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Ald. James Cappleman to retire from the City Council

Mayor Lori Lightfoot said she is not at all surprised that City Council turnover would follow the two-year pandemic. “I think we’ll see some others who may also say ... ‘It’s time for me to move in a different direction.’”

Chicago Sun-Times

Skepticism lingers at James Sneider Apartments after City Council takes action on cooling/heating rules

“You don’t need the ordinance, you need common sense,” Dr. Demetra Soter said. “This management company knew what to do and didn’t do it.”

Chicago Sun-Times

School police Chief Pete Arredondo resigns from Uvalde City Council

DALLAS — Pete Arredondo will resign from his seat on the Uvalde City Council, he told the Uvalde Leader-News Friday.

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The Uvalde schools police chief resigns from city council

Pete Arredondo stepped down from his position in the City Council just weeks after being sworn in following allegations that he erred in his response to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School.

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Uvalde schools' police chief resigns from City Council

The Uvalde school district’s police chief has stepped down from his position in the City Council just weeks after being sworn in following allegations that he erred in his response to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School that left 19 students and two teachers dead

The Independent UK

With all ballots counted, L.A.’s left makes big gains; Bass is mayoral front-runner

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County officially finalized the list of candidates who will go head to head in the Nov. 8 runoff election, setting the stage for nearly a dozen bruising contests, including the mayoral showdown between U.S. Rep. Karen Bass and real estate developer Rick Caruso.

Los Angeles Times

Bally’s, praised by labor here, faces strike threat in Rhode Island

The winner of the Chicago casino bid, who promised good labor relations here, nearly had to contend with a walkout over the July 4 weekend at its operation outside Providence.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Missouri AG calls abortion legislation from Kansas City, St. Louis ‘plainly illegal’

The day after the Kansas City Council approved legislation that could reimburse city employees who need to travel to have an abortion — and after St. Louis began pursuing similar legislation — Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt called the efforts “plainly illegal.”

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Uvalde parents can't get "any answers"

Uvalde’s mayor said city officials could be prosecuted for releasing details of the investigation

Salon

“Nobody’s giving us any answers”: Uvalde families demand details of shooting investigation at City Council meeting

Uvalde’s mayor said city officials could be prosecuted for releasing details of the investigation. Pete Arredondo, the City Council member and school district police chief, was absent for the second straight meeting.

The Texas Tribune

When do Nottingham schools break up for summer 2022? Holiday dates for Nottinghamshire pupils

It varies between City Council and County Council schools

Nottingham Post

St. Petersburg mayor: ‘Major announcement’ on Tropicana Field coming Wednesday

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Mayor Ken Welch gave himself a June 30 deadline to select a developer to redevelop Tropicana Field, one of the largest land deals in the country.

Tribune News Service

What government intervention at Nottingham City Council could mean for tax payers

There is a lot of uncertainty about what could change going forward

Nottingham Post

Feds sue Sacramento councilman for allegedly threatening to deport employees helping investigators

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The federal government has sued Sacramento City Councilman Sean Loloee, alleging he threatened to deport employees who cooperated with a federal investigation into his grocery stores.

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Nottingham Post

Nottingham City Council say way out of debt 'not unplanned' as high value assets sold across city

It comes as the government said it may step in

Chicago Sun-Times

Beale: Lightfoot’s ‘dictatorship’ over City Council must end

“We need to have a true speaker of the city, where the speaker presides over the City Council and not the mayor. You don’t see the governor presiding over … the General Assembly,” Ald. Anthony Beale said.

Chicago Sun-Times

South Side alderpersons condemn Gresham Aldi closure: ‘You have to do right by all of Chicago’

“If you would rather pay for an empty store and an abandoned store for the next five years than invest in our community, you don’t deserve to be here,” Ald. Stephanie Coleman said. “And quite frankly, we don’t want you here.”

Nottingham Post

Nottingham's City Council leader is still blaming the Conservatives as commissioners are 'sent in'

David Mellen has apologised to the people of Nottingham but says he doesn't feel commissioners are necessary

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Mothers of murder victims join to demand Philadelphia do more to combat gun violence

PHILADELPHIA — As gun violence continues its toll on Philadelphia, mothers who have lost children to bullets have come together to demand that city officials do more to stop the shootings and killings.

The Texas Tribune

Uvalde schools police chief placed on leave amid fierce criticism of school shooting response

The move comes weeks after a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary. Uvalde CISD police Chief Pete Arredondo, one of the first to respond, and state officials have provided differing stories about what happened inside the school.

The Independent UK

May heat wave deaths prompt new cooling rules in Chicago

The Chicago City Council has passed new cooling requirements for residential buildings after three women died in their stifling hot apartments during a brief heat wave last month

Chicago Sun-Times

Lightfoot uses disputed parliamentary maneuver to stave off speed camera defeat

Lacking the votes to prevent the City Council from raising the miles-per-hour threshold for speed camera tickets, mayoral allies delayed the vote for one meeting over strenuous objections from Ald. Anthony Beale (9th).

Chicago Sun-Times

Good Kids Mad City proposes youth-driven approach to stop violent crime

The so-called “Peacebook” ordinance calls for diverting 2% of the Chicago Police Department’s $1.7 billion budget — $34 million — to fund job training and violence prevention programs led by young people in Chicago neighborhoods plagued by gang violence.

The Texas Tribune

Uvalde mayor accuses state of leaking records to make local police look bad

Relatives of the victims and other members of the community also called for the ousting of Pete Arredondo, who is the police chief of the city’s school district and a newly elected council member.

Chicago Sun-Times

Lightfoot suffers embarrassing defeat — at the expense of speeding motorists

The Finance Committee vote was 16 to 15 to raise the 6 mph threshold that has generated an avalanche of tickets and $59 million in additional revenue since Lightfoot lowered the bar in March 2021.

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