Tag: Municipal governments
In Minneapolis, a fortified city awaits Chauvin verdict
<p>MINNEAPOLIS — Just outside the entrance to Smile Orthodontics, in a Minneapolis neighborhood of craft breweries and trendy shops, two soldiers in jungle camouflage...
Nashville civil rights veterans see hope for future
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — On April 20, 1960, the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., stood at a podium at Fisk University and said he had...
‘No place for you’: Indian hospitals buckle amid virus surge
<p>NEW DELHI — Seema Gandotra, sick with the coronavirus, gasped for breath in an ambulance for 10 hours, as it tried unsuccessfully at six...
Memphis council plans vote on ordinance tied to oil pipeline
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — City council members in Memphis, Tennessee, were scheduled to vote Tuesday on a law that could make it more difficult for...
Nashville civil rights veterans see hope for future
<p>NASHVILLE, Tenn. — On April 20, 1960, the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., stood at a podium at Fisk University and said he had...
New St. Louis mayor pledges to fight all discrimination
ST. LOUIS — Tishaura Jones has called systemic racism the biggest obstacle to progress in St. Louis, and the city’s new mayor used her...
Memphis council plans vote on ordinance tied to oil pipeline
<p>MEMPHIS, Tenn. — City council members in Memphis, Tennessee, were scheduled to vote Tuesday on a law that could make it more difficult for...
Judge orders LA to offer shelter for homeless on Skid Row
LOS ANGELES — A federal judge overseeing a sweeping lawsuit about homelessness in Los Angeles on Tuesday ordered the city and county to find...
New St. Louis mayor pledges to fight all discrimination
<p>ST. LOUIS — Tishaura Jones has called systemic racism the biggest obstacle to progress in St. Louis, and the city’s new mayor used her...
Judge orders LA to offer shelter for homeless on Skid Row
<p>LOS ANGELES — A federal judge overseeing a sweeping lawsuit about homelessness in Los Angeles on Tuesday ordered the city and county to find...