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Athens-Clarke County Commissioner Mariah Parker and Columbus City Councilmember Walker Garrett (Photos courtesy Parker and Garrett)
Two of Georgia’s six largest cities stand poised to adopt sweeping LGBTQ-inclusive nondiscrimination ordinances, bringing protections to some 300,000 more residents.
But a similar effort in the state’s second-largest city stalled amid concerns over how to enforce the policy. Such policies are in place across Georgia in 12 municipalities, with 11 passing in the last three years.
The policies ban discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity, race, religion and several other factors in private employment, housing and public accommodations. The complaint process, fines and revocation of business licenses vary by ordinance. Several also call for tracking hate crimes.
Jordi Martí entra en el círculo de los tenientes
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La renuncia de Joan Subirats convierte su acción en cultura y ciencia en legado para el gobierno municipal
Colau observa a Joan Subirats, ayer, en la comparecencia conjunta
Mané Espinosa
08/07/2021 01:26
Cuando comenzó el actual mandato de la alcaldesa Ada Colau, el del bipartito con los socialistas, el veterano edil Jordi Martí comenzó ocupando el cargo de concejal de Presidencia, un título de autoridad pero cuyo contenido era difícil de definir. También quedaba a cargo de Presupuestos, pero en teoría, condicionado a Hacienda, área en manos del PSC. Responsabilidades que serían tan amplias o reducidas, en parte, según hiciera su titular. Dos años después, Jordi Martí se ha convertido en una de las piezas claves de los comunes en el Consistorio, de la gestión municipal. Con la marcha de Joan Subirats, anunciada de manera formal ayer, entra ahora dentro del grupo los tenientes de alcalde, del círculo o
Palm Beach County s mask mandate is over, officials say May 4, 2021 at 10:11 AM EDT - Updated May 4 at 3:16 PM
Palm Beach County s face mask mandate, which had been in place for more than a year to slow the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, is over, officials announced on Tuesday.
It comes after
Palm Beach County Administrator Verdenia Baker told commissioners on Tuesday the county will follow the governor s lead, making Palm Beach County s facial covering ordinance obsolete. We are going to follow the governor s order and CDC guidelines, Baker said. The governor s order has usurped our countywide mandate.
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The office of P.E.I.’s privacy commissioner is questioning how Health PEI maintains and updates contact information, after a woman kept finding her number with the agency was listed as the cellphone number of her former partner even after she tried multiple times to correct the error.
Democrat Willhite says that while working in the minority party in Tallahassee can be difficult sometimes, his main motivation is to be closer to home, with his young sons.