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City Council

Roundtree’s replacement on Hendersonville City Council revealed | #citycouncil

The Hendersonville City Council has made its choice for the replacement for Debbie Roundtree, who announced on April 22 she was resigning. Roundtree’s final day as a city council member was May 1, and the follow day at the council’s regular meeting on May 2, members unanimously voted to appoint Melinda Lowrance as Roundtree’s replacement. […]

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Alabama

Advocacy organizations sue state officials over Alabama voting law | #elections | #alabama

A united front of civil, disability and voting rights organizations on Thursday sued Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall, the state’s 42 District Attorneys, and Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen over the signing of SB1 into law. SB1 bans ballot harvesting, the act of collecting individual ballots, by an organization or individual person, and delivering them to […]

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City Council

Reno City Council advancing health equity in Northern Nevada | #citycouncil

Jose Cucalon Calderon, Bayo Curry-Winchell, Diaz Dixon, Nathan Dupree, Norris DuPree, Adrienne Feemster, Nicole Lamboley, Daniel Spogen, Jessica Vann, Travis Walker, Nicole Willis-Grimes, Alex Woodley, Mike Wurm and Kim Youn One of the enduring lessons from the pandemic is that people of color typically suffer worse health outcomes than their counterparts. For instance, people of […]

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