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Wednesday, March 17, 2021 11:00 am $28 million slated for city infrastructure improvements DAVE GONG | The Journal Gazette Nearly $28 million in neighborhood infrastructure projects will begin soon, Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry announced today. “Thoughtful and sound planning by the Public Works Division has helped advance our efforts to maintain and improve our infrastructure,” Henry said in a statement “As we continue to collectively battle the COVID-19 pandemic, Im appreciative and gratef...

Rhynhart: ‘We can just manage the city better, Mayor’ The second of a two-part series, PW sits down with the city controller and finds out if she has bigger ambitions Faced with the dilemma of a looming $450 million budget shortfall for fiscal year 2022, city officials will again look for ways to avoid slashing services and raising taxes on Philadelphians in the midst of a pandemic – at a time when most city residents have more needs than ever before.  But city money managers have said t...

TribLIVEs Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. Following guidance from its national professional association, the Pittsburgh Controller’s Office will no longer use “CAFR” as shorthand for “comprehensive annual financial reports.” The long-standing acronym sounds like “Kaffir,” an offensive term used by Apartheid-era South Africans for the Blacks who live there. The Government Finance Officers Association, the t...

Those who support public banking believe it could address issues ranging from racial justice to climate change and the power of big finance.

SAN FRANCISCO -- The SkyStar Observation Wheel at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco has reopened and is a step closer to remaining in the park for another four years. Although the San Francisco Historic Preservation Commission voted unanimously Wednesday afternoon to extend the stay of a 150-foot-tall Ferris wheel at Golden Gate Park for four more years, two city supervisors said the decision still needs to be approved by the full Board of Supervisors. The SkyStar Observation Wheel was installe...

SF commission agrees on Golden Gate Ferris wheel extension but supes may have last say Bay City News Service FacebookTwitterEmail FiLE: Ticket holders line up for a ride on the SkyStar Observation Wheel on the opening day to the public at the Golden Gate Park Music Concourse in San Francisco on Oct. 21, 2020.Douglas Zimmerman/SFGATE SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) — Although the San Francisco Historic Preservation Commission voted unanimously Wednesday afternoon to extend the stay of a 150-foot-tall Ferr...

SAN FRANCISCO -- The SkyStar Observation Wheel at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco has reopened and is a step closer to remaining in the park for another four years. Although the San Francisco Historic Preservation Commission voted unanimously Wednesday afternoon to extend the stay of a 150-foot-tall Ferris wheel at Golden Gate Park for four more years, two city supervisors said the decision still needs to be approved by the full Board of Supervisors. The SkyStar Observation Wheel was installe...

USA: UN experts urge far-reaching reforms on policing and racism GENEVA (26 February 2021) – UN human rights experts* today called on the US Government to adopt wide ranging reforms to put an end to police violence, and to vigorously address systemic racism and racial discrimination. “We have repeatedly raised our concerns about the excessive force used by American police in the context of peaceful demonstrations, and the use of lethal force against individuals who did not presen...

Two San Francisco supervisors called Tuesday for the city to investigate a deal setting aside a portion of ticket revenues from the Golden Gate Observation...

SF Supes call for investigation into SF Parks Alliance contracts stemming from Ferris wheel debate By Daniel Montes The new ferris wheel at Golden Gate Park. Photo: Keith Crook SAN FRANCISCO - As a discussion by city officials around whether to keep a 150-foot tall Ferris wheel at San Franciscos Golden Gate Park continues to go in circles, two city supervisors on Tuesday called for an investigation into the San Francisco Parks Alliance -- the nonprofit group that oversees the Ferris wheels con...