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The New York City Charter Revision Commission voted this week to place five proposed amendments on the November ballot. The first bill would create a more streamlined process for reviewing publicly financed affordable...more
City Council Passes FY26 Budget, HOME Bills- During their final meeting before summer recess, the City Council passed a staggering 58 bills, including the FY26 Capital and Operating Budgets, business and wage tax cuts, and...more
Early voting for the NYC Primary will begin this Saturday, June 14 and conclude on Sunday, June 22. The primary election will be held on Tuesday, June 24. The primary will include races for the Mayor, Comptroller, Public...more
Several 2025 mayoral candidates attended a candidate forum last Wednesday on the Upper West Side. Topics included child care, police officers in the subway, mask bans, and regulation of Airbnb. Incumbent Eric Adams and...more
Mayor Parker Bans Bump Stocks - In response to a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that lifted a federal ban on such items, Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker swiftly enacted local legislation prohibiting rapid-fire gun...more
Overhaul of the NYS Office of Cannabis Management- Governor Hochul has directed an operational overhaul of the state’s Office of Cannabis Management (OCM). This follows a 30-day assessment by the Office of General Services,...more
DETROIT — Newlab Startups Ignite Detroit's Tech Renaissance- One year in, the members-only shared workspace, research lab, and venture platform in the former Book Depository building next to Michigan Central Station is...more
CHICAGO — Gov. JB Pritzker Announces Plan to Make Chicago Quantum Technology Capital- Illinois Governor JB Pritzker announced a plan to make Chicago a quantum technology capital at M-Hub, a business incubator on Chicago’s...more
Mayor Parker Signs Public Safety, Quality-of-Life Bills into Law- Mayor Cherelle Parker signed several bills into law yesterday, including a curfew for select Kensington businesses, a license plate flipping device ban, and...more
Cherelle Parker Elected Philadelphia’s 100th, First Woman Mayor - Former state Representative and District 9 Councilmember Cherelle Parker made history on Tuesday becoming Philadelphia’s 100th mayor — the first woman ever to...more
Mayor Adams announced the appointment of Louis Molina as Assistant Deputy Mayor for Public Safety. Molina has served as Commissioner of the NYC Department of Correction since the beginning of the Adams administration. As...more
Upcoming Committee Hearings- Philadelphia City Council holds several public hearings throughout the legislative calendar year, watch here. • The Committee on Children & Youth hearing on Tuesday, October 10 at 2 p.m. at...more
Mayor Kenney To Veto Ban on Supervised Injection Sites- Mayor Jim Kenney plans to veto legislation that would prohibit supervised injection sites in most of the city, saying the bill is “troublingly anti-science and...more
Upcoming Committee Hearings- Philadelphia City Council holds several public hearings throughout the legislative calendar. Watch the hearings here. The Committee on Education will hold a public hearing on Wednesday,...more
Upcoming Committee Hearings- Philadelphia City Council holds several public hearings throughout the legislative calendar. •The Committee on the Environment will be holding a public hearing on Monday, April 24 at 10 a.m....more
Gig Economy & Technology- NEW YORK — NYPD Rolls Out Robotic “Digidog”- The New York Police Department (NYPD) recently announced a series of high-tech security, including a robotic “digidog” to be used in life-threatening...more
City Council Set to Undergo Once-in-a-Generation Transformation- With six members of City Council resigning to run for mayor, as well as council president’s upcoming retirement, City Council will continue to change...more
2023 Mayoral Race Update: Building & Construction Trades Council Endorses Parker; What Would it Mean to Become Philadelphia’s First Female Mayor? On Wednesday, the Philadelphia Building & Construction Trades Council...more
CITY HALL- A Rundown of Philadelphia’s Potential Mayoral Candidates In 2023, the city of Philadelphia will elect its 100th mayor. Because of the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter’s resign-to-run rule — which requires that any...more
Unofficial results are in from the Charlotte Mecklenburg local elections and there are three main takeaways: 1. Mayor Vi Lyles (D) handily secured a second term as Mayor of Charlotte. 2. Democrats retained a 9-2 majority...more
2019 Raleigh Local Election Report - There was no clear winner in several key Raleigh City Council races Tuesday night, setting the stage for a November run-off vote. Raleigh has non-partisan municipal elections in which...more
Tuesday was Election Day in the cities of Las Vegas, North Las Vegas and Boulder City, bringing new council members to all three municipalities—including a major shift in the City of Las Vegas, with three new City Council...more
Voters cast ballots Tuesday in the City and County of Denver’s runoff election to determine who would be mayor, clerk and recorder, and who would fill five city council seats. Those races went to runoff elections following...more