Last month, for the first time, a federal court found that a long-standing law banning gun possession by unauthorized immigrants violates the Second Amendment. As similar challenges play out around the country, the legal and political backdrop of the case has caught the attention of legal scholars, who see in the right to be armed a fundamental question about noncitizens’ belonging in the nation and their ability to exercise other constitutional rights.
According to residents surveyed this summer, Durango’s recreational opportunities, transportation services, and fire and EMS are in good condition. But the affordability, economic outlook and general .
Park City residents who support a $30 million ballot measure that would fund recreation upgrades said Thursday at a City Council meeting that many of the town’s facilities are operating beyond their intended capacity and the improvements would benefit the entire community.
British anti-trans rights campaigner Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull who also goes by Posie Parker has inserted herself into Australian politics and turbocharged a debate within the Liberal Party about what it should stand for, writes Patricia Karvelas.
Schaumburg s Budget Crafted with Both Optimism & Caution
Updated 4/13/2021 9:21 AM
The Village of Schaumburg has emerged from the Fiscal Year 2020/21 having reduced expenditures more than $23 million during the year to address a revenue loss of $38 million. Additionally, the village reaffirmed its AAA bond rating from Standard and Poor s Global Ratings Agency and restructured outstanding bonds to achieve a savings of $25 million.
The proposed Fiscal Year 2021/22 budget begins the process of reinstating some operations and programs that were reduced in the previous year because of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. No new increases in property tax or other taxes are included in the budget. Although the budget charts an optimistic financial plan given vaccine distribution and restrictions being lifted on local businesses, the village remains cautious based on a fragile economy that is at the early stages of what is expected to be a gradual recovery.