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Belfast Council offering over £600,000 to transform city streets

City Hall is encouraging the transformation of unused land

Belfast Live

More krathong floated in Bangkok than last year

The number of krathong floated in Bangkok during the festival on Tuesday night was up 42% on last year, City Hall reported on Wednesday.

Bangkok Post

Philadelphia: Voters can still fix issues on mail-in ballots

Election officials say Philadelphia residents who were turned away while trying to reconcile issues with their mail-in ballots can still come to City Hall to file replacement ballots or vote provisionally

The Independent UK

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Fetterman fights back on GOP "attack"

Fetterman, Dems file suit to stop thousands of Pennsylvania ballots being thrown out over a technicality

Salon

Pupils in London to be trained to recognise sexist behaviour

School pupils in London are to be given training on healthy relationships and how to spot sexism and misogyny as part of a City Hall-funded scheme.

Evening Standard

Editorial: Why LA needs independent redistricting

In the wake of recent scandals that have rocked Los Angeles City Hall, the simplest, least controversial reform should be the creation of an independent redistricting commission.

Los Angeles Times

City canal project faces setback

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has cancelled the bidding for the two final phases of a renovation project which were to involve Klong Chong Nonsi public park, citing a lack of competition.

Bangkok Post

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City reiterates BTS Green Line position

City Hall has written to the Interior Ministry, reiterating its position in objecting to the renewal of the concession for the BTS Green Line railway extensions.

Bangkok Post

Belfast Council seeking to bring mysterious “unadopted” bridge into public ownership

Lagan Valley bridge "appears to have no one owning it, and nobody responsible for it"

Belfast Live

CPS faces $600M financial cliff as costs shift to schools with no long-term funding plan in place

Mayor Lori Lightfoot has moved millions in pensions and other costs to CPS before it becomes independent, run by an elected board. Those new payments and longstanding financial challenges could lead to dire choices once federal pandemic relief runs out.

Chicago Sun-Times

Deadly year could imperil Little Rock mayor's reelection bid

Little Rock's first popularly elected Black mayor is in the middle of a tough reelection bid four years after he promised to unite Arkansas' capital

The Independent UK

Loy Krathong flights to North sharply reduced

Air passengers to northern destinations are advised to check their flights as airlines have either cancelled or changed many flight times during the Loy Krathong festival next week

Bangkok Post

A battle over who is the true progressive defines LA congressional race

LOS ANGELES — As the recording of a racist conversation between Los Angeles labor and political leaders plunged the city into a political crisis unlike any other, David Kim and Jimmy Gomez took different paths.

Los Angeles Times

‘People are mad’: Portland votes on government changes

Residents of Portland, Oregon, are voting on a ballot measure that would completely overhaul City Hall amid growing voter frustration over surging homelessness and crime

The Independent UK

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Los Angeles Times

Nicholas Goldberg: Jeering, screaming and upending the LA City Council is arrogant, irresponsible and ineffective

I shouldn’t have to say this, but it is presumptuous and irresponsible to disrupt and obstruct the Los Angeles City Council in an effort to get your way.

Chicago Tribune

US Rep. ‘Chuy’ Garcia takes steps toward run for Chicago mayor

CHICAGO — U.S. Rep. Jesus “Chuy” Garcia took two key steps toward announcing a campaign for Chicago mayor this week, amending his campaign committee to support a City Hall run and filing an economic disclosure statement as he continues weighing a challenge to Mayor Lori Lightfoot.

Los Angeles Times

Why LA's ban on homeless encampments near schools, day care has become heated election issue

LOS ANGELES — Echo Park resident Stan Gale was seriously thinking of moving out of L.A.

Chicago Sun-Times

INVEST South/West has given a boost to Austin, Auburn-Gresham

Three years in, INVEST South/West has secured significant investment commitments, but many people are still asking if the program has had an impact. We can vociferously say it has.

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Evening Standard

Rough sleepers up 21% in London as Mayor warns of ‘revolving door’ of homelessness

Figures obtained by City Hall show that 5,712 people were sleeping rough in London between April and September – a 21 per cent increase on last year

The Independent UK

London ‘sees 24% increase in rough sleepers year-on-year’ as living costs surge

Analysis by City Hall suggests there were 5,712 people on the capital’s streets between April and September.

Los Angeles Times

Caruso spending $53 million on relentless ad war against Bass, a 13-1 advantage

LOS ANGELES — Businessman Rick Caruso will end his campaign for mayor of Los Angeles much as he started it — pounding away with a television advertising campaign that attempts to persuade Angelenos he is the kind of independent problem solver who can overcome entrenched and corrupt interests at City…

Los Angeles Times

LA bribery trial spotlights City Hall corruption in run-up to election

LOS ANGELES — When billionaire Chinese developer Wei Huang burst into the U.S. real estate market 12 years ago, he did it with a bang, buying a downtown L.A. lot where he set out to build a 77-story skyscraper. It was supposed to be the tallest on the West Coast.

Chicago Sun-Times

For Chicago schools parking deal, Board of Ed turned to Lori Lightfoot fundraiser

Carmen A. Rossi’s Chicago Parking Solutions got a two-year contract to park cars at more than a dozen schools even though the school system said another company put in a better bid.

WEKU

Lexington council parks $1 million toward youth sports complex

The discussion about a youth sports complex in Lexington continues at City Hall. This week, the Council approved $1 million dollars toward infrastructure for such a facility.The discussion about a youth sports complex in Lexington continues at City Hall. This week, the Council approved $1 million dollars toward infrastructure for…

Tribune News Service

Laura Kavanagh will become first female commissioner in FDNY's 157-year history

NEW YORK — The FDNY’s acting commissioner is to be appointed to the job permanently on Thursday, City Hall and Fire Department sources told the Daily News.

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