Eight B.C. mayors have joined the call for the regulation and taxation of marijuana to help end gang violence and save money on policing costs. full story ![]()
Nine Berks County mayors are among the 900-plus nationwide who have joined Mayors Against Illegal Guns, a coalition that has taken a prominent spot in the debate over gun control.Birdsboro Mayor Robert Myers: "I am an advocate for the Second Amendmen...
readingeagle.com (2 months and 28 days ago)
Editor:I, too, was asked to join the coalition of Mayors Against Illegal Guns. I refused because I feel the actions these mayors want to take will not make a major reduction in gun deaths.Why was there a lot less gun violence prior to all the...
readingeagle.com (2 months and 24 days ago)
PHOENIX - A series of mayors told lawmakers Monday that proposed changes in sales-tax laws will mean financial ruin for their cities.
azstarnet.com (3 months and 29 days ago)
The Associated Press The mayors of more than 40 cities across Washington have sent a letter to Gov. Jay Inslee and legislative leaders, urging them to consider an 8-cent per gallon increase in the gas tax to help pay for transportation needs. The letter from the Mayors’ Transportation Forum wa
seattletimes.com (4 months and 5 days ago)
The mayors of more than 40 cities across Washington have sent a letter to Gov. Jay Inslee and legislative leaders, urging them to consider an 8 cent per-gallon gas tax as a way to help pay for transportation needs.
seattletimes.com (4 months and 5 days ago)
SEATTLE (AP) -- The mayors of more than 40 cities across Washington have sent a letter to Gov. Jay Inslee and legislative leaders, urging them to consider an 8 cent per-gallon gas tax as a way to help pay for transportation needs....
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AUGUSTA, Maine - Gov. Paul LePage on Tuesday dismissed three suggestions by a group representing mayors of 12 Maine cities that they say improve upon his plan to balance the next state budget by suspending municipal revenue sharing for two years. In a letter Tuesday to LePage, the Mayors’ Coalition ...
bangordailynews.com (1 month and 4 days ago)
TRENTON — Mayors throughout New Jersey are telling lawmakers they're facing a financial squeeze.
app.com (3 months and 15 days ago)
NEW YORK — The group Mayors Against Illegal Guns says it will be grading members of Congress.The coalition said Tuesday that it will issue a scorecard assigning letter grades for gun policy records.One of its co-chairs, New York City's Michael Bloomberg, says the group wants to make sure its 900 bipartisan mayors have their voices "heard loud and clear."The other, Boston's...
bostonherald.com (2 months and 11 days ago)
A House committee held a public hearing Friday on a measure that would tax marijuana brand names and trademarks likely to be introduced in the state of Washington when the sale of recreational marijuana starts at the end of the year.
seattletimes.com (2 months and 29 days ago)
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