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Chicago Sun-Times: Group to Daley: Here's how to enhance government

Chicago :: IL :: USA | 24 days ago

City Hall Reporter Mayor Daley should privatize recycling, transfer control over city elections to Cook County and establish a time frame for the county to assume responsibility for overflow patients treated at city health clinics, according to a commission...

Swearengin wins Fresno mayor race

Fresno :: CA :: USA | 26 days ago

With all of the precincts reporting, Swearengin has a 10 percentage-point lead over Council Member Henry T...Although thousands of provisional and absentee votes countywide still need to be counted, it's unlikely that Perea can close the gap. At midnight,...

Chile elections give warning to President Bachelet's political coalition

Santiago :: Chile | about 1 month ago

Chile's conservative opposition collected a string of surprise wins in municipal elections across the country Sunday, delivering a blow to left-leaning President Michele Bachelet as her party heads into next year's presidential race. With 73 per cent...

For McCain, father's error holds lesson

Hanoi :: Vietnam | about 1 month ago

On May 19, 1972, while John McCain was spending his fourth year as a prisoner of war in Hanoi, President Richard Nixon lashed out about McCain's father, Admiral John McCain. "He's going to start taking his orders from here, or else," Nixon said about...

Editorials: Palm Beach, Cleveland and Raleigh endorse Obama; Las Vegas paper for McCain

Detroit :: MI :: USA | about 1 month ago

Excerpts from recent newspaper endorsements of presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama. In endorsing Obama, the Detroit Free Press says "at a time when America clearly needs some changes, Obama is not only proposing better ones but is also...

Colin Powell expected to endorse Obama

Washington :: WA :: USA | about 1 month ago

His decision to go on television just two weeks before the election suggests he has finally made up his mind. Powell, a four-star general who worked closely with three Republican presidents, said he would decide between Obama and John McCain, a long-time...

The simplistic allure of militarism (Jordan Times)

Kabul :: Afghanistan | about 1 month ago

The global financial crisis has momentarily overshadowed news of the two active wars the United States is leading in Iraq and Afghanistan. The balance of political vs. military actions to stabilise those two countries remains fluid. The change in American...

Term-Limits Hearings: Thompson Thunders, Velazquez Jokes

New York City :: NY :: USA | about 1 month ago

More from intern Glenna Goldis at the Council term-limits hearings: The second set of testimony on term limits today included Comptroller Bill Thompson, who yesterday said he would run for mayor even if it meant challenging Bloomberg. Several times, the...

Public Hearings on Term Limits Begin

Lisbon Falls :: ME :: USA | about 1 month ago

Could his business leadership help the city through the financial times?...Is it up to the City Council to decide whether to change term limit laws?...Lawmakers and New Yorkers on all sides of the debate voiced their opinions at the first of two public...

NYC Council speaker supports term-limit law change

London :: United Kingdom | about 1 month ago

The speaker of the New York City Council says she supports Mayor Michael Bloomberg in his bid to stay in office for a third term. Christine Quinn said Sunday that voters should have the choice of keeping the current leadership during the financial crisis.

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