Tag: Local governments
Work on Amazon warehouse fuels spike in Canton’s sales taxes
CANTON, Miss. — A Mississippi city is seeing significantly higher taxes from an Amazon warehouse that hasn’t even opened yet.
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Residents of Kosovo villages sickened; water tests underway
PRISTINA, Kosovo — The mayor of a municipality in western Kosovo declared a state of emergency Tuesday after hundreds of residents experienced vomiting and...
2 killed, 8 wounded overnight in Indianapolis shootings
INDIANAPOLIS — Two people were killed and four others critically wounded overnight in Indianapolis in a rash of shootings that came hours after city...
Audit finds folds behind New Hampshire election miscount
Auditors concluded that miscounts in a New Hampshire election were primarily caused by the way ballots were folded, according to a report released Tuesday.
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Ousted Milwaukee chief reaches settlement with city
MILWAUKEE — Ousted Milwaukee Police Chief Alfonso Morales has reached a tentative settlement with city officials and plans to return to his post within...
Appeals court: Indiana must resume unemployment benefits
INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Monday that the state temporarily continue payment of federal unemployment benefits, affirming an earlier court order...
Officials across Florida rethink condo inspection polices
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Across Florida, people living in the thousands of condominiums rising above the state’s 1,350 miles of coastline wonder if the building...
Review prompted by building collapse closes Miami courthouse
MIAMI — The Miami-Dade County Courthouse will begin undergoing repairs immediately after a review, prompted by the deadly collapse of a nearby condominium building,...
Biden to convene session on rising gun violence Monday
WASHINGTON — Facing a nationwide increase in violent crime — particularly involving firearms — President Joe Biden will meet Monday with law enforcement, local...
Eyeing another run, Grassley shows Iowans he’s keeping up
SIOUX CENTER, Iowa — In dress shirts and pants, Chuck Grassley and Tom Cotton dropped to their knees on stage at a recent Iowa...