The mayor declared a city emergency on homelessness, granting herself certain powers to address the crisis. Now, some members of the City Council want to reassert their authority and end the emergency declaration.
A report found that the city’s police department only met its response time goal for high-priority calls 46 percent of the time. Fort Worth has the slowest response time goal of Texas’ five largest cities.
More than 300 employees are quarantining due to COVID exposure, stretching the city’s public transit and emergency response staff as they work to keep service schedules normal. The city’s 7-day new case average is 829.
The city native was sworn in on Monday, Jan. 3, 2022, and is Pittsburgh’s 61st mayor. Gainey won voters with his message that former Mayor Peduto hadn’t done enough to balance the city’s growth with inclusivity.
With electronic storage readily available, including blockchain technology, there’s no excuse for keeping valuable property documents on paper.
More than 1 in 5 of those tested for COVID-19 last week in Los Angeles County were positive and each infected person is spreading the virus, on average, to two other people. The county had 21,200 new cases on Sunday.
While the city has become known for its cryptocurrency advancements, other Florida regions, including Broward and Palm Beach counties, are looking for ways to get involved in cryptocurrency.
The county Legislature recently approved plans to create a county-controlled organization to oversee and manage a $20 million, county-sponsored fiber-optic network called ErieNet.
It’s important to provide efficient services and develop sustainable-wage economies, but it’s crucial to bring residents together in a common bond.
We can’t move millions of people back to the center of cities. But we can make our suburbs friendlier to urban values.
Election observers would receive city-provided training and a tour of the election center. Mayor Dave Bronson has criticized the proposals, claiming it would reduce election transparency.
Council member Edward Pollard said road construction that emphasizes cyclists can be detrimental to those driving vehicles. This week Pollard walked back his earlier statement, but only slightly.
With their economies built on mineral extraction, the sister cities envision a future together without coal. A partnership to share resources is underway, but a merger is off the table, at least for now.
A report from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development found that the city had 28 issues, including insufficient oversight, conflicts of interest and inaccurate documentation, in its administration of federal grants.
Millions in Washington state still do not have reliable access to high-speed Internet, making online life nearly inaccessible. Local and tribal governments will soon be able to apply for federal grants to expand broadband services.
The city’s Department of Public Health will use more than $1 million to develop its own sequencing lab to more quickly determine the infecting variant of COVID, but it won’t open until June.
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