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Dallas mayor now wants more than 2nd NFL team to join Dallas Cowboys in North Texas

Dallas mayor Eric Johnson caused a stir last week when he pushed for the idea of a second NFL in team to join the Dallas Cowboys in North Texas, preferably based in southern Dallas.

Tribune News Service

Ward map battle over, but bitterness lingers

“Look what you’ve done. Englewood still has six aldermen. … It’s gonna take an hour and a half for Altgeld Gardens residents who were taken out of my ward and put in the 10th Ward to get to their alderman,” Ald. Anthony Beale (9th), said Monday.

Chicago Sun-Times

City Council overwhelmingly OKs compromise ward map

Ald. Gilbert Villegas slammed the new map, saying it is fitting that his 36th Ward now resembles a snake: “You had some of my colleagues that were, I guess, self-portraits of snakes that were drawing a snake to memorialize the back-stabbing that took place.”

Chicago Sun-Times

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Baltimore Council members call on President Mosby to comply with ethics order regarding legal defense fund

BALTIMORE — Baltimore City Council President Nick Mosby should comply with an ethics board order to return money collected by a legal defense fund established to benefit him and his wife, cease fundraising activities to the fund and produce a list of donors, a group of City Council members said…

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Chosen casino developer lays out his cards — but wary residents would rather Bally’s folds its hand

Soo Kim, CEO of Bally’s Corp., joked that after gaining Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s backing to build a casino at Chicago Avenue and Halsted Street, “it would be easier for me to be hiding in some dark, smoky room. I’m here in person telling you that we’re going to keep our…

Chicago Sun-Times

City Council’s ward remap gives Chicago another 10 years of gerrymandered mess

The public must hold elected officials’ feet to the fire and push for creation of an independent, public remap commission.

Chicago Sun-Times

Baltimore Council President Nick Mosby violated ethics law by accepting money from city contractors via legal defense fund, board rules

BALTIMORE — Baltimore City Council President Nick Mosby violated the city’s ethics ordinance by indirectly soliciting for a legal defense fund that took donations from at least two city contractors, the city’s Board of Ethics said in a ruling Thursday that ordered Mosby to stop accepting money from the fund.

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This Michigan Town Repealed a Ban on Fortunetellers, but Might Break State Law if It Tries To Regulate Them

Petoskey's draft ordinance would require both "legitimate" fortunetellers and people pretending to tell fortunes to be licensed, calling into question the sense of licensing at all.

Reason

NYC public education leaders plan to open 2 virtual schools

NEW YORK — The New York City Education Department is planning to open two “virtual academies” to give public school students more opportunities to learn online.

Tribune News Service

‘I got this one wrong’: Kansas council member asks colleagues to reconsider co-living ban

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — One City Council member in Shawnee, Kansas, is asking her colleagues to reconsider an ordinance passed without opposition last month that prohibits homeowners from renting houses to four or more people who are unrelated to one another.

Tribune News Service

Glasgow cleaning staff facing 'shocking and shameful' working conditions, union claim

The GMB union have urged whoever takes charge of Glasgow city council in the wake of the election that sorting out conditions for staff at the Polmadie Depot must be a priority

Glasgow Live

Compromise struck on new Chicago City Council ward map; could avoid referendum

Under the deal, which still needs to be cemented by a Chicago City Council vote next week, the map will create 16 Black majority wards and 14 Latino majority wards — one fewer than the Latino caucus had fought for.

Chicago Sun-Times

Claim trade unions are 'under attack' from Bristol City Council over reps' paid time off

The authority wants to negotiate its first written agreement on facilities time since 1996

Bristol Post

9 months after adoption, LA's anti-camping law is a patchwork of compliance

LOS ANGELES — The posted deadline for every tent and shanty to be gone arrived on a Monday.

Los Angeles Times

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Denver officials poised to ban concealed gun carriers from parks, city buildings in aim to improve safety

DENVER — Allowing people to carry concealed firearms in city buildings and parks makes those places less safe, Denver officials contend, and now the City Council is poised to make it illegal even for people with concealed carry permits.

Nottingham Post

Statement on when Nottingham City Council intends to pay £150 Energy Bill Rebate

Many people have been wondering when they will receive it

Chicago Sun-Times

Reilly condemns 11th-hour ‘switcheroo’ to Medinah Temple as site for temporary casino

“We’re already struggling with a major crime problem in this area of River North. To layer this on top ... you’re giving the police department an assignment they don’t have the resources to handle,” Ald. Brendan Reilly (42nd) said.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Philly will institute weapons scans of middle schoolers starting Monday. Critics say, ‘This is not OK’

PHILADELPHIA — In the face of rising gun violence, the Philadelphia School District is beginning periodic weapons screenings in all middle schools and elementary schools with middle grades, effective Monday.

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Chicago Sun-Times

Mayor takes casino path of least resistance, but is it a winning hand?

Just because Ald. Walter Burnett is willing to put up with the inconvenience of a casino doesn’t mean Mayor Lori Lightfoot will easily round up the other 25 City Council votes she needs to ratify Bally’s River West site.

Chicago Sun-Times

Bally’s River West casino proposal gets city nod

Bally’s was picked over two rival bids involving South Loop sites: one by gaming behemoth Hard Rock International and another by hometown favorite Rush Street Gaming, chaired by billionaire Rivers Casino mogul Neil Bluhm.

Dublin Live

Victory for Tolka Park campaigners as Dublin City Council recommends against rezoning

The Council noted the "large volume" of submissions made, some which stated that rezoning the stadium would "be selling our past and stealing our children's future"

Chicago Sun-Times

Mayor Lightfoot leans toward Bally’s — and it’s up to City Council to ensure deal isn’t a sucker’s bet

If Chicago history has shown us anything at all, it’s that when a city deal pitched as a good thing instead results in unanswered queries and general queasiness, it’s everyday Chicagoans who end up suckered.

The Independent UK

Portland police shift resources to address rising homicides

As homicides in Portland, Oregon, continue to increase and with resources stretched “very thin”, Police Chief Chuck Lovell announced he is shifting detectives from other divisions to help investigate recent killings

Chicago Sun-Times

Afternoon Edition: May 3, 2022

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times

Bally’s River West casino plan expected to get mayor’s nod: sources

The city signaled in March that the proposal for the Chicago Tribune printing plant site at Chicago Avenue and Halsted Street was the frontrunner over two other finalists. An official choice could be announced as soon as Thursday.

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