Tag: Municipal governments
California eyes shuttered malls, stores for new housing
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California state lawmakers are grappling with a particularly 21st-century problem: What to do with the growing number of shopping malls and...
Massachusetts vaccinations up; Montpelier to lift mask rule
BOSTON — Coronavirus developments around New England:
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Indiana councilman and wife die after South Carolina crash
TERRE HAUT, Ind. — Elected officials in Indiana were mourning a county councilman and his wife who recently died after being struck by a...
Leftist-green candidate elected mayor of Croatia’s capital
ZAGREB, Croatia — The candidate of a leftist-green coalition easily won election Sunday as mayor of Croatia’s capital, Zagreb, preliminary results showed, marking a...
Lightfoot sued for limiting interviews to reporters of color
CHICAGO — A white reporter for a conservative media outlet is suing Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot over her decision to grant interviews at the...
AP source: Biden picks LA mayor, envoy for ambassador posts
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is expected to announce he is nominating former senior State Department official Nicholas Burns to serve as his ambassador...
Taiwan struggles with testing backlog amid largest outbreak
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Facing Taiwan’s largest outbreak of the pandemic and looking for rapid virus test kits, the mayor of the island’s capital did...
Hong Kong legislature moves closer to pass electoral reforms
HONG KONG — Hong Kong’s legislature on Thursday moved closer to amending electoral laws that would drastically reduce the public’s ability to vote and...
Judge orders mediation in transgender rant beer toss case
GALLOWAY, N.J. — A New Jersey judge is turning to community mediation to try to resolve the case of a middle school vice principal...
Unearthing history: Tulsa massacre victims search resumes
OKLAHOMA CITY — As the U.S. marks 100 years since one of its most shameful historical chapters, researchers, including descendants of Black victims of...