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Violence between the extreme right and left prompts local action

• 17 Oct 2018

Local polystyrene bans continue sweep across U.S.

• 17 Oct 2018

Cities across the country are taking a stand against polystyrene and banning the material from usage within their jurisdictions. Polystyrene is a foam polymer often better known by a trademarked version, Styrofoam. The polymer whose main ingredient, styrene, increases the risk of leukemia and lymphoma in humans, the Baltimore Sun reports. Additionally, polystyrene foam is […]

Industry Insights: Metering

• 08 Oct 2018

Q&A with John Fillinger, director of utility marketing for Badger Meter, the only independent U.S. water meter manufacturer.

Cities announce opposition, intent to sue FCC over new 5G rules

• 04 Oct 2018

New federal rules governing 5G infrastructure are angering city leaders, prompting them to initiate legal action. On Sept. 26, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) passed new rules that limit cities’ ability to regulate 5G infrastructure, according to the New York Times. The FCC’s new rules impose 60- to 90-day deadlines on local governments to approve or […]

Agencies help residents register to vote on National Voter Registration Day

• 03 Oct 2018

Local government agencies across the nation observed National Voter Registration Day on Tuesday, Sept. 25, not only encouraging residents to register to vote, but helping them do it, too. On Sept. 26, the Bastrop County (Texas) Elections Department held its third annual voter registration drive to help residents conveniently register to vote, the Austin American […]

Reading City Council explores investigation into controversial personnel decisions

• 01 Oct 2018

The Reading, Pa., City Council has adopted a resolution to get legal advice on hiring an independent counsel to investigate a series of public personnel decisions that the mayor made without disclosing why. The move stems from a series of city employee firings or resignations that occurred over a 10-day span, according to the Reading […]

‘Coffee with a Cop’ events bring residents closer to local law enforcement

• 01 Oct 2018

Multiple police departments across the country are celebrating Coffee with a Cop to improve relations with the residents they serve. The Hawthorne, Calif. Police Department launched the event in 2011 after brainstorming ways to interact better with the public they served, according to the Coffee with A Cop website. Seven years later, Coffee with a […]

Florence-battered communities face other dangers besides weather-borne destruction

• 17 Sep 2018

As Hurricane Florence has battered parts of the southeast coast of the U.S., officials across multiple states have reported damage to their communities and ongoing dangers they face. “Our city has suffered obviously one of the most devastating storms in its 308 year history,” New Bern, N.C. city manager Mark Stephens said at a Sept. […]

Update: Louisiana mayor reverses decision on Nike gear ban in recreation facilities

• 12 Sep 2018

UPDATE: On Sept. 12, Kenner, La., Mayor Ben Zahn announced at a news conference that he is withdrawing his order that banned the city’s recreation department from purchasing Nike products to use at its facilities, according to the Associated Press. Zahn said he took this action based on the city attorney’s advice. “That memorandum divided our city and placed Kenner […]

New York subway station damaged in 9/11 attacks opens just before 17th anniversary

• 12 Sep 2018

New York City’s Cortlandt Street subway station was finally reopened 17 years after it was destroyed in the terrorist attacks on September 11. Located beneath the World Trade Center, the Cortlandt Street station on New York’s No. 1 subway line was once a heavily used station, CBS reports. But as the twin towers fell on September 11, […]