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Despite ban on lobbyists’ campaign money, Lightfoot took $68K from lobbyist’s companies. Now, she’s giving much of it back.

The move Friday to give back money from Carmen A. Rossi’s companies came in response to Sun-Times reporting on an ethics order issued in 2011 by Mayor Rahm Emanuel.

Chicago Sun-Times

Editorial: We have a rare opportunity to fix LA City Hall. This is how

Los Angeles has been presented with a rare opportunity to redistribute political power and improve representation and governance. The leaked recording of three City Council members and a labor official breezily exchanging racist comments about their colleagues, while plotting to carve up the city into districts that protect their own…

Los Angeles Times

Sadiq Khan backing summit to reduce school exclusions

Mayor Sadiq Khan is backing a summit on school exclusions which are contributing to violence on the streets of the capital and costing £370,000 each. Teachers, police, local authorities and community groups and parents meet on Wednesday to find ways to avoid excluding pupils under an ‘inclusion charter’ in the…

Evening Standard

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Mayor backs plan to tackle school exclusions fuelling youth violence

The level of youth violence in the capital has prompted action on exclusions led by the Violence Reduction Unit

Evening Standard

Belfast alley gates funding request turned down by Stormont

Belfast council wanted half a million from the Department of Justice

Belfast Live

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan announces Ulez expansion | Ross Lydall reports

The ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) will be expanded across all of Greater London next summer, Sadiq Khan announced on Friday. The mayor’s decision – which he described as one of the most difficult of his political career – comes in the face of mass opposition and means 15 per cent…

Evening Standard

Greater London ULEZ expansion: What is Sadiq Khan’s new plan to improve air quality and who will have to pay

What does an expanded ultra-low emission zone mean for London

Evening Standard

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Greater London Ulez expansion given go-ahead by Sadiq Khan

Sadiq Khan’s decision comes in the face of mass opposition

Evening Standard

Kevin de Leon refuses to resign from the LA City Council. What happens to his constituents?

LOS ANGELES — Just down the street from Pamela and Valentin Marquez's tidy two-bedroom home, next to an industrial strip where trains rumble through the night, is a park and playground with a walking path through oak trees.

Los Angeles Times

Time to end BTS drama

Tweets by BTS Group Holdings and the firestorm surrounding the hashtag #DebtMustBePaid on Twitter in recent weeks show how nasty the debate over the country's management of public transport concessions can get. The furore on social media followed the grievances of BTS -- which holds the concession to run the…

Bangkok Post

Plug It In: London to see surge in ultra-rapid charging points for electric cars

London’s electric vehicle revolution was given a big boost on Thursday by plans for 100 new ultra-rapid charging points. Mayor Sadiq Khan said City Hall and Transport for London would release land near the capital’s Red Route main road network to increase the number of “on the go” chargers for…

Evening Standard

Bristol's Central Library could move to former Debenhams building, say council chiefs

Bristol City Council's libraries budget is being slashed by a third as authority faces massive cuts to balance its books

Bristol Post

LA city voters sent conflicting messages, giving wins to both the left and the center

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles City Councilmember-elect Hugo Soto-Martinez is heading to City Hall with what he says is a clear mandate to enact bold, progressive policies on housing, homelessness, transportation and other issues.

Los Angeles Times

Philadelphia's public input survey shows most area residents want a Harriet Tubman statue

PHILADELPHIA — Harriet Tubman was the overwhelming choice of Philadelphia area residents who took part in a survey asking which African American historical figure the city should honor with a statue.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

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Belfast Live

Belfast council asking for help from Stormont and Whitehall to avoid huge increase in rates

A rates freeze at City Hall has been ruled out without outside help

The Guardian - US

New York City mayor’s longtime friend now holds high-paid NYPD job

Lisa White, who earns $241,000 a year, is one of a number of Eric Adams’s friends, family and former colleagues hired to top roles

Chicago Tribune

And they’re off: Candidates line up Monday to begin filing to run in the 2023 Chicago mayor and City Council election

CHICAGO — Monday morning, the Chicago Board of Elections Loop Super Site filled up with a motley collection of political power players, good government enthusiasts, wannabes, optimists, has-beens, never-wases and other characters looking to stamp their ticket to City Hall for the next four years.

Belfast Live

Belfast's Fountain Street pavement cafes at centre of City Hall and Stormont clash

Department for Infrastructure tells council to revoke licences for Voodoo and City Picnic

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The Philadelphia Inquirer

With the midterms over, the 2023 Philadelphia mayoral race is shifting into high gear

PHILADELPHIA — In America’s culture of perpetual politics, the end of one election cycle marks the beginning of another.

The Independent UK

In ailing LA, Mayor-elect Karen Bass promises unity, change

Los Angeles' new mayor has outlined her vision to turn around a troubled City Hall and restrain an out-of-control homeless crisis in the nation's second-largest city

Chicago Tribune

Former Gov. Pat Quinn announces he will not run for Chicago mayor

Former Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn will pass on a run for Chicago mayor, closing the door on a long-shot bid for City Hall’s top job, he said Thursday.

The Independent UK

Black and Asian children with asthma make up highest number of hospital admissions

Toxic air can lead to children developing asthma and harmful emissions are higher in areas where Black, Asian and minority ethnic Londoners live

Evening Standard

Number of London children being admitted to hospital with asthma rises 64% in a year

The number of children being admitted to hospital with asthma in London has risen by 64 per cent in a year, according to new analysis, as Mayor Sadiq Khan vowed to clean up the capital's "filthy" air.

The Independent UK

Voters OK drastic overhaul of City Hall in Portland, Oregon

Voters in Portland, Oregon, have approved a ballot measure that will overhaul the city's government, spurred by growing concerns over homelessness and a desire to make City Hall more inclusive

Belfast Live

Bangor 'city' signs could cost £10,000, raising cost of living questions

Councillor fears potential criticism over "unbudgeted expenditure"

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