NDC candidate pledges to rebrand municipality
By GNA By Dennis Peprah, GNA Goaso (B/A), Aug 02, GNA - Alhaji Mohammed Kwaku Doku, the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary candidate for Asunafo North, has pledged to...
View ArticleIn Blow to Local Authority, Sixth Circuit Court Reverses FCC Action on...
(Source: NLC - National League of Cities) WASHINGTON - Following the decision issued today by the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals that reverses the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) 2015...
View ArticleDispute over wine label deal made on WeChat (Shanghai Municipal Government)
(Source: Shanghai Municipal Government) A businessman who ordered wine labels via WeChat but refused to pay in full on delivery has been ordered to pay the money as agreed, the Pudong New Area People's...
View ArticleHalf-year tourism income in Yuyao reaches 5.4 billion yuan (Ningbo Municipal...
(Source: Ningbo Municipal Government) Statistics from the tourism departments show that in the first half of the year, Yuyao County received 5.79 million visits from home and abroad and achieved a...
View ArticleDeadly election season for South Africa's candidates
South Africa's municipal election season has been deadly for candidates and party activists, with more than 12 killed ahead of Wednesday's vote. National police have determined it a serious enough...
View ArticleChina's housing demand to stay resilient by 2030 (Beijing Municipal Government)
(Source: Beijing Municipal Government) China's housing demand will remain relatively resilient up to 2030 while short-term market volatility will persist, global ratings agency Fitch said Monday. China...
View ArticleLawsuit accuses municipalities of targeting the poor
A federal lawsuit accuses 13 north St. Louis County municipalities of a coordinated police and court effort to target poor...
View ArticleRecent Missouri Editorials
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Aug. 8 Post-Ferguson, some successes and more challenges: In October 2014, Monsanto CEO Hugh Grant, then-president of the business group Civic Progress, told us: "Ferguson is...
View ArticleXuhui authorities call time on illegal expat bars (Shanghai Municipal...
(Source: Shanghai Municipal Government) Xuhui District government is shutting down unlicensed bars on a downtown road that is popular with expatriates, officials said yesterday. Over 70 bars and...
View ArticleFinally, a new modern home for the Akron Municipal Court
For years, Akron Municipal Court judges and clerks pushed the city administration to build a new facility to replace their outdated and cramped quarters on the top three floors of the 1960s-era Harold...
View ArticleBig cities ahead in digital financial services (Shanghai Municipal Government)
(Source: Shanghai Municipal Government) First tier cities still take the lead in terms of inclusiveness of digital financial services, while the gap between lower tier cities and first tier cities are...
View ArticleNinghai invests 80 billion yuan to build the “quality city” (Ningbo Municipal...
(Source: Ningbo Municipal Government) A group of urban tourist routes and comprehensive environmental treatment projects will soon be completed, including the Tianming Lake Park and the western sector...
View ArticleDiegnan Bill Allowing Municipalities to Authorize Parking Authorities As...
(Source: NJ Senate Democrats) For Release: ImmediateMonday, August 1, 2016Contact: Press Office, 609-847-3700 TRENTON - Legislation sponsored by Senator Patrick Diegnan to allow municipalities to...
View ArticleCity Manager Augustus Attends Signing of Bill Enhancing Partnerships Between...
(Source: City of Worcester, MA) Worcester, MA (August 9, 2016) - Today, Governor Charlie Baker signed legislation improving critical components of the partnership between state and municipal...
View ArticleSoil polluters face million-yuan fine under amended law (Shanghai Municipal...
(Source: Shanghai Municipal Government) Those who contaminate soil in Shanghai now face a million-yuan (US$150,610) fine, the toughest measure yet to deal with polluters, according to the latest...
View Article2 years later, has the Ferguson unrest produced change, division or both?
FERGUSON, Mo. — Amid the tear gas and tweets, armored vehicles and expletive-laced chants that followed the death of Michael Brown at the hands of a police officer two years ago, a new generation of...
View ArticleKabul municipality finalized Makroryan park design, work to begin soon
The Kabul municipality has said the design work of a park in 1st Makroryan area of the city has been finalized and the practical work for the establishment of the park will begin soon. The design work...
View ArticleChongli determined not to skate on thin ice (Beijing Municipal Government)
(Source: Beijing Municipal Government) Chongli, a county in Zhangjiakou, Hebei province, has attracted growing attention since Beijing and Zhangjiakou were named as the co-hosts of the 2022 Winter...
View ArticleGovernor Baker Signs Legislation Enhancing Partnerships Between State and...
(Source: The Office of the Governor of the State of Massachusetts) BOSTON - Today, Governor Charlie Baker signed legislation improving critical components of the partnership between state and municipal...
View ArticleSt Louis-area municipalities sued over alleged discriminatory 'debtors' prisons'
Class-action civil rights suit accuses local officials of unconstitutionally jailing people to raise state funds in a system that unfairly affects poor people of color...
View ArticleThieving officials hit central Ohio villages, small cities hard
Small towns are often synonymous with safety, simplicity and friendly neighbors who know your name. Crooked public officials aren’t usually part of that image, but sometimes small communities find...
View ArticleWhy a municipal bank may not be a bad idea | Opinion
Municipal banking may well offer the opportunity to do something that's far more responsive to local priorities. In this season of campaign rhetoric about the state of our country, you occasionally...
View ArticleBeyond Ferguson: Municipal Courts Are Still A Problem In Missouri
"If you can't make a payment on that ticket, then they hold you ... So while these people are being held, you're changing their entire livelihood for running a stop sign," Pine Lawn Alderwoman Roslyn...
View ArticleEditorial: Municipalities should follow the law, not fight it
Many municipal governments in the St. Louis area are scrambling to remain viable in the face of mounting evidence that the 1.3 million residents in St. Louis city and county would be better off with a...
View ArticleThat new Camden supermarket? It's not happening, ShopRite confirms
Plans for a ShopRite along Admiral Wilson Boulevard were announced in 2013. CAMDEN -- Aspirations for a second city supermarket to be located along Admiral Wilson Boulevard are no more, and a...
View ArticleProgress Report: Update on recovery in Abasand, Beacon Hill and Waterways...
(Source: Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo) (Fort McMurray, AB - August 4, 2016) - A new Progress Report has been issued on work completed to date to allow the safe re-occupation of standing homes...
View ArticleCongestion fees to break national gridlock (Beijing Municipal Government)
(Source: Beijing Municipal Government) Heavy traffic at a highway toll station in Beijing last October. Local authorities are considering easing traffic problems through economic measures. Fu Ding /...
View ArticleBuilding roads in gunthewari areas not possible: Bakoria
Aurangabad: The municipal authorities have initiated the process of filling potholes on the roads and said they would complete the task before September 30. However, the condition of roads in about 40%...
View Article'Most incarcerated city' is not what New Orleans should be: Editorial
Orleans Parish Prison was like a small, grim city before Hurricane Katrina, when 7,000 inmates were locked up on a regular basis. By the time Mayor Mitch Landrieu took office in 2010, five years after...
View ArticleEditorial: County police must take a bigger role in policing the county
One of the many problems with the plethora of police agencies in St. Louis County is that it's hard to get accurate data on countywide crime rates. Given that county residents spend $108 million a year...
View ArticleOklahoma City investor gets a lesson on municipal bonds
Dear Mr. Berko: I've been reading your column for 35 years and in all that time I don't ever recall that you wrote about municipal bonds. What can you tell me about them? Last year, I had a taxable...
View ArticleEditorial: Lawsuits should prompt more municipal court reform
Federal courts have ruled that locking people in jail because they're too poor to pay fines is illegal, and an ambitious lawsuit aims to prevent 13 cities in North St. Louis County from continuing the...
View ArticleStreaming site wins legal fight with cinema (Shanghai Municipal Government)
(Source: Shanghai Municipal Government) In the first case of its kind in the city, a private cinema has been ordered to pay 30,000 yuan (US$4,500) in compensation to video streaming firm iQiyi for...
View ArticleU.S. court upholds state laws limiting municipal broadband
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal appeals court said on Wednesday the U.S. Federal...
View ArticleSuu Kyi's visit will boost economic ties (Beijing Municipal Government)
(Source: Beijing Municipal Government) Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) meets with a delegation from Myanmar's National League for Democracy (NLD), headed by NLD chair Aung San Suu Kyi, at the Great...
View Article2 Hudson County municipalities receive forestry grants from DEP
Jersey City was granted $300,000 in award funds – the maximum amount given – while Secaucus was granted $30,000. SECAUCUS - A pair of Hudson County municipalities are receiving state grants for the...
View ArticlePoll: Should Pa. charge towns for state police coverage?
Lower Mount Bethel Township, which disbanded its police force in 1999, is again looking at options to free-of-charge state police coverage. The township supervisors are looking at joining the Slate...
View ArticleMunicipality Issues Progress Report on Recovery Within the Region (Regional...
(Source: Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo) (Fort McMurray, AB - August 18, 2016) - As recovery continues in the affected areas of Wood Buffalo, a new Progress Report is available to the public....
View ArticleAre police ticketing practices creating a tinder box in black community?
St. Louis (CNN)It's not just about police killing black men. It's deeper than that. Khalif Rainey stares intensely across the police tape marking the burnt out parts of the neighborhood he loves and...
View ArticleExpat self-service immigration expanded (Shanghai Municipal Government)
(Source: Shanghai Municipal Government) The immigration inspection station at Shanghai Pudong International Airport yesterday expanded its self-service entry inspection channels to foreigners holding...
View ArticleExperts: Small governments feel effects of corruption
Ohio's state auditor says there's no statistically significant proof that government corruption occurs more frequently in smaller communities amid a rash of recent corruption charges, but notes those...
View ArticleElections 2016: Tension in Vuwani as polling stations remain closed on voting...
Voting stations in Vuwani, Limpopo, did not open on time on Wednesday and there were no signs that the local government elections there would get underway anytime soon. Locals were fetching water and...
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