Mickey Dollens said he tried to warn people. The state representative who spent the 2024 legislative session fighting to protect Oklahoma’s initiative and referendum process said new laws passed this year will make it more difficult to get future state questions in front of the voters. Dollens, an Oklahoma City Democrat, said House Bill 1105 […]
ST. LOUIS – The City of St. Louis has recently been added to a violent crime initiative, joining two other newly added cities struggling with persistent crime. Under the project, the U.S. Attorney’s Office will get more prosecutors to handle violent crime. Sayler Fleming says the Department of Justice initiative will make a big difference. […]
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson vetoed funding Friday for a school safety initiative that would have used video surveillance software to detect guns, becoming the second governor in as many months to balk at implementing the technology. The Republican governor’s rejection of the proposed $2.5 million grant program for public schools […]
ADRIAN — At the core of several educational initiatives in place at Adrian Public Schools is making sure when students graduate from the district, they take away more than simply a diploma or a piece of paper. It is the hope of Adrian’s district leadership that students graduating from APS are ready to enter the […]
Jun. 20—With the City Council poised to vote on spending as much as $200,000 to hire an outside consultant to do an independent review of the policies and culture of the Decatur Police Department, a suggestion was made at this week’s council meeting that it instead take advantage of a review offered at no cost […]
As the “first” regenerative cotton standard centred on the needs of small farmers, the RCS provides practical approaches to boost climate resilience and environmental sustainability. The RCS claims to offer advantages for both farmers and textile companies. In addition to supporting farmers with climate-smart agricultural methods, it provides companies with a traceable source of regenerative […]
The National Monument to Freedom serves as the focus of a private dedication for the Equal Justice Initiative on June 19, 2024. (Ralph Chapoco/Alabama Reflector) People who visit the Freedom Monument Sculpture Park in Montgomery will not only face the brutality of slavery and the hardship it caused. They will also encounter the grace and […]
PETOSKEY — North Central Michigan College is set to begin the first phase of its Career and Technical Education Enhancement (CATEE) project next week on its Petoskey campus. The CATEE $20 million initiative is designed to redefine health care, manufacturing and skilled trades education at the college. Work will begin on June 17 at the […]
Orange County commissioners will now have sufficient time to submit their rural boundary initiative to the Supervisor of Elections’ Office and place it on the Nov. 5 ballot. ▶ WATCH CHANNEL 9 EYEWITNESS NEWS Supervisor Glen Gilzean announced Thursday evening he set the deadline for commissioners to submit ballot language for August 27. Gilzean says […]
Jun. 12—As New Mexico grapples with being among the worst in the nation for vehicle fatalities and No. 1 for pedestrian deaths, the state Department of Transportation is rolling out a new initiative to stop the carnage on the state’s roadways. Dubbed Target Zero New Mexico, the “transformative initiative” seeks to coordinate all of the […]
A highly anticipated California initiative that would make changes to Proposition 47 became eligible this week to appear on state ballots in November. The Secretary of State’s Office announced on Tuesday the Homelessness, Drug Addiction, and Theft Reduction Act had enough valid signatures to go before voters during the general election. The measure needed at […]
Jun. 7—OLYMPIA — According to a Wednesday statement from the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, some provisions of Initiative 2081, establishing the Parents’ Bill of Rights in Washington, conflict with current law — particularly around students’ right to privacy in school. The Washington legislature passed the initiative in early March, and many of the […]