CLEVELAND, Ohio – Cleveland City Council President Kevin Kelley said City Council will make no attempts to remove Ken Johnson from office because of subpoenas issued by federal authorities investigating the longtime councilman. In an interview with cleveland.com and The Plain Dealer, Kelley said City Council’s rules allow for the […]
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When Chris Norman started an online petition to rename the street where Botham Jean lived and died, the Dallas native wanted people to remember Jean in a way that was impossible to ignore. “I wanted the city and all police officers to see his name on a daily basis and […]
The Jersey City Council will decide Wednesday whether or not to give a controversial 17-story high-rise in Bergen-Lafayette the green light. Plans for Morris Canal Manor, a 361-unit development at 417 Communipaw Ave., have divided residents of Bergen-Lafayette. Some have hailed the project’s community givebacks, which include the construction of […]
The San Diego Planning Commission voted unanimously Dec. 3 to forward a proposed short-term vacation rental ordinance to the City Council for review and recommended adoption with some revisions, including loosening the limit on whole-house rental licenses to 1 percent of the city’s available housing stock. The effect of the […]
CAPITAL TIMES ARCHIVES Logan Wroge | Wisconsin State Journal The Madison City Council banned late Tuesday city agencies, including the Madison Police Department, from using facial recognition technology and also pushed back a decision on Edgewood High School’s latest effort to install lights at its athletics field. On a 17-2 […]
A new program is helping Fountain youth take an active role in their community and local government. Councilwoman Detra Duncan worked with City Manager Scott Trainor to develop the Fountain Youth Council, a program Duncan says will allow local teens to learn about and get involved in municipal government, gain […]
A new program is helping Fountain youth take an active role in their community and local government. Councilwoman Detra Duncan worked with City Manager Scott Trainor to develop the Fountain Youth Council, a program Duncan says will allow local teens to learn about and get involved in municipal government, gain […]
Chicagoans who have flooded Amazon and other online retailers with orders during the pandemic to avoid in-person shopping trips would pay for the privilege of that convenience under a “ground delivery tax” proposed Monday. Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson (11th), grandson and nephew of Chicago’s two longest-serving mayors, wants to impose […]
The Iberia Parish Council voted to refund and reissue two of the parish’s bonds Wednesday night in order to help relieve some of the demands on its general fund budget. Over the last five years, the council has had to make cuts and pull back on services and other expenditures […]
Members of New Castle County Council are getting calls that mirror comments made on WDEL’s Facebook page every time the county’s ambitious plan to turn the Sheraton hotel on Airport Road into a homeless shelter, using federal CARES Act money, is mentioned. The hotel was purchased at auction for $19.5 […]
DIXON – The Dixon City Council will not be pursuing an emergency declaration following concerns and confusion by residents, but officials are optimistic that the bulk of the community will comply with health guidelines to avoid an exponential surge in cases and deaths. The council had a special meeting Thursday […]
Greenville Council City is considering a staff recommendation to give the company currently managing Bradford Creek Golf Course more money so it won’t end its supervision of the facility in March. The council also will decide whether to authorize a street mural proclaiming Black Lives Do Matter and two other […]
Her intervention came as she announced the number of daily coronavirus cases had increased to 1,433 and fatalities to 50, the highest death total since May 20. She said it was too soon to know whether this was an anomaly or the start of a new surge following a 22 […]
One of the plan’s first priorities is to create a new community park, which will have free programming for children, adults and seniors. Community members are one step closer to seeing a park at Fair Park after Dallas City Council approved the park’s master plan at a meeting Wednesday. The […]
NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) – Officials announced Wednesday that Election Day has been designated as a holiday for the City of Norfolk — just one of a handful of Hampton Roads cities that have recently declared this. Hampton Roads cities declare Nov. 3 a holiday; most — but not all — offices […]
The Ward 2 race for city council pits two candidates against each other who have extensive experience in city operations. We asked them to describe their experience, and what they would do if elected. Here’s what they said: PETE VOLZ, 57, insurance agent Experience & qualifications Past public offices: […]
Momentum rising against Big Oil Ed Potosnak is right (“More NJ cities should follow Hoboken’s lead, sue Big Oil”). ExxonMobil and other Big Oil companies deserve to be held accountable for misleading the public for decades about the climate change damages they knew their products would cause. However, he understated […]
Dozens of public speakers called for the Jersey City Council to vote down its inclusionary zoning ordinance Wednesday night, citing “loopholes” that benefit developers, but the outcry fell on deaf ears. In a 7-2 vote, the City Council adopted an ordinance that will require developers of certain residential projects that […]
The Spokane Valley City Council unanimously voted to enter a licensing agreement with a company that’s linked to multiple Amazon projects to redo a portion of Garland Avenue. Spokane Valley’s license agreement sheds more light on the unnamed company behind plans to build a massive Amazon-like distribution facility in the […]