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Florida Seeks Input on Mitigation Plan
The Florida Division of Emergency Management (FDEM) is asking residents and businesses to help shape the State’s 2028 State Hazard Mitigation Plan.

League of Women Voters Forum for District 3 and 5 Fullerton City Council Cadidates
Audio is unedited per League of Women Voters requirements. Below is the transcript – any errors in the transcript are due to Saskia Kennedy. Fullerton City Council Candidate Forum — Districts 3 […]
PUBLIC NOTICE: Fullerton City Council to Hold Public Hearing on Local Historic Landmark Designations
At the next Fullerton City Council meeting, there will be a public hearing on designating five properties as Local Historic Landmarks. This meeting will take place on Tuesday, October 6, 2026, at […]
PUBLIC NOTICE: Fullerton City Council Announces Public Hearing on Zoning Amendment
At the next Fullerton City Council meeting, a public hearing will discuss a proposed zoning amendment affecting properties in the Lower Golden Hill neighborhood. This initiative, identified as Project Reference No. LRP-2025-0006, […]

Top 5 stories in Long Island Press this week: Ed Mangano’s resentencing, an elder scam suspect arrested, and more
Here are the top 5 stories in Long Island Press this week. Former Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano has sentence reduced to 10 years A federal judge has reduced former Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano’s sentence to 10 years, two years less than his original sentence, more than…
YONKERS MAYOR SPANO ENCOURAGING ELIGIBLE RESIDENTS TO ANSWER THE CALL AS YONKERS FIRE RECRUITMENT PERIOD BEGINS
Recruitment Office Opens September 25 as City Seeks a New Generation of Firefighters, Including Women and Minority Candidates Watch Press Conference Highlights Watch A Firefighter’s Story Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano and Fire Commissioner William Fitzpatrick today announced…

Average Tax Bill On a Single Rental Apartment Unit Could Rise by $406 if Amendment 3 Passes
When Floridians vote in November on whether to raise homestead exemptions through Amendment 3, they may also be voting to shift more of the property tax burden onto renters, a new analysis by the center-right Tax Foundation finds.

Hawaiʻi Department of Health deposit beverage container program to update rates
Rates are periodically updated because beverage container sizes and weights change with time; all certified redemption centers are required to use the revised rates beginning Oct. 1.
David Jolly implores national Democrats to help his campaign for governor
David Jolly took his case for governor to the Tampa Tiger Bay Club Friday.

State Utility Advocate, Regulators To Share Digs
The Indiana agency representing ratepayers in utility cases is set - before the end of the year - to share office space with the independent arbiter that decides those cases, Energy and Natural Resources Secretary Suzanne Jaworowski has confirmed.

Local officials tackle election misinformation
Election officials sought to address election myths and disinformation during the Citizen Club forum held at the Hoogland Center for the Arts on Friday. Kent Redfield, a retired professor of political science at University of Illinois Springfield, moderated the discussion with…

Zach Robinson: From the firehouse to city government, I’ve run toward problems. That’s the mindset I’ll bring to the Salt Lake County Council.
“I know what it looks like when local government actually shows up for people, because I’ve spent my career doing it,” writes Zach Robinson, who is running for Salt Lake County Council, in an op-ed.