GSA taps Login.gov deputy director to take top role next month Hanna Kim, a DOD, State and Treasury alum, is set to lead Login.gov after serving as its first-ever deputy director since January. 04/25/2024 - 2:05 am | View Link
Mayor Adams’ budget plan restores NYPD funding, keeps $58M cut to NYC libraries Mayor Adams’ latest city budget proposal would pump more than $62 million into hiring new NYPD officers — but keep in place a similarly-sized spending cut to New York’s public library ... 04/24/2024 - 3:25 am | View Link
As NYC’s education budget hits a fiscal cliff, Adams saves several school programs The smaller budget is largely the result of expiring federal relief dollars, and Adams’ proposal saves a slew of programs that were on the chopping block. 04/23/2024 - 10:51 pm | View Link
Bass budget would reduce homelessness funding, scale back LAPD hiring goal Faced with rising salary costs and weak revenue growth, Mayor Karen Bass also proposed the elimination of more than 2,100 vacant city positions. 04/22/2024 - 3:31 pm | View Link
DC Councilman undermines CFO and Bowser with budget preview that reverses their cuts Washington D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (D) announced that he will undo Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s (D) most contentious budget cuts. The city’s budget has become a major area of ... 04/19/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
Although Donald Trump complains that his criminal trial keeps him off the campaign trail, he spent Wednesday — the day when court isn’t scheduled — playing golf and not campaigning, CNN reports.
Critics say the justice should not judge Trump's election-subversion case, because his wife supported overturning the election, attended Trump's Jan6 rally.
“The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday voted to restore ‘net neutrality’ rules that prevent broadband internet providers such as Comcast and Verizon from favoring some sites and apps over others,” the AP reports.
“The move effectively reinstates a net neutrality order the commission first issued in 2015 during the Obama administration.
“Lawmakers in Alabama passed legislation that could lead to the prosecution of librarians under the state’s obscenity law for providing minors with ‘harmful’ materials,” The Hill reports.