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Lightfoot disputes feds’ environmental racism claims, Sen. Emil Jones III pleads not guilty and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times

Lightfoot to Biden administration on environmental racism claims: See you in court

“If a voluntary resolution can’t be reached, HUD may initiate administrative proceedings or refer this matter to the U.S. Department of Justice for enforcement,” the agency says.

Chicago Sun-Times

Wanted: new transport boss to sort out TfL following Andy Byford’s resignation

THE resignation of Andy Byford as London’s Transport Commissioner is a blow for the Mayor, Sadiq Khan, and a blow for Londoners. Mr Byford was widely respected, and helped negotiate a funding deal with the Government which partly addresses TfL’s shortfall in revenue due to Covid. Given the frosty relationship…

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Bass and Caruso face off in LA mayoral debate

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles mayoral candidates Rick Caruso and Karen Bass tangled for nearly an hour Wednesday night in their first debate ahead of the Nov. 8 election.

Los Angeles Times

Luxury hotel proposal pits celebrities against celebrities in wealthy LA enclave

A proposal to build a luxury hotel in a swanky, wooded enclave of Benedict Canyon has pitted some of L.A.'s biggest deal makers, movie executives and celebrities against each other in a pitched battle over the future of one of L.A.'s most expensive neighborhoods.

Los Angeles Times

Governor proposes Lat Krabang 'floodway'

Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt says he will propose the building of a new "flood highway" at today's meeting of the National Water Resource Committee.

Bangkok Post

'This is not the end': LA advocates say veto doesn't shut door to safe injection sites

LOS ANGELES — In the sweltering heat, activist Soma Snakeoil gripped the microphone and led the crowd outside Los Angeles City Hall in a chant.

Los Angeles Times

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Flood-hit parts of Bangkok to be declared disaster zones

Parts of flood-hit Lat Krabang district in Bangkok will be designated disaster areas to allow quick provision of emergency relief, City Hall announced on Thursday.

Bangkok Post

Flood-hit parts of Bangkok to be declared disaster zones

Parts of flood-hit Lat Krabang district in Bangkok will be designated disaster areas to allow quick provision of emergency relief, City Hall announced on Thursday.

Bangkok Post

Chadchart's first real test

If great power comes with great responsibility, then the large numbers of votes that a politician receives also mean great expectations. This is the case of Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt, who received a record-breaking 1.3 plus million votes at the gubernatorial election in May.

Bangkok Post

'Sink or swim' for new governor

Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt, who has now been in the position for three months, faces some major challenges if he wants to solve flood problems in the capital following four days of extremely heavy rainfall last week.

Bangkok Post

Bangkok warned of more rain Sunday night

City Hall is warning residents in the capital of more rain to come on Sunday night, even as some districts in the northern and eastern parts of Bangkok remained under water from an overnight downpour.

Bangkok Post

City Council exodus is a chance to vote for Chicago’s future

The City Hall exodus needn’t be cause to panic. Chicago has experienced turnover before, and our city survived and emerged even stronger.

Chicago Sun-Times

Time for a flood remedy

Fears of a repetition of the 2011 epic flood will haunt city residents in the coming days as heavy rain leads to massive floods in the northern part of the capital and adjacent areas. While the current conditions do not match 2011's huge proportions, the reaction of City Hall does…

Bangkok Post

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Garcia inches closer to joining crowded race for mayor

In March, the Democratic congressman all but ruled out a mayoral campaign — despite calling Lightfoot more vulnerable than any Chicago mayor in 40 years. Now, he’s pegging the odds that he will run at 50-50.

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Bruce Springsteen tribute band to rock the same Newcastle stage he did 41 years ago

The band promise that the gig is ‘a night made for every Springsteen fan’ as they relive the Born To Run singer's epic 1981 concert

The Guardian - UK

No clear winners after Winsor report on Cressida Dick’s exit

Former Met chief given support by findings, but London mayor Sadiq Khan’s move against her remains popular

Chicago Sun-Times

Advocates pitch new plan for Near South CPS high school without breaking housing promises

The proposal pulls together a few separate ideas that have been floated in recent months in an attempt to alter Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s plan for a new $120 million school on former public housing land.

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Evening Standard

Mayor welcomes new fire boats on the Thames as part of £40m Brigade transformation

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan has welcomed London Fire Brigade’s new fire boats to the Thames as part of a £40 million investment made by City Hall to expand the Brigade’s fleet of equipment and vehicles.The Mayor has committed to modernising and transforming the Brigade’s rescue resources, so they…

Evening Standard

TfL secures bailout, everyone is unhappy

The UK government is no stranger to unequal treaties. The most infamous of all was the Treaty of Nanjing, which ended the First Opium War (1839-1842) between Great Britain and the Qing dynasty.

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan and Grant Shapps at war over TfL deal to save Tube

London Mayor and Transport Secretary clash over ‘malicious’ terms of massive bailout

Los Angeles Times

David Wharton: How a group of rogue skaters got L.A. City Hall on their side

LOS ANGELES — No one wanted to claim responsibility for the old parking lot. A small patch of rutted pavement, dank and filthy, it sat forgotten beneath a freeway overpass near the San Pedro docks.

Bangkok Post

Make BRT system work

After 12 years of continuous service, Bangkok's Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) -- a 15-km feeder bus route linking Sathon and Ratchaphruek roads -- should have been more popular, the way similar systems in Bogota and Guangzhou have been embraced by those cities' residents.

Evening Standard

TfL bailout: Urgent board meeting called for midday today over Government funding deal

Transport for London’s board called the meeting following weeks of intense negotiations over a bailout

Los Angeles Times

Inside a 'tale of greed' in San Francisco: Bribery scandal leads to 7-year prison sentence

Federal prosecutors called it "a tale of greed as old as time" — a powerful San Francisco official at the heart of a web of kickbacks, bribery and fraud that stretched across more than a decade.

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