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City Council

City Council candidates Leech and Walker take a Q&A | #citycouncil

This is part of a series of stories on the candidates running in the May 21 primary election, with question-and-answer articles scheduled to be published each day through the rest of April. Ballots must be mailed to voters by May 1. The elections for Eugene City Council are approaching with ballots due May 21. The […]

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Sandra Doorley traffic stop leads to calls for state inquiry | #citycouncil

Today, all nine members of the Rochester City Council jointly penned a letter addressed to New York State Attorney General Letitia James urging an inquiry into Monroe County District Attorney Sandra Doorley’s actions during a traffic stop by a Webster police officer Monday. Doorley was speeding, going 55 mph in a 35 mph zone, and […]

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Can Portsmouth EDC ‘discover’ $200 a week housing? | #citycouncil

All members of the Portsmouth City Council have a job that adds hundreds of hours of unpaid work. They serve with other citizens on a wide variety of committees in the everyday process of making our community the best it can be. Four years ago, for my most recent term on the Council, I was sent to one of those […]

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Rebber resigns from Bee Cave City Council | #citycouncil

Bee Cave Mayor Kara King, during the City Council meeting on Tuesday, announced the resignation of Council Member Andrew Rebber, effective immediately. He is being replaced by Jon Cobb, who served on the council from 2018-20. Rebber has served on the council since being elected in 2022 and did not give a reason for his […]

Mayor

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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Sioux Falls City Council candidates spending big ahead of runoff | #citycouncil

Richard Thomason and Jordan Deffenbaugh are doubling down on spending as they vie to take the At-Large C seat come Tuesday for the Sioux Falls City Council runoff election. Thomason reported bringing in another $24,900 since April 1 — the most he’s raised in a reporting period since beginning his campaign. That figure includes $10,000 […]

Arkansas

Arkansas bans electronic voter registration signatures

The Arkansas Board of Election Commissioners banned the use of electronic signatures on voter registration forms Tuesday in a controversial emergency rule. Chris Madison, director of the Arkansas Board of Elections, said in an interview Tuesday that the rule was adopted in the interest of efficiency and consistent practice across counties, some of which accepted […]

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Burlington VT mayor on budget deficit jumping due to clerical error

Burlington faces a budget deficit nearly 45% greater than projected by the city on the fiscal 2024 budget, Mayor Emma Mulvaney-Stanek said on Thursday. The deficit now stands at more than $13 million, compared to the $9 million projected in December 2023. Mulvaney-Stanak said she learned about the $3.4 million increase in the deficit when […]

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Juárez Mayor Cruz Perez Cuellar’s home seized in corruption case

A political scandal with counter accusations is burning in Juárez after the mayor’s home was seized in a raid by armed state investigators as part of a public corruption investigation. Mayor Cruz Perez Cuellar, who is currently on hiatus from office while running for reelection, said the seizure of his family’s home was “a media […]

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How much money does Quincy MA Mayor Tom Koch make?

QUINCY − What do the mayors of San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles and Boston all have in common? Quincy Mayor Thomas P. Koch will make more than all of them if city council follows the recommendations of a consulting firm hired by the city. Koch’s current $159,00 salary should increase to as much […]