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Public hearing on apartment law change generates no comment
15 hours ago ago from Hard News Cafe
By Chelsey Gensel PROVIDENCE The Providence planning commission meeting Dec. 9 included a public hearing for comments on changing a city ordinance to allow accessory dwelling units in homes in single-family residential zones. No one from the general public attended the hearing, and the only comments were from a letter read by absentee planning commissioner Don Beale and from city council member Ron Liechty. I'm really surprised no ...
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15 hours ago ago from New Mexico Watchdog
This is our second look at the proposed ethics commission legislation that has passed unanimously out of the Legislature's interim committee on Courts, Corrections and Justice. Our first installment showed how the proposed ethics reforms would not have hindered Manny Aragon and other public corruption crooks. For the full text of the legislation, go here . Deep within the legislation that would establish an ethics commission is a ...
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17 hours ago ago from The Richmond Report
Now just a little more than a month before the start of the 2010 legislative session, we're getting an early look at some of the bills lawmakers have already filed. There's no shortage of controversy. And it's still a long way until January. Here's a breakdown of some of the more interesting bills and their sponsors: HB 9 ( Del. Bill Carrico, R-Galax ) Allows the Superintendent of the Virginia State Police to ...
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13 hours ago ago from The Pittsburgh Comet
FIRST. That law limiting the number of liquor licenses on Carson Street? Gone! Judge James found that the ordinance was illegal because the city can't create special rules for bars. The city law was "an infringement on the power of the [state] Liquor Control Board and is invalid" becasue state law reserves most power to regulate alcohol for that agency. (P-G, Rich Lord ) Bruce Kraus must be fit to be tied. All his best laid plans gang aft ...
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10 hours ago ago from PoliticalDog101.com
The embattled Governor of South Carolina has survived an attempt to turn him out of office ..but his political capital is gone .. The story in The State : Sanford has been under scrutiny since June, when he returned from a clandestine five-day trip to Argentina and admitted an extramarital affair. Media, the State Ethics Commission and lawmakers have spent the past six months reviewing Sanford's use of state aircraft, business-class ...
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