city council
a municipal body having legislative and administrative powers, such as passing ordinances and appropriating funds.
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Redistricting is a complex process that involves redrawing city council, state legislative and congressional districts.
Morning Report: Redistricting Issues Could Get Lost in Translation | Voice of San Diego | February 10, 2021 | Voice of San DiegoRedistricting involves redrawing city council, state legislative and congressional districts.
African Communities Warn Language Issues Could Shut Them Out of Redistricting | Maya Srikrishnan | February 10, 2021 | Voice of San DiegoGrant pointed to the move by other city councils to move forward to approve hazard pay ordinances this week, even after Kroger’s announcement.
Kroger is closing stores rather than giving workers an extra $4 in pandemic ‘hero pay’ | Paulina Firozi | February 4, 2021 | Washington PostMultiple city council members have called for an investigation, the Inquirer reported, and want to know why inexperienced college students were placed in charge of such a crucial task in the first place.
Philadelphia let ‘college kids’ distribute vaccines. The result was a ‘disaster,’ volunteers say. | Antonia Noori Farzan | January 27, 2021 | Washington PostHe also said he tried pushing “to focus the group around global heating and climate breakdown,” but the members, he said, wanted to talk about “gardening and city council meetings,” not the apocalypse, so Peter and Transition Pasadena parted ways.
The Climate Crisis Is Worse Than You Can Imagine. Here’s What Happens If You Try. | by Elizabeth Weil | January 25, 2021 | ProPublica
Jumaane Williams, a city council member known for advocating police reform, spoke at the press conference.
Eric Garner Protesters Have a Direct Line to City Hall | Jacob Siegel | December 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOne cop who admitted to hitting the man went on to become one of the five whites on the six-member Ferguson city council.
Seattle is one of the most recent, with its city council voting this year to adopt the indigenous version of the holiday.
The city council appoints the municipal judge, currently Ron Brockmeyer, who is also white.
Ferguson Feeds Off the Poor: Three Warrants a Year Per Household | Michael Daly | August 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFour of the five sitting members on the Ferguson city council were white.
From Ferguson Cop Embroiled in a Brutality Suit to City Councilwoman | Michael Daly | August 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe governor then presented the mayor to the Prince, and the recorder and city council, collectively.
History of Prince Edward Island | Duncan CampbellHe blessed the city council for not having put in new lamp-posts as a recent budget had recommended.
Flappers and Philosophers | F. Scott FitzgeraldShe is president of the school board here in the city, and she is also a member of the city council.
Unveiling a Parallel | Alice Ilgenfritz Jones and Ella MarchantDoes the city council or mayor confirm the appointees of the city manager?
Warren Commission (7 of 26): Hearings Vol. VII (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyThe city council of Harrisville and the county commissioners offered rewards for the arrest and conviction of the dynamiters.
The Harris-Ingram Experiment | Charles E. Bolton
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