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The Covid-19 pandemic and state procurement law have kept convicts from being hired to clear out sewers in Bangkok, according to City Hall, despite Bangkok governor-elect Chadchart Sittipunt agreeing to have them return to work.

Councillor says City Hall should use its powers and not "push out" to Stormont

Tactics included increased patrols in violence hotspots, warrants to target those known to carry knives and weapons sweeps in areas known for discarded knives

The board voted 3-2 Wednesday to increase CPS’ obligation to the underfunded pensions to more than triple what it paid in 2020. Before that, the city covered the full cost.

MINNEAPOLIS — Damarra Atkins remembers vividly what it felt like to watch George Floyd's murder for the first time.

NEW YORK — The Bill de Blasio reboot is officially underway.

Bangkok voters have been known to deliver last-minute electoral shocks, but the result of Sunday's gubernatorial election was not a surprise to anyone. As predicted by pundits and opinion polls, Chadchart Sittipunt, who once served as transport minister under the ousted Pheu Thai administration, won with a comfortable margin.

Congratulations to the first democratically elected Bangkok governor for nine years.

CHICAGO — As a candidate for mayor, Lori Lightfoot promised to transform Chicago’s often corrupt political culture, in part by taking away the near-total power aldermen have over matters in their own wards and by leading a transparent government.

NEW YORK — The ink has barely dried on New York’s much-revised House map, but a radically transformed 10th Congressional District has set the stage for an unruly political scramble in lower Manhattan and brownstone Brooklyn ahead of the August Democratic primary.

Expanding the Ultra-Low Emission Zone to cover the whole of Greater London could take more than 100,000 older, more polluting cars off the road, according to Sadiq Khan.