the public get to see them?

The legal battle over whether recordings of Spotswood Mayor Jackie Palmer’s interaction with police during an incident at Borough Hall two years ago should become public boils down to whether a Superior Court judge decides if the public has a right to see them or if they should be destroyed because they were made illegally. […]

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2 choices for mayor in May 11 election

Georgetown, the Sussex County seat and home to about 7,600 people, will choose a mayor Saturday, May 11. Incumbent Mayor Bill West and current Town Council member Angela Townsend have both filed for the position. Residents can cast their vote at Town Hall, at 37 The Circle, between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. Saturday. Delaware […]

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Recall language approved for Hillsdale’s mayor, Ward 1 councilman

HILLSDALE — On Monday, the Hillsdale County Election Commission approved recall language filed by Ted Jansen who is seeking a recall election for Hillsdale Mayor Adam Stockford and Ward 1 Councilman Greg Stuchell. “Either party may challenge the commission’s decision through the circuit court by 5 p.m. on May 9 after which time signatures may […]

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Memphis Mayor Paul Young hosts ‘One Memphis Town Hall’ in Orange Mound

Dozens of Memphis residents filed into the Orange Mound Community Center Tuesday evening to hear from Memphis Mayor Paul Young. This was the first “One Memphis Town Hall” after the first-term mayor announced he would be proposing a 75-cent property tax increase, and the first after the mass shooting at Orange Mound Park.Concerned residents had […]

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Mayor responds after residents cry for help

Tallahassee Mayor John Dailey wants to know how the city is helping residents recently affected by sewage backups – and what city workers are doing to make sure it doesn’t keep happening. “I think there’s been … maybe a half dozen claims regarding sewage backup in houses and I would like to know specifically what […]