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    Chicago Politics Roundup: Kicking the Can In City Hall

    34th Ward Alderman Bill Conway joins the Steve Cochran Show to delve into the efficacy of using community grants to tackle the affordable housing crisis, prioritizing fiscal recovery for the city, and explore the next steps in addressing the migrant crisis. https://omny.fm/shows/steve-cochran-on

  • City Attorney Asks Circuit Judge To Rule On Coonrod Residency

    City Attorney Phil Noblett is asking a judge in Circuit Court to rule on whether City Councilwoman Demetrus Coonrod actually lives in her District 9.

  • Sheffield City Council elections: can The Greens hold Gleadless Valley?

    Gleadless Valley is one of the few wards in Sheffield with three Green councillors. This year, it’s Cllr Alexi Dimond’s turn to try and get re-elected, and it looks like he should be winning comfortably. Cllr Dimond has been perhaps the most known council member of his group on social media posting about a wide range of (local and international) issues. He said: “It has been an immense privilege representing this ward for the past three years. I’m dedicated to continuing the good work serving...

  • Northern California City Relaxes Homeless Rules Amid Federal Lawsuit

    Northern California City Relaxes Homeless Rules Amid Federal Lawsuit Authored by Brian Back via The Epoch Times, The city council of San Rafael in Marin County, California, voted unanimously in a public hearing last week, to approve a more relaxed version of its ordinance dealing with homeless camps and where they are allowed. The ordinance was originally approved by the council in July 2023 to help curb violence, crime, fires, and littering at an encampment dubbed “Camp...

  • 25 States Sue EPA To Block 'Radical Green' Emissions Rules

    Republican state leaders file lawsuit to challenge Biden's vehicle emissions rules

  • California sues beach city over voter ID law backed by majority of residents

    California officials are suing the beachside city of Huntington Beach over a voter ID amendment it passed last month with support from a majority of residents.  The lawsuit, from California Attorney General Rob Bonta and California Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber, challenges Huntington Beach’s voter ID law, Measure A, which amends the city’s charter to allow voter ID requirements by 2026.  In their lawsuit, Bonta and Weber argued that the city’s voter ID law "unlawfully conflicts and is...

  • In the age of cancel culture, shaming can be healthy for online communities – a political scientist explains when and how

    Advertisement Public shaming can help uphold online community norms. bo feng/iStock via Getty Images Jennifer Forestal, Loyola University Chicago “Cancel…

  • Judge to rule if Sir Richard Branson can vote for £650m Virgin Money payout over Nationwide deal

    Branson's stake is valued at £400m but he is also in line for another £250m in exit fees plus income from licensing his Virgin brand to Nationwide for up to six years.

  • Wealthy California city of Dana Point is embroiled in $26million battle over protections for endangered MICE amid claims of political favoritism

    The death of an endangered mouse has pitted the city against a conservation group in a battle where costs and fines have ballooned into the millions. The nonprofit said in 2020 a preserve where the mouse lives should be open for just six hours a week while the city insists on every day from 7 am to sunset. The Pacific pocket mouse is endemic to coastal areas in southern California and was only rediscovered in 1993 after 20 years when it was believed extinct

  • Can Forest City emulate Shenzhen?

    AS the nation grapples with insufficient tax revenue, growing government debt and the inability of government-linked companies to catalyse economic dy

  • Judge Lynch once ruled Madera County

    For The Madera TribuneThis photograph of Spring Valley School in O’Neals was taken in 1894, one year after Victor Adams was hanged from a tree just up the road from the school. His body was left hanging for two days, and youngsters walking to school no doubt contemplated the consequences of breaking the law.Madera County has generally been a law-abiding place. Most of the time, law and order has prevailed. Every once in a while, however, the people have taken things in their own hands by using...

  • Judge Hasn't Ruled on Trump's Graduation Request

    On the first day of his criminal fraud trial in New York, former President Donald Trump requested that the judge not hold court proceedings on May 17 -- the day of his youngest son's high school graduation. The judge did not rule on the request, saying he preferred to wait to see how the trial unfolds.