Tag: ability

City Council votes to limit mayor’s ability to cancel ShotSpotter contract

CHICAGO — The City Council on Wednesday passed an ordinance giving leaders more control over the ShotSpotter contract that Mayor Brandon Johnson is intent on ending. In a stunning rebuke, the council voted 34-14 to limit Johnson’s ability to cancel the city agreement with the SoundThinking, the company behind the technology, and give police an […]

Business lobby appeals to block DNR’s ability to permit factory farms in Wisconsin

MADISON – The state’s largest business lobby is appealing a decision made that upheld the Department of Natural Resources’ ability regulate factory farms. Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce said in a release Friday that concentrated animal feed operations, or CAFOs, “have helped usher in an era of modern farming that can reduce negative environmental impacts while […]