Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoes major public education funding increase • Alaska Beacon | #alaska | #politics
Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy, following through on an ultimatum, vetoed a bipartisan education funding increase Thursday after members of the House and Senate failed to advance education items the governor supported. Public school districts across the state had sought a significant increase to the state’s per-student funding formula, and hailed the passage of Senate Bill […]
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Anchorage Democrat alleges governor threatened Republicans before veto vote, prompting denials • Alaska Beacon | #alaska | #politics
Two days after the Alaska Legislature failed to override Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s veto of a wide-ranging education bill, the effects of that failure continued to reverberate across the state. In a newsletter published late Tuesday, Rep. Zack Fields, D-Anchorage, said the governor “threatened to campaign and spend $70,000 per race against any Republicans who voted […]
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Persily: No Alaska governor has ever so boldly held schools and students as political hostages | #alaska | #politics
(Photo Courtesy Office of Gov. Mike Dunleavy/Flickr) Gov. Mike Dunleavy sank to a new low last week when he vetoed a bipartisan, long-needed comprehensive education funding package that had passed the House and Senate by a combined 56-3 vote. Yet he reached for new heights in explaining his low decision to deny school districts their first meaningful […]
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City council votes against healthcare benefits for former members | #citycouncil
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) – The Memphis City Council shot down an initiative that would give former city council members healthcare benefits paid for in part by Memphis taxpayers. The vote was nearly unanimous, with just Edmund Ford, Sr. abstaining. The city’s chief human resources director said the proposal would have cost former council members about […]
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Easthampton crisis pregnancy center ordinance dies at City Council meeting | #citycouncil
EASTHAMPTON — After months of revision and debate, the City Council officially struck down an ordinance around reproductive and gender-affirming care at its meeting Wednesday when supporters could not muster enough votes to override a mayoral veto. The meeting followed Mayor Nicole LaChapelle’s veto of the ordinance after it had passed by City Council on […]
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Mayor lets malicious harms ordinance go into effect without signature | Local News
The malicious crimes ordinance that brought hundreds of people to Gillette City Council meetings in May and June quietly went into effect last week. It did so without the mayor’s stamp of approval, which is a rare occurrence. Mayor Shay Lundvall let the ordinance go into effect without signing it. Lundvall said that while a […]
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Rochester Mayor Vetoes Funding For Opening School Gyms to Public
Rochester, MN (KROC-AM News) – Rochester Mayor Kim Norton today exercised her veto power to strike down a recent decision by the Rochester City Council. The Council, on a 5-1 vote with one member absent, approved a Counsel Initiated Action brought forward by 5th Ward Councilmember Shaun Palmer. It authorized the use of $50,000 from […]
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GOP takes first step to override abortion veto | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
North Carolina GOP takes first step to override veto of 12-week abortion limit Updated: 7:03 PM EDT May 16, 2023 North Carolina’s Republican-controlled Senate voted Tuesday to override the Democratic governor’s veto of a bill banning most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy in the first of two steps necessary to enact the policy over […]
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City Council votes to extend City Manager’s contract | #citycouncil
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) – Today the City Council approved to override the veto and authorized to extend the City Manager Tommy Gonzalez’s contract for five years, until 2029. “I am humbled by the council’s confidence in the leadership team we have developed within our organization. I remain committed to the City of El Paso, […]
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City Council revisits Mayor’s City Manager Contract veto | #citycouncil
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) – A special meeting will be held by City Council Monday to revisit city manager, Tommy Gonzalez’s contract. The special session comes after mayor Oscar Lesser issued veto city councils’ decision last month to extend his existing contract. This is the second time mayor Leeser has issued a veto over the […]
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