By Alexandra Valencia QUITO (Reuters) – Latin American governments, including regional heavyweight Brazil, rallied around Mexico on Saturday after its embassy in Ecuador was raided to arrest on graft charges a controversial politician who had been granted asylum by Mexican authorities. The late Friday night seizure of Jorge Glas, Ecuador’s former vice president, triggered a […]
Apr. 4—ANDERSON — The policy board for the Madison County Council of Governments has approved a letter of support for the Stellar Communities grant program. Jerry Bridges, executive director of the Council of Governments, said the intent of the program being administered by the state is to create partnerships to solve common problems. County Engineer […]
Florida cities and counties once again may pass new fertilizer ordinances and strengthen existing ones, including summer rainy season bans, since the Legislature did not extend a one-year moratorium on such home rule. Lawmakers took no action on the moratorium during the 2024 January-March legislation session, after enacting the controversial moratorium in what critics called […]
ALONG RIVER RWIZI, Uganda (AP) — Along a stretch of bush by a muddy river, laborers dug and slashed in search of bamboo plants buried under dense grass. Here and there a few plants had sprouted tall, but most of the bamboo seedlings planted more than a year ago never grew. Now, environment protection officers […]
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Canada’s federal government and the provincial Manitoba government agreed Friday to spend tens of millions to help search a landfill for the remains of two slain Indigenous women. A sum of $20 million Canadian (US$14.7 million) from each government is to go toward a search of the privately owned Prairie Green […]
Cabinet Alberto Pinto is the design firm behind the interior of one of the world’s largest private jets. Owned by a Middle Eastern businessman, this BBJ 747-8i likely costs hundreds of millions of dollars. Designing and implementing the interior of the ultra-luxurious Boeing jet took the firm four years to finish. The 747-8i Boeing Business […]
There is no evidence for former President Donald Trump’s repeated claims that “the Congo” has emptied prisons to allow violent criminals to come to the US border as migrants – and the governments of both the Democratic Republic of Congo and the neighboring Republic of Congo say Trump’s assertions are entirely false. “Everything he is […]
BRATISLAVA (Reuters) – Thousands of people took to the streets of Slovakia’s capital Bratislava on Tuesday to show support for Ukraine and protest against the Slovak government, which critics say has veered too close to Russia. Prime Minister Robert Fico‘s government has raised alarm among critics since taking power last October with its strong criticism […]
For the second year in a row, Coldwater and Quincy received increased marijuana excise tax revenues from the $87 million distributed among the 269 municipalities that allow these businesses, the Michigan Department of Treasury said Thursday. Branch County received $827,208 from the 14 retail licenses in the county. The county anticipated only $450,000, according to […]
House Republicans on Monday passed a bill to block local governments from reappointing legislators expelled for “disorderly behavior” by the Tennessee General Assembly, even after a legislative attorney last week advised lawmakers the effort is likely unconstitutional. Rep. Johnny Garrett, R-Goodlettsville, filed House Bill 2716, to prevent state lawmakers from being tapped to fill their own […]
Supporters and opponents of short-term rentals have fiercely debated how they should be regulated in Hampton Roads, but legislation advancing in the General Assembly may soon limit local governments’ power over the growing industry. SB 544, introduced by Sen. Lamont Bagby, D-Richmond, would prevent localities from implementing certain new short-term rental requirements. However, it would […]
The Polish government, including Prime Minister Donald Tusk, should come to the border with Ukraine to meet its Ukrainian counterparts and solve the ongoing blockade led by Polish farmers, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a video message on Feb. 21. Polish farmers launched a new wave of protests on the border in early February in […]