A group of Senegalese civic and religious leaders have proposed holding elections in early June, the first new date offered since the President attempted to push elections back to the end of the year. President Macky Sall, who faces the end of his second, final term in office, said in early February he was postponing […]
SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — More than a month after Scranton Police Detective Kyle Gilmartin was shot twice in the line of duty, local lawmakers have proposed re-allocating nearly $600,000 in federal funding for violence prevention efforts. The City of Scranton is currently working with a consultant to develop a more strategic approach to fight […]
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Democrats are proposing a new congressional map that could shift a few battleground districts in the party’s favor, potentially giving their candidates an advantage in House races that could determine control of Congress. The bill, introduced late Monday, will now work its way through the Democrat-dominated state Legislature, where […]
(Bloomberg) — Indonesia plans to propose a wider budget deficit for next year to fund new policies by the incoming president, which may include Prabowo Subianto’s free lunch program. Most Read from Bloomberg The fiscal gap may rise to 2.45%-2.8% of gross domestic product in 2025, Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati told reporters after a […]
Good morning and welcome to the A.M. Alert! COULD PLASTIC BAGS GO AWAY FOR GOOD? A decade ago, California lawmakers looking to cut down on plastic waste in state landfills (and the water) passed SB 270, barring grocery stores from handing out single-use plastic bags to customers. But the law left one glaring exception: Thicker, […]
RYE BROOK — A 220-room hotel, residences, ballroom/conference space, a wellness spa and medical building are part of a conceptual proposal for the former Doral-Arrowwood resort property. The property has been vacant since 2020’s closing of a hotel-conference center. It used to generate hundreds of thousands of dollars for the village, and structures have since […]
Feb. 11—The bills were supported by the Hawaii Invasive Species Council, Big Island and Oahu Invasive Species Committees, Sierra Club of Hawaii, and Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement, but opposed by the Hawaii Floriculture and Nursery Association. Two bills introduced in the state Legislature seek to stem Hawaii’s growing invasive species problems with more oversight […]
(Bloomberg) — The European Union is poised to propose a modest sanctions package ahead of the two-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that will fall short of some of the bloc’s previous measures. Most Read from Bloomberg The package, which would be the 13th since the invasion, will include proposals to list dozens more […]
This article was originally published in Ohio Capital Journal. The bipartisan sponsors of a new bill to target chronic absenteeism want to model a piece of advice from novelist Jean Shepherd: “In God we trust, all others pay cash.” In a proposed two-year pilot program, Republican state Rep. Bill Seitz and Democratic Rep. Dani Isaacsohn, […]
In an EU summit decision, EU leaders will propose to include the idea of holding annual debates on a planned €50 billion (US$ 1.3 billion) aid package for Ukraine to win Hungary’s support for the allocation. Source: European Pravda; Reuters with reference to the draft summit conclusions Details: In the latest version of the draft […]
Jan. 30—At a regular meeting of the Payne County Commissioners Tuesday, the officials unanimously moved to create a policy proposal that will offer paid mental health days off for detention and correctional workers throughout the county. “The details of who will receive what kind of time and when is still to be decided by the […]
This article was originally published in Virginia Mercury. As federal relief funds dry up, Virginia policymakers are increasingly looking for solutions to residents’ problems in securing affordable child care. Jess Mullins Fullen, a mother of two children in Southwest Virginia, said she and her husband work full-time to pay for their most expensive cost: child […]