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Kildare Gardaí back plan to have proceeds of crime cash invested in local community Reporter:  '); Top ranking gardaí in the Kildare Garda Division have agreed to a motion to divert cash seized in local crime into services in the community. The call was made at this week’s Joint Policing Committee (JPC) meeting which was held online. Committee member Cllr Fiona McLoughlin Healy called on the JPC to write to the Ministers for Justice, Finance and Public Expenditure to make provisions where money confiscated under the Proceeds of Crime Legislation be redirected from central funds back in...

Madison Co. officials wary about taking over Canton elections Canton Mayor William Truly, Jr. (Source: WLBT) By Anthony Warren | March 1, 2021 at 11:56 AM CST - Updated March 1 at 12:08 PM MADISON COUNTY, Miss. (WLBT) - Madison County officials are seeking an attorney general’s opinion before taking over Canton’s 2021 municipal elections. The city petitioned the county to take over the elections in February, in part, citing the federal fraud charges were brought against city officials following the 2017 races. On Monday, the board directed board attorney Mike Espy to seek an opinio...

Disqualified candidates question legitimacy of Canton’s Democratic executive committee Canton Mayor William Truly, Jr. (Source: WLBT) By Anthony Warren | February 26, 2021 at 6:30 PM CST - Updated February 28 at 7:41 PM CANTON, Miss. (WLBT) - Absentee voting in municipal elections across the Magnolia State is expected to begin Monday. However, that won’t happen in the City of Canton because the Democratic primary ballot has yet to be finalized. Five candidates have been disqualified by the Canton Municipal Democratic Executive Committee to run in the city’s 2021 Democrat...

By Kevin Bessler - Illinois Radio Network Illinois restaurants, facing state-imposed restrictions because of COVID-19, had a difficult year in 2020. Gov. J.B. Pritzker banned indoor dining in November for the second time. Many places don’t have space or funds to set up outdoor dining facilities. One restaurant owner is throwing in the towel. John Scanlan, owner of the Filling Station in Rockford, said he is moving his business out of state after 35 years. Scanlan said he can’t survive without indoor dining and he is tired of paying what he calls high taxes, the state’s accelerated pensi...

(The Center Square) – Illinois restaurants, facing state-imposed restrictions because of COVID-19, had a difficult year in 2020. Gov. J.B. Pritzker banned indoor dining in November for the second time. Many places don’t...