T.C. Broadnax, the exiting city manager of Dallas, was recommended to be Austin’s next city manager by a subcommittee of Austin City Council members Tuesday evening. Broadnax was one of two finalists for the top position in Austin that oversees the daily operations of the 10th largest city in the country. He has been Dallas’s […]
Simon Harris has indicated a new chair of RTÉ could be appointed in the week ahead. The Minister for Further and Higher Education also described as “sensible” a proposal to put the national broadcaster back under the control of the Comptroller and Auditor General. It comes amid continuing turmoil at RTÉ, including the resignation of […]
CHICAGO (AP) — Former President Donald Trump should be removed from Illinois’ primary ballot, but the decision should be left to the courts, a retired judge recommended Sunday to the state’s election board, arguing that it was clear Trump engaged in insurrection in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. The Illinois State […]
Today, the value proposition of a degree in higher education is under tremendous scrutiny, e.g., the cost of attendance vs. return on investment vs. debt accumulation, uneven career preparation, racial inequalities, and other factors. Yet we recognize that an educated community lends itself to economic stability and global competitiveness, not to mention a healthier environment […]
L.A. Councilmember Nithya Raman announces at City Hall on Feb. 9, 2022, a plan requiring new residential and commercial construction to have zero-emissions by 2030. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times) Nithya Raman was a relative newcomer to Los Angeles city politics when she was elected to the City Council as a progressive in […]
Solomon’s judgement is used as shorthand for a legal compromise that makes neither side happy. In the case of U.S. Rep. Scott Perry and the efforts of York County media outlets to gain access to a search warrant and supporting documents that resulted in the FBI seizing his cell phone in August 2022, U.S. Magistrate […]
Departing Los Angeles Unified school board member Jackie Goldberg leaves big shoes to fill in District 5 — a C-shaped expanse that includes Eagle Rock, East Hollywood, Koreatown, South L.A. and the southeast cities of Huntington Park, Maywood and South Gate. Many of these communities were hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic and continue to […]
George Gascón was elected Los Angeles County district attorney in 2020, a convulsive year in which Americans’ lives were upended by the pandemic and public confidence in the criminal justice system was shaken by the murder of George Floyd. The latter led to a reckoning over racial inequity in arrests, prosecutions and punishment. Voters wanted […]