Tallahassee city commissioners Wednesday unanimously approved three legal settlements that could cost as much as $3.4 million. The Florida Department of Transportation, a resident and a business were seeking relief from the city for damage caused by roadway accidents and sewage spills within the last two years. City Commissioner Jeremy Matlow made a point to […]
Louisiana Public Service Commissioner Craig Greene. (Image source: LPSC) Louisiana Public Service Commissioner Dr. Craig Greene announced Wednesday that he will not seek reelection once he concludes his second term in January. Greene, a moderate Republican in a district that includes Lafayette, Houma and parts of Baton Rouge, is serving his eighth year on what […]
A general view of the meeting of the European Finance Ministers council. Francois Lenoir/European Council/dpa The European Commission has started disciplinary proceedings against France, Italy and five other EU member states for taking up excessive new debt, in breach of EU regulations. Belgium, Hungary, Malta, Poland and Slovakia have also been taken to task by […]
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Monday denied a national energy company’s bid to increase electricity rates around Baltimore to pay for outgoing power plants to remain online. Talen Energy Corp., owner of the Brandon Shores and H.A. Wagner coal- and oil-fired plants in Anne Arundel County, will instead enter settlement discussions with the Office […]
Brian Bingman, a former Oklahoma Secretary of State, won the Republican primary Tuesday for a seat on the state Corporation Commission. Bingman, a 70-year-old originally from Tulsa, won with about 53% of the vote over opponents Russell Ray and Justin Hornback, according to results from the Oklahoma State Election Board. Votes will be certified in […]
For years, a loophole in Texas election regulations has allowed social media users to not have to label political content that they are paid to produce. The state’s elections watchdog, however, effectively closed that loophole Tuesday afternoon when state ethics commissioners unanimously voted to approve a rule to require influencers to disclose paid posts and […]
In a prime example of the political musical chairs sparked by term limits, among those seeking three open County Commission seats is a state representative who is being term-limited out of that office, and who happened to have been a county commissioner decades ago before heading to the Florida House and then the Florida Senate […]
Italy’s right-wing Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni wants to wait for the official nomination from the conservative European People’s Party (EPP) in the European Parliament before deciding on the presidency of the future EU Commission. “The proposal is a matter for the EPP, and when it is complete we will make our assessments,” said Meloni on […]
Jun. 14—The Bernalillo County Commission violated New Mexico’s Open Meetings Act in its process for seeking a new county manager and is being asked to take corrective action by the New Mexico Department of Justice — something the commission plans on doing next week. On Thursday, the DOJ sent a corrective action letter to Commission […]
A bike path that would fill a gap in the 1,200-mile California Coastal Trail and connect two San Luis Obispo beach towns along Highway 1 has been approved. On Thursday, the California Coastal Commission voted 8-2 to approve a coastal development permit that allows the county to take steps to build the trail between Morro […]
Yesterday, a Congressional committee pushed through legislation to investigate the federal government’s centuries-long Indian boarding school policies, bringing the law one step closer to the House floor. The bill — the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act of 2024 —is legislation to investigate, document, and report on the histories of Indian […]
Nearly one year after Eric Greenway was fired from Beaufort County, the string of resignations and assorted departures from the county continues to grow. The county’s Capital Improvements Projects Director is the latest. In a peculiar case of history repeating itself, this is the second time he has resigned during a tumultuous period of county […]