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The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is planning to investigate landowners who are growing fruit and vegetables on their undeveloped land in the capital to avoid paying taxes on vacant plots.

Bangkok Post

Concerns raised over use of police in London schools

Senior staff at City Hall said there was widespread support for police in schools - and that there was even a case to expand them into some primary schools

Evening Standard

‘We need to change, whether we like it or not’: London’s Ulez expansion

Clean air zone will cover whole capital from 29 August, pitting health against household finances

The Guardian - UK

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There’s a lot at stake for Chicago. Vote

From City Hall to wards to police district councils, there’s precious little margin for error as we Chicagoans pick our city’s next top leaders.

Chicago Sun-Times

Plan for 70 new public toilets at Tube and bus stations is refused

The plan won support from Greens, Conservatives and Liberal Democrats, but was voted down by the Labour group

Evening Standard

Los Angeles has already ceded too much power to the Olympic machine

The city will host the Games in 2028 and the costs – as they always do – are already mounting. The city’s mayor needs to grab back some control

The Guardian - US

Little Village groups want answers from City Hall, Ald. Rodriguez after Hilco report

A previously secret watchdog report accuses city officials of being negligent and incompetent before the Crawford plant implosion coated the community in dust in 2020.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Ulez expansion: Sadiq Khan asks Rishi Sunak for £110m to double scrappage scheme

The London mayor says a government windfall could be used to open the fund to Home Counties drivers

Evening Standard

‘Too expensive’ to remove asbestos from Bristol schools and council flats

City Hall chiefs say it can sometimes be better to manage asbestos in buildings instead

Bristol Post

Sadiq Khan says City Hall has no financial plan for if it loses Ulez legal challenge

The Mayor also confirmed that the Ulez expansion timetable had not been impacted at all by the legal challenge

Evening Standard

Woman awarded $2.9 million in botched Chicago police raid endorses Johnson for mayor

Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson “is committed to making sure that the trauma that I endured ... never happens to another person,” said Anjanette Young, whose home was raided by Chicago police in 2019.

Chicago Sun-Times

Susana Mendoza: Mayor Lori Lightfoot betrayed Chicago cops disabled by COVID, including Mendoza’s brother

State comptroller says Lightfoot instructed her pension board appointees to deny “duty disability” salary and health benefits to police officers, including Mendoza’s brother, after they got career-ending coronavirus complications.

Chicago Sun-Times

London free school meals plan will show 'irrefutable' case for change, says ex-food tsar

Henry Dimbleby, who authored the National Food Strategy for Boris Johnson, said the game-changing decision by London Mayor Sadiq Khan to offer free school meals to all primary pupils in the capital would prove the benefit of the scheme

Daily Mirror

Free school meals in London: Who and how to apply

Families could save around £440 for every child, City Hall estimates

The Independent UK

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The Guardian - UK

London to offer free school meals to all primary pupils for a year

Exclusive: Sadiq Khan’s plan, spurred by ministers’ ‘failure to act’, will save families about £440 for every child

Evening Standard

Exclusive: Free school meals for all primary school pupils in London, says Mayor, in victory for our special investigation

Exclusive: Mayor to announce £130m package after the Evening Standard’s School Hunger Special Investigation

The Independent UK

Free school meals for every primary school pupil in London as Sadiq Khan unveils £130m scheme

Victory for Independent campaign as mayor of London pledges to help poorer families

Los Angeles Times

LA Council President Paul Krekorian won't join the crowded race to replace Schiff

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles City Councilmember Paul Krekorian announced Saturday that he will stay out of the hotly competitive race to replace U.S. Rep. Adam B. Schiff, D-Calif., focusing instead on homelessness and reforms at City Hall.

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The Guardian - UK

Future of Crystal Palace athletics stadium in doubt despite rescue plans

The future of one of the world’s most renowned athletics stadiums is in doubt despite the mayor of London’s plans for a ‘comprehensive renovation’ of the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre

The Conversation

Senator Dianne Feinstein will retire in 2024, bringing a groundbreaking career to a close

Democrat Dianne Feinstein, the 89-year-old senior senator from California, announced on Feb. 14, 2023, that she will retire from the Senate rather than run for a sixth term when her current term expires at the end of 2024.

Chicago Sun-Times

City was ‘negligent,’ showed ‘incompetence’ protecting Little Village from pollution, report finds

A once-secret inspector general’s report says City Hall dropped the ball on Crawford plant implosion in 2020.

Los Angeles Times

Sen. Dianne Feinstein to retire: Looking back on tragedy, triumph and her contentious perseverance

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, California's longest-serving senator, announced Tuesday that she will not run for reelection next year. Here's a look at her storied career in politics, which included both tragedy and triumph.

Chicago Sun-Times

City must do a better job holding polluters accountable for air quality violations

Making sure Chicagoans in every corner of the city can breathe clean air shouldn’t be difficult.

Chicago Sun-Times

Businessman lands big deal with CTA, then helps Lightfoot’s reelection effort

The 77 Committee is the name of the fledgling effort by Lightfoot allies to bolster the embattled first-term mayor in the Feb. 28 election — often in ways she may not legally be able to do herself.

Chicago Sun-Times

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