NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s top Republican leaders on Monday threatened to withhold tens of millions of dollars in state funding from left-leaning Memphis should leaders continue with plans to place three local gun control initiatives on the November ballot. Earlier this year, Memphis’ city council approved asking voters in November if they wanted to
Council members have argued over how much money to put into the rainy day fund, and how much to spend on more immediate needs (image by Getty Images / Zeke Barbaro) It’s not often that the policy goals of Austin’s more progressive City Council members depend on the vote of Mackenzie Kelly – the body’s
A rocker, a president and the “Lady in Red.” New York City Councilman Justin Brannan is eyeing a run at the Big Apple’s Comptroller’s seat in next year’s election, The Post has learned. The Brooklyn Dem, who currently serves as the council’s finance chair, filed paperwork with the Campaign Finance Board Tuesday allowing him to
Q: Jacksonville Today reader Jonathon A. wants to know what is happening with the money set aside by the City Council for Confederate monument removal. “I recall a few years back when Lenny Curry had allocated $500,000 for removal of Confederate statues and monuments in the city budget.Is it still earmarked in the budget and
City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams has steered at least $600,000 in political pork to the City University of New York — just a $50,000 bump for anti-hate initiatives even though the system erupted into a snake pit of antisemitism this year, according to an analysis by The Post. Five-hundred thousand dollars of this year’s allocations
Mayor Adams and Council Speaker Adrienne Adams are expected to announce a deal on a city government budget Friday that averts various cuts previously recommended by the mayor — including to libraries — and allocates a fresh $2 billion in spending on affordable and public housing, the Daily News has learned. The capital housing allocation
Independence Day at Centennial Park After a laborious process of grant application, review, and deliberation, the Coronado City Council has allocated its approximately $1 million in community grant funding for the fiscal year of 2024-2025. Safe Harbor Coronado took home the largest grant, at the city’s maximum of $125,000 in funding. Other organizations awarded six-figure
The head of New York City’s Campaign Finance Board voiced support Friday for a number of City Council bills that would expand the watchdog entity’s straw donor enforcement powers amid ongoing issues and investigations related to Mayor Adams’ campaign. Neither the mayor nor his campaign have been accused of wrongdoing. Still, Adams’ 2021 campaign has