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Lexington council begins review of comprehensive plan goals and objectives

By late fall, an updated comprehensive plan for housing and commercial development in Lexington-Fayette County is expected to be in place.

WEKU

The long goodbye: City Council honors Mayor Lori Lightfoot, 13 departing members

Tears were shed, good-natured barbs traded, hatchets buried. One would never have known Ald. Edward Burke is leaving under the cloud of a federal indictment or that the mayor’s relationship with the Council was so contentious,

Chicago Sun-Times

Emergency response: Mayor points the finger at the other Wayne Brown

Auckland Council officials and the Mayor are at odds – again – over his insistence that they called the wrong Wayne on the night of the floods. No sirree, they say.

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Another long COVID impact studied, activists prep for DNC and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is about an eight-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times

Councillors left in dark after officials fail to deliver accounts due to "unprecedented pressures"

Members of the committee questioned the reasons why the figures were not available as anticipated.

Daily Record

Titans’ proposed new stadium clears latest hurdle

The Metro Nashville Council approved the Titans' new stadium agreement in the second of three readings early Wednesday.

USA Today Sports Media Group

IMG club grading plan for rugby league comfortably gets green light

Rugby League Council strongly voted in favour of first installment of plans to 'reimagine' rugby league with a club grading system rather than traditional promotion and relegation

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Year of the Incumbent? Only one sitting City Council member unseated this year — first time in a century

The solitary defeat of appointed Ald. Anabel Abarca (12th) marks the fewest defeated incumbents since Chicago instituted the 50-member City Council system in 1923. Seven sitting members were knocked out in each of the previous two election cycles.

Chicago Sun-Times

Ex-chair returns to lead interim ACT heritage council

Nine people have been selected for the stop-gap heritage body.

The Canberra Times

Calls for Festival of Flight to return to Co Down town

"The council need to show some initiative and bring back the most popular and biggest attended event in their council district."

Belfast Live

Special council meeting called ahead of councillor's watchdog hearing over allegation of conduct breach

A special meeting of Stirling Council has been set for this week so councillors can discuss an upcoming watchdog hearing into an allegation that a councillor breached the Councillors’ Code of Conduct. All seven of Stirling’s SNP councillors called f

Daily Record

Fermanagh and Omagh council programme hit by ransomware attack

More than 2,000 people may have been affected by the breach

Belfast Live

Major jobs worry as Newcastle reports 40,000 people out of workforce and lags behind other Northern cities

Newcastle is the only core city in England where levels of economic inactivity are worse now than they were a decade ago, according to city council analysis

Chronicle Live

Ed Burke Day proposed, then pulled — at Burke’s request

For much of the day Monday, Ald. Ray Lopez defended his decision to introduce a resolution declaring May 15 “Ald. Edward M. Burke Day” in Chicago.

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Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson tries to influence City Council reorganization

Jason Lee, a senior adviser to Johnson’s transition team, refused to pinpoint specific changes amid reports that several committee chairs could lose those posts.

Chronicle Live

Gateshead Lib Dems support selling off "Mary Celeste" civic centre

Opposition councillors would consider selling off the almost abandoned civic centre, as council reports show usage has "plummeted".

Glasgow Live

Glasgow King's Coronation weekend plans unveiled by Glasgow City Council

The Council has confirmed the timeline of events to celebrate the Coronation of His Majesty The King and Her Majesty The Queen Consort including the Big Lunch and Big Help Out.

Daily Mirror

Neighbour leaves baffling note asking council to resurface road around their car

A driver has given people a good chuckle after leaving a note on their broken down vehicle - asking council workers to simply resurface the road around their car

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Liverpool Echo

Reasons Wirral's political parties want you to vote for them

All four parties in the council have revealed their plans as voters prepare for Wirral's biggest local election

Dublin Live

South Dublin County Council struggling to fill highest staff vacancy in years due to 'cost of accommodation'

At the recent monthly meeting of the local authority, councillors enquired about staffing levels

Belfast Live

Fermanagh motorhome owners fume over council ban on overnight car park stays

Fermanagh and Omagh District Council has encouraged motorhome users to use private caravan sites

Chronicle Live

Northumberland county councillor claims workers with no qualifications have 'wasted lives'

Figures showed 7.6% of working people in Northumberland have no qualifications - higher than the national average

Reuters

Macron cleared to raise French retirement age, protesters vow to fight on

French President Emmanuel Macron's flagship pension reform will enter into force swiftly, officials said on Friday after it received the Constitutional Council's approval despite months of street protests and strikes.

Tribune News Service

Minneapolis council OKs $9M more in Chauvin brutality settlements

MINNEAPOLIS — The Minneapolis City Council approved police brutality settlements Thursday of $7.5 million and $1.375 million for a teenager and a woman pinned by Derek Chauvin three years before the former officer murdered George Floyd.

Dublin Live

Dublin City Council agrees to review controversial no-pets policy at new social homes

This comes after the Council’s controversial advert for 124 new social homes in Whitehall which included the words “NO PETS ALLOWED” underlined in bold capital letters

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