Neither Cllr Tom Hunt, the leader of the council, nor Cllr Shaffaq Mohammed, the leader of the Liberal Democrats, have to stand this year – but Cllr Douglas Johnson from the Green Party does. Cllr Johnson, the leader of his group, was able to win comfortably in 2021 and now he is aiming to do that again, keeping the City ward a Green ward. He told the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS): “I’m a councillor for City ward, I was elected in 2016 and again in 2021. “I chair the council’s housing...
Political leaders fight for headlines ahead of local elections, leading to rumours of a general election.
Students from 5 high schools were on hand Wednesday.
By Jerrie Whiteley Herald Democrat There are several bond issues on the ballots for the upcoming May election. Grayson College, Whitesboro ISD and Tioga ISD each have school bonds on the ballots. Grayson College Grayson College is asking voters to approve a $456,500,000 bond issue. Information put out by the college show that bond issue will not cause the college to raise its tax rate of 14.5991 cents per $100 valuation to finance this bond issue. What is it for? The college plans to use the...
Left-wing separatist party EH Bildu lead opinion polls closely followed by
LONDON (AP) — Millions of voters in England and Wales will cast their ballots on Thursday in an array of local elections that will be the last big test before a U.K. general election that all indic
London’s businesses have given their backing to Labour, according to polling data shared with City A.M., as the party holds a 15-point lead heading into the mayoral election this Thursday.
Relentless Chinese Bond Rally Hints at Yuan Challenge Ahead By Charlie Zhu and Helen Sun, Bloomberg Markets Live reporters and strategists Three things we learned last week: 1. China’s bond rally seems unstoppable amid a shortage of quality assets for investments. From government bonds to corporate debentures, traders keep hunting for yields in all maturities. After pushing the yield on 30-year sovereign debt to the lowest since 2005, investors flocked to the notes issued by...
Authorities in Togo have repressed the media and prevented civilians from gathering to protest peacefully, Amnesty International said in a report published Wednesday, ahead of parliamentary elections scheduled to take place at the end of this month. Amnesty International said in its annual report on human rights around the world that two newspapers in Togo were forced to close for several months last year, while a number of journalists were arrested or hit with hefty fines after reporting on...
Ofcom has warned broadcasters using politicians as presenters that “the highest level of due impartiality applies during election periods”
With European parliamentary elections set for June, Russia is ramping up its disinformation and propaganda tactics to sway public opinion against Ukraine and in favor of pro-Russian candidates — with France and Germany prime targets.
In 2024, four billion people — about half the world’s population — in 64 countries including large democracies like the US and India, will head to the polls. Social media companies like Meta, YouTube and TikTok, have promised to protect the integrity of those elections, at least as far as discourse and factual claims being made on their platforms are concerned. Missing from the conversation, however, is closed messaging app WhatsApp, which now rivals public social media platforms in both scope...