2019 chicago election articles
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Leeds local elections: What every major party is standing for in today's council elections
Parties have issued statements setting out their agendas ahead of today’s vote (May 2). The Labour group, which controls Leeds City Council, said the vote was the last chance people have to make their voices heard before the next general election Councillor James Lewis, Leeds Labour leader, said: “We are building new council houses and supporting people sleeping rough. We have raised the wages of some of the lowest paid in Leeds and are working to protect social care from Tory cuts and the Tory...
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PM Chicago (4/29) – A Chicago Cicada Guide & Honoring Officer Huesca
On this episode of PM Chicago with Bret Gogoel: AXIOS reporter Monica Eng joins the show with a guide to the upcoming co-emergence of cicadas in Chicagoland. Ret. Chief Tom Weitzel from Riverside discusses the funeral of fallen Officer Luis Huesca. Plus, Nick Gale brings us a conversation from this morning with Bridget Gainer about […]
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Sheffield City Council elections: the leader of the Green Party is seeking re-election
Neither Cllr Tom Hunt, the leader of the council, nor Cllr Shaffaq Mohammed, the leader of the Liberal Democrats, have to stand this year – but Cllr Douglas Johnson from the Green Party does. Cllr Johnson, the leader of his group, was able to win comfortably in 2021 and now he is aiming to do that again, keeping the City ward a Green ward. He told the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS): “I’m a councillor for City ward, I was elected in 2016 and again in 2021. “I chair the council’s housing...