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The Harrisburg City Council is the legislative branch of the city government of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and consists of seven members elected at-large. [1] The council president is elected by the council members and presides over city council meetings. In the event of illness or absence of the president, the vice president presides over the ...
2023 New York City Council election, District 25 [7] [8] Primary election Party Candidate Votes % Democratic: Shekar Krishnan: 3,409 : 61.8 : Democratic: Ricardo Pacheco 1,321 23.9 Democratic: Fatima Baryab 755 13.7 Write-in: 31 0.6 Total votes 5,516 : 100.0 : General election Democratic: Shekar Krishnan: 4,981 Working Families: Shekar Krishnan ...
The head of the city council is called the speaker. The current speaker is Adrienne Adams, a Democrat from the 28th district in Queens. The speaker sets the agenda and presides at city council meetings, and all proposed legislation is submitted through the Speaker's Office. Majority Leader Amanda Farías leads the chamber's Democratic majority.
The council was composed of 29 seats: 25 representing geographic districts and four at-large. [1] The first City-County Council election occurred on November 2, 1971. [citation needed] In the 2011 Indianapolis City-County Council election, Zach Adamson was elected as the first openly gay member of the council, representing District 17. [5]
1894 - Coxey's Army, the first significant American protest march, departs Massillon, Ohio for Washington, D.C. 1911 - In New York City the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire kills 146 garment workers. 1931 - The Scottsboro Boys are arrested in Alabama and charged with rape. 1947 - An explosion in a coalmine in Centralia, Illinois kills 111.
At their annual general meeting in Northern Ireland, the International Football Association Board approves a new rule stating that beginning the following season, if a goalkeeper holds the ball for more than eight seconds, the opposing team is awarded a corner kick.
The U.S. State Department cancels meetings with the Taliban leadership in Doha, Qatar, dealing with the Afghan economy, in response to the Taliban barring high-school girls from returning to school. 2021–2022 North Korean missile tests
Chicago City Council committees violated the Illinois Open Meetings Act and their own rules by meeting and taking actions without a quorum at least four times over the same four-month span. [ 50 ] Over half of elected Chicago alderpersons took illegal campaign contributions totalling $282,000 in 2013.