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Asheville mayor traveling to DC to lobby for homelessness solutions

ASHEVILLE – Mayor Esther Manheimer will travel to Washington, D.C. April 28 with a group of nearly 50 mayors to lobby for federal solutions to address homelessness. The bipartisan group is led by the U.S. Conference of Mayors President Reno Mayor Hillary Schieve, and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, Chair of USCM’s Task Force on […]

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Stockton Mayor Kevin Lincoln delivers 2024 State of the City address

During his State of the City addresses in 2022 and 2023, Mayor Kevin Lincoln vowed that “Stockton will become the best city in America to live, raise a family, and grow a business.” With eight months to go until his four-year term as mayor is over and a new mayor takes his place, Lincoln believes […]

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Salem Mayor Chris Hoy talks homeless crisis, budget deficit

Homelessness, housing and the city’s projected budget deficit headlined Salem Mayor Chris Hoy’s second annual State of the City address Wednesday. Hoy also pointed to the launch of commercial passenger air service at the Salem Airport, new commercial, industrial and housing developments throughout the city, and investments in downtown such as the Cannery development, Holman […]

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How is the Rochester mayor doing? This is what we heard.

“We’re still getting caught up,” Devon Reynolds said as he walked into the Dewey Avenue storefront, the room toasty from a space heater murmuring near the doorway. Two weeks after Thanksgiving, the shelves at Sweet Ida Mae’s Food Pantry were left with slim offerings. In the last few weeks, Reynolds had fed hundreds of people. […]

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Jackson MS mayor defends tiny home village plan for homeless

A new city-project aimed at shrinking Jackson’s homeless population has caused controversy among residents of West Jackson and members of the Jackson City Council. Sitting in his third floor office at Jackson’s City Hall Thursday afternoon, Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba spoke candidly with the Clarion Ledger in an exclusive interview defending the project called “Safe […]

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Petersburg mayor, pastors at odds over city’s homeless

PETERSBURG – A city minister says Petersburg’s mayor “owes an apology” to Petersburg’s pastors after criticizing the faith community for what he said was rebuffing Petersburg’s efforts to address needs of its homeless and unsheltered populations. During a work session Tuesday night, Mayor Sam Parham claimed Petersburg officials had reached out several times in the […]

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Bloomington mayor joins city workers clearing homeless camp

City sanitation crews, police resource officers, social workers, medical outreach specialists and the mayor all pitched in to clear a near-westside homeless camp Thursday. On her fourth day as mayor of Bloomington, Kerry Thomson put on jeans, hiking boots and work gloves and went to a homeless encampment at the intersection of Patterson Drive and […]

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Candlewood hotel density bonus program on Austin City Council agenda | #citycouncil

Back after the November holiday break, the Austin City Council will meet Thursday and take up nearly 120 items, ranging from taking the first steps on a new density bonus program to increasing funding for the renovations of two city-owned hotels slated to be housing units for the homeless. Here’s what we’re watching this week. […]