KANSAS CITY, Mo. – In a bid to shore up a Kansas package designed to attract the Kansas City Chiefs or Royals, the Kansas Legislature is likely to include a Port Authority for Wyandotte County in the package, or as a separate piece of legislation. The idea is not new, and its key supporter says […]
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Colombia election authority magistrates call for probe into Petro’s 2022 campaign
By Luis Jaime Acosta and Carlos Vargas BOGOTA (Reuters) -Two out of nine magistrates in Colombia’s National Electoral Council have requested an investigation be opened into Colombian President Gustavo Petro‘s 2022 campaign over alleged spending and financing violations, two sources said on Wednesday. Magistrates Benjamin Ortiz and Alvaro Hernan Prada also requested an investigation into […]
State halts work on expanded arrest authority for Chickaloon tribal officers
May 4—PALMER — Alaska’s top public safety official said Thursday that the state is halting plans to grant special law enforcement powers to Chickaloon tribal police officers. Officials from the Alaska Department of Public Safety in early April told a town hall meeting in Sutton that they were finalizing an agreement with Chickaloon Native Village […]
Camino Real Regional Utility Authority asks people to cut all outdoor water use due to shortage
Members of the Doña Ana County Fire & Rescue Department give residents of parts of Santa Teresa and Sunland Park water at the Sports Complex in Santa Teresa Sunday Dec. 3, 2023. The utility is now urging conservation of water as two wells under maintenance and high water usage have dropped water supplies. (Danielle Prokop […]
China’s rail authority applies to join OTIF
China has applied to become an associate member of the Organisation for International Carriage by Rail (OTIF), the organisation that aims to influence international cooperation on cross-border rail activities. The OTIF said it had been cooperating with China for several years before this step, and after the Chinese National Railway Administration initiated contact in 2016.Associate […]
Israeli attacks kill 27 in Rafah, says Hamas-run health authority
At least 27 Palestinians have been killed in fresh Israeli attacks on the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, the territory’s Hamas-controlled Health Ministry said on Monday. Authorities said 20 people in residential buildings in the border town were killed in various attacks during the night. Seven members of a family in Rafah […]
Mountaintop Area Joint Sanitary Authority addresses concerns raised by residents of Glen Summit
Apr. 27—WILKES-BARRE — The Mountaintop Area Joint Sanitary Authority, through its solicitor, Attorney Donald G. Karpowich, Esq., issued a news release on Saturday regarding concerns raised by residents of Glen Summit. According to the MAJSA news release, the Mountaintop Area Joint Sanitary Authority (MAJSA) is overhauling its entire sewer system to meet the current standards […]
Federal Aviation Administration awards more than $3 million to the Grand Forks Regional Airport Authority
Apr. 25—GRAND FORKS — The Grand Forks Regional Airport Authority will receive $2,918,323 for the reconstruction of 4,206 feet of airport runway. The reconstruction will help maintain the pavement’s structural integrity and minimize foreign object debris, according to a press release from U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration recently […]
Davison County, city of Mitchell discussing new railroad authority for future development
Apr. 18—MITCHELL — Davison County and the city of Mitchell are exploring a new rail authority to facilitate growth around the $550 million High Plains Processing soybean plant. Toby Morris, a senior vice president at Colliers Securities, spoke to the Davison County Commission on Tuesday, April 16 about the process of creating a new railroad […]
Gov. Mike DeWine lacked authority to remove teachers’ pension board member
In the latest turn in the battle to control the state teachers pension board, an appeals court ruled that Gov. Mike DeWine lacked the authority to remove his appointee and substitute another. The 10th District Court of Appeals decision means that Wade Steen will return to the State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio board. State […]
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Georgia prosecutors renew challenge of a law they say undermines their authority
Three district attorneys in Georgia have renewed their challenge of a commission created to discipline and remove state prosecutors, arguing it violates the U.S. and Georgia constitutions. Their lawsuits filed Tuesday in Fulton County Superior Court in Atlanta challenge Georgia’s Prosecuting Attorneys Qualifications Commission, a body Republican lawmakers revived this year after originally creating it […]