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If you expected a proposed constitutional amendment that eventually would take away 23% of the City of Gadsdens budget to go unmentioned by City Council members, you were wrong. For some, including Mayor Sherman Guyton and council member Jason Wilson, there was ire over Sen. Andrew Jones, R-Centre, launching the idea of a phaseout of the occupational tax at a press conference on Monday without extending the "common courtesy" of letting leaders in some affected municipalities know about it. Jone...

Vietnam and Jordan are looking to step up investment as well as trade in areas of potential such as tourism and Halal food production, a meeting in Singapore heard.

SB 275 would create an Intermediate Court of Appeals whose decisions would be accorded precedential effect by the lower courts. The bill establishes northern and southern districts within West Virginia, each with a three-judge panel to hear appeals arising out of their respective geographical area. The judges are to be appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, to staggered terms of two, four, and six years. The Committees amended the original bill in certain key area...

An overview of the session (Photo: Vietnam Environment Administration) Hanoi (VNA) – A Vietnamese delegation led by Director General of the Vietnam Environment Administration Nguyen Van Tai attended the fifth session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-5) held virtually on February 22-23. The overall theme of UNEA-5 is “Strengthening Actions for Nature to Achieve the The theme calls for strengthened action to protect and restore nature and nature-based solutions to achieve the SDGs in it...

As Jamaica continues to grapple with fallout from the reported security...

The country has presented its candidature for membership of the UNHRC for the 2023-25 tenure

Việt Nam continues to “put emphasis on the protection and promotion of all human rights and fundamental freedoms of our people, even in this most difficult of times" in the context of the global pandemic

Gaps in GoSL needs and Core Group hopes: Sumanthiran  The Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) and the “Core Group of Countries for Sri Lanka” are likely to go on divergent paths at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) Session in Geneva, with all signs pointing to a home-grown resolution by Sri Lanka.  Co-Cabinet Spokesman Dr. Ramesh Pathirana told  The Morning yesterday (16) that indications are that a home-grown resolution from the Government would be submitted at the session to ...

Photo: Courtesy Arkansas House of Representatives During the fifth week of the Arkansas Legislature's Regular Session, the House passed several bills addressing

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Two extraordinary events will leave an indelible imprint on the manner and scope of legislative activity expected when the West Virginia Legislature convenes its 60-day Regular Session on February 10, 2021. First, a global pandemic has ushered in a new, more socially distanced manner of legislating. Second, with Republican super majorities firmly established in both the House of Delegates and Senate, along with a Republican Governor h...