Los Angeles has drafted nine ordinances and held multiple hearings on open programming access, but the city's Board of Information Technology still hasn't decided if or how to pursue the policy. At the prompting of Verizon Communications, the ...
After the Federal Communications Commission rules this Thursday on programming access, look for sparks to fly in King County, Wash., where 3,000-subscriber All Points Associates has overbuilt TCI Cablevision of Southwest Washington in the unincorpora After the Federal Communications Commission rules this Thursday on programming...
Court Will Rule Soon on Exclusivity Oral arguments have been completed and summary judgment briefs filed in a federal court case in Montgomery, Ala., focusing on whether a local government may pass an ordinance forbidding programming exclusivit Court Will Rule...
WE ARE ALL familiar with the quote "Rules are made to be broken." This is not the case with our city codes and ordinances. The Code Enforcement Program helps to keep the city of Brentwood a healthy, safe, clean and attractive place to live and work. Blights...
The economics might work, but Milwaukee needs to solve some logistical problems if it requires contractors to recycle construction waste. Ann Beier, Milwaukee's director of environmental sustainability, is drafting an ordinance requiring project teams to recycle half -- by total weight or volume -- of their construction...
Oct 13, 2008 AgustaWestland, Ornge Canadian charity Ornge has agreed a $120 million deal with AgustaWestland to buy 10 AW139 medium twin helicopters. The agreement includes an option for two additional aircraft. The helicopters will be equipped with aero-medical interiors and a full de-icing system to...
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In October Shane Wootton, the NSWNA's IT Department Co-Ordinator, will participate in a gruelling five-day bike ride to raise funds to help teenagers and young people rehabilitate from drug abuse. As part of this year's Tour de Freedom, Shane will cycle more than 700...
BOUNTIFUL -- Bountiful residents who are unhappy with the city's decision to impose a citywide mandatory recycling program are skeptical they'll be able to get enough signatures to force a public vote on the issue. Utah law states the group has 45 days from the date an...
Councilman Darrell L. Clarke said yesterday that he will introduce legislation on Thursday that would keep closer tabs on students living near the universities in his 5th Councilmanic district. The ordinance would bring his district under the designation as an Educational Housing District, thereby imposing stricter requirements on students, landlords...
Rental-property owners in Salt Lake City soon may find it profitable to be "good landlords." Officials are crafting an ordinance that will reward landlords for partnering with the city to improve the quality of life in Salt Lake neighborhoods. The ordinance is expected to...
Byline: Jerry Geisel San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom has signed an ordinance, believed to be the first of its kind for a municipality, that requires employers to offer employees at least one of three commuter benefit options. Under the ordinance, which is intended to help reduce...
Twenty-seven non-profit agencies from across Canada have been identified as being the best-run in the country and are in the running for $70,000 in prize money as finalists for the 11th annual Donner Canadian Foundation Awards for Excellence in the Delivery of Social Services. "The Donner Awards raise public awareness...
The diocese of Ottawa has set up a Clergy Leadership Institute that will tap the leadership skills of experienced clergy who will serve as mentors for others. The creation of the institute, part of the diocesan strategic plan, will also "bring in resources from academia and other professions...
HOBBEMA The Ermineskin and Samson Bands in Hobbema, hosted a Construction and General Workers Union mobile training unit to start 12 of their young men on the road to long-term, meaningful employment. The three week pre-employment training program came to Hobbema after the unit was set...
Will the PCC still be a national denomination in 20 years or will we be evangelical congregationalists? More of our ordinands are getting their first theological education at evangelical colleges such as Tyndale or Regent, which are not Presbyterian. Are they then getting a Presbyterian ordination of convenience?...
MEZZO KIMBERLY BARBER HAS BEEN busy pursuing parallel careers on stage and in the classroom. She is Assistant Professor at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ont., where she serves as Administrative Co-ordinator of the voice and opera programs. As a guest teacher, she has presented her own workshop, "Finding Your...
The Capital-Journal It isn't too late for Topekans who qualify for Kansas Homestead Property Tax refunds to also obtain refunds from the city taxes paid on natural gas and electric bills. The Topeka City Council on Tuesday approved an ordinance that extends the deadline...
The Capital-Journal It isn't too late for Topekans who qualify for Kansas Homestead Property Tax refunds to also obtain refunds from the city taxes paid on natural gas and electric bills. The Topeka City Council on Tuesday approved an ordinance that extends the deadline...
A Bureau of Housing and Community Development working group late last week released its draft report on plans to update the city's rental housing inspection program. And despite the more in-depth nature of the report, which outlines proposals to make the city's rental housing cleaner and safer, the proposals outlined...
PROVO -- The city's plan to offer landlords reduced fees per rental unit for conducting background checks on potential renters will have to wait until after the next legislative session. Provo officials for several months have considered implementing a Good Landlord Plan similar to programs in Ogden...
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