Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson: State lawmakers should ban payouts for exiting city employees “The Texas Legislature ought to take the step to protect taxpayers by forbidding these golden parachutes for city employees in any locality in the state,” Johnson said in the newsletter ... 04/15/2024 - 8:14 am | View Link
Dallas mayor desperate for winning NFL team, so he’s trying to get the Chiefs Dallas mayor Eric Johnson is courting the Chiefs to come to his city, and somehow this isn’t a joke. Johnson invoked the Dallas Texans, the Chiefs’ prior name before moving to Kansas City in ... 04/5/2024 - 2:44 am | View Link
Mayor Eric Johnson still pushing dream of a Dallas-based NFL team Could the Kansas City Chiefs be moving to Dallas? There’s no evidence that it’ll happen, but Mayor Eric Johnson hopes so. Voters in Jackson County, Mo., on Tuesday rejected a 40-year sales tax ... 04/3/2024 - 6:06 pm | View Link
Room For Two? Dallas Mayor Pushing For Chiefs To Join Cowboys, Move 'Home' For Eric Johnson, the mayor of Dallas, a homecoming for the NFL's newly-crowned dynasty could be in order. Remember, the Chiefs began life as the AFL's Dallas Texans in 1960 before moving to ... 04/3/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
Mayor of Dallas rooting for Chiefs to move back to Dallas Where would they go if they did move? Dallas mayor Eric Johnson, who repeatedly has pitched his city as a candidate for an NFL expansion team, posted an invitation to the Chiefs on social media. 04/3/2024 - 5:28 am | View Link
MIAMI — Amid speculation of what might come next with the Miami Heat and Jimmy Butler — with Butler eligible for an extension and also in the midst of media speculation about his future with the team — coach Erik Spoelstra spoke Friday of an enduring relationship.
“It goes by fast,” Spoelstra said of the partnership that began with the Heat’s acquisition of Butler from the Philadelphia 76ers in the 2019 offseason.
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Republican National Committee on Friday filed a federal lawsuit seeking to prevent Nevada from counting mail ballots received after Election Day, as the state’s law currently permits.
The law, passed by Democrats in 2021, permits the tallying of mail ballots received up to four days after Election Day, provided the envelopes are postmarked before the end of the day.
An investigator’s review by a consulting firm of the Coconut Creek police department found the work environment “toxic,” officers were publicly berated and allegations of inappropriate comments by the chief. They were among a series of issues that led to suggestions for bringing changes.
City Commissioner Joshua Rydell vowed Friday that “action will be taken.”
“There’s some issues in the police department that need to be addressed immediately,” Rydell said.
The Delray Beach Fire Rescue chief has been fired for misconduct after he allowed firefighters to play in a charity softball game, according to the city’s termination letter.
As of Thursday, Keith Tomey was fired and replaced by interim fire rescue chief Kevin Green. The decision, detailed by City Manager Terrence Moore in a letter, comes after an investigation initiated by Moore into a softball game on Nov.
MIAMI — For nearly two hours Friday, Erik Spoelstra and several of his Miami Heat players participated in exit interviews with the media at Kaseya Center.
But there also were several notable absences.
In many ways, that made it a microcosm of the just-completed season that concluded with a first-round playoff ouster as a No.
TALLAHASSEE — A bill sitting on Gov. Ron DeSantis’ desk would end the state’s support of renewable and clean energy and keep Florida reliant on fossil fuels, critics say.
If signed, the law would reverse 16 years of state policy, finishing the work started by former Gov. Rick Scott and undoing Gov.