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Senate Directs Edun to Ensure LGs’ Inclusion in FAAC Meetings

This Day 14 May 2025
The Senate yesterday urged the federal government to ensure the inclusion of the 774  local government councils in the country in the meetings of the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC).
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Montgomery County Council has a plan to fund schools and avoid a tax increase

Wtop 14 May 2025
Montgomery County Council President Kate Stewart announced a plan that would cover nearly all of the $3.6 billion requested by the county school system in its 2026 budget while avoiding a tax hike.
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Letters for May 14

The Spokesman-Review 14 May 2025
Mayor Brown and the council have produced a two-year budget that addresses the shortfalls ... The mayor and council are now working to deal with additional expected shortfalls due to the new upcoming federal and state budget cuts.
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Making Constitution in Hurry and Error

This Day 14 May 2025
... approval by the Provisional Ruling Council to be promulgated into a new Constitution for the Federal Republic of Nigeria in order to give the same force of law with effect” from 29th May 1999.
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Warren's next budget includes more OT funding for police and fire departments

Detroit news 14 May 2025
"I am proud of the work that was done this year by City Council to ensure that vital services are funded while taking a fiscally conservative approach as we monitor the economic conditions and rapidly ...
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Hamtramck keeps two members on council after residency allegations

Detroit news 14 May 2025
Hamtramck — A pair of city council members who allegedly live in other Detroit suburbs will continue to serve as lawmakers in Hamtramck after the council voted to keep them on the panel Tuesday night ... Others hoped to see council dismiss them.
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Blue Economy: Oyetola Calls for Immediate Implementation of Newly Approved National Policy

This Day 14 May 2025
The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, yesterday, called for the immediate implementation and acceleration of the newly approved National Policy on Marine and Blue Economy by the Federal Executive Council (FEC).
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Federal judge seizes control of NYC’s jail system — including troubled Rikers Island

New York Post 14 May 2025
A federal judge seized control of New York City’s troubled jail system Tuesday — ordering that an outside official be brought in to clean up Rikers Island and other lockups ... Lefty NYC Council pols want to spend $1M to speed up Rikers Island closure.
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A Battle for Trans Rights in Manhattan’s Wealthiest School District

New York Magazine 14 May 2025
New York City schools are under mayoral control, giving district parent councils a nominal, advisory role ... (She was briefly removed from the council last year over an unrelated controversy before being reinstated by a federal judge.).
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Birmingham Mayor, City Council Add Familiar Names to Newly Formed Regional Water Board

The Birmingham Times 14 May 2025
Jefferson County Commissioner Sheila Tyson and former Birmingham City Council ... She did anyway, but City Council President Darrell O’Quinn said he still expects a hearing in federal court on Thursday.
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Trump offers to join Kyiv, Moscow in peace talks

China Daily 14 May 2025
Konstantin Kosachev, chairman of the international affairs committee of the Federation Council, the upper house of Russia's parliament, told the Izvestia media outlet in remarks published on Tuesday ...
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US seeks 2-year sentence for SEC hacker behind fake Bitcoin ETF tweet

Cryptopolitan 13 May 2025
US federal prosecutors have recommended a two-year prison sentence for Eric Council Jr., the Alabama man who orchestrated a high-profile hack of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) official X (formerly Twitter) account in January 2024.
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FEC Okays 17 Life Assurance Underwriters For Tinubu, Shettima, Ministers, Others

This Day 13 May 2025
The Federal Executive Council has okayed 17 Group Life Assurance ... “I have the privilege to present the approval of the Federal Executive Council as regards the Group Life Assurance Scheme.
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NYC lawmakers of both parties urge Trump admin to step in, tackle sanctuary laws

New York Post 13 May 2025
The council’s Common Sense Caucus penned a letter to US Attorney General Pam ... The Council Minority leader Joann Ariola believes the current federal administration will help overturn the laws.
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Council & Totem Skateboarding deliver epic Learn to Skate Workshops (Federation Council)

Public Technologies 13 May 2025
Federation Council, in partnership with Totem Skateboarding, successfully hosted free and engaging Learn to Skate workshops for local youth during the recent school holidays and NSW Youth Week.
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