Alderman articles
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Alderman Won Office Owing Property Taxes
DiAndre Jackson has since paid off 2022 taxes but still owes for 2023.
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Alderman looks to strip mayor’s authority to cancel ShotSpotter
(The Center Square) – Chicago Ald. David Moore is fighting to strip Mayor Brandon Johnson of his unilateral authority to end the city’s contract with the ShotSpotter gunfire detection program. With Johnson already on record with his plan to completely phase out the program by year’s end, Moore is now proposing legislation that would require a full City Council vote before the city can take any such action, or even end funding for any of the city’s violence prevention programs. ...
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Childcare provision in NW ‘on its knees’ warns Derry & Strabane Alderman as costs soar
It follows a motion by UUP Alderman Derek Hussey, at the April Full Council meeting, which proposed writing to the Executive Office and calling on the Northern Ireland Executive to “prioritise cross-departmental financing of a viable early years childcare strategy”. A poll, by Employers for Childcare, found that 73 percent of childcare providers had either increased fees at the start of this year or intend to by June. Alderman Hussey said that as the Cost of Living continues to rise, childcare...