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Mayor welcomes new fire boats on the Thames as part of £40m Brigade transformation

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan has welcomed London Fire Brigade’s new fire boats to the Thames as part of a £40 million investment made by City Hall to expand the Brigade’s fleet of equipment and vehicles.The Mayor has committed to modernising and transforming the Brigade’s rescue resources, so they…

Evening Standard

TfL secures bailout, everyone is unhappy

The UK government is no stranger to unequal treaties. The most infamous of all was the Treaty of Nanjing, which ended the First Opium War (1839-1842) between Great Britain and the Qing dynasty.

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan and Grant Shapps at war over TfL deal to save Tube

London Mayor and Transport Secretary clash over ‘malicious’ terms of massive bailout

Evening Standard

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David Wharton: How a group of rogue skaters got L.A. City Hall on their side

LOS ANGELES — No one wanted to claim responsibility for the old parking lot. A small patch of rutted pavement, dank and filthy, it sat forgotten beneath a freeway overpass near the San Pedro docks.

Los Angeles Times

Make BRT system work

After 12 years of continuous service, Bangkok's Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) -- a 15-km feeder bus route linking Sathon and Ratchaphruek roads -- should have been more popular, the way similar systems in Bogota and Guangzhou have been embraced by those cities' residents.

Bangkok Post

TfL bailout: Urgent board meeting called for midday today over Government funding deal

Transport for London’s board called the meeting following weeks of intense negotiations over a bailout

Evening Standard

Inside a 'tale of greed' in San Francisco: Bribery scandal leads to 7-year prison sentence

Federal prosecutors called it "a tale of greed as old as time" — a powerful San Francisco official at the heart of a web of kickbacks, bribery and fraud that stretched across more than a decade.

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Ex-San Francisco official sentenced to 7 years in prison

San Francisco’s former public works director was sentenced Thursday to seven years in prison for steering public contracts and taking pricey gifts in a corruption case that ensnared several City Hall officials and insiders

The Independent UK

Chadchart lauds 'Open Bangkok'

City Hall is launching the "Open Bangkok" project to make the capital a liveable city for all, governor Chadchart Sittipunt said.

Bangkok Post

CP robot fair to spread tech knowledge

The conglomerate Charoen Pokphand Group (CP) has joined hands with the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) and other partners to launch a two-day robot and innovation showcase event aimed at spreading knowledge of the latest advanced technology amongst Thai youth.

Bangkok Post

Londoners hit harder by rising prices than rest of the country

Londoners are being hit harder by the cost of living crisis than people living in other parts of the country, City Hall research has suggested.

Evening Standard

City Hall to receive B79.7bn budget

Bangkok Council on Thursday unanimously approved a budget of 79.71 billion baht for the coming 2023 fiscal year, starting Oct 1, as City Hall plans to use most of the money to ease the city's most nagging problems including flooding and traffic congestion.

Bangkok Post

Give Columbus a second chance and bring back the statues

Rather than burying history, City Hall should recognize the complex and continuing legacy of Columbus.

Chicago Sun-Times

One fifth of trains to run in strike ‘but only travel if necessary’

Sadiq Khan has urged the RMT not to punish Londoners and work with City Hall to secure a long-term funding deal

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‘Still a lot of pain’: Four years after mass shooting, Texas community grapples with fallout

If you or someone you know is in crisis, dial “988” for the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline or text HOME to the Crisis Text Line at 741741. (The previous phone number, 800-273-8255, will continue to function indefinitely.)

Chicago Sun-Times

Pat Quinn calls on Lightfoot to release Little Village implosion report

Citing a recent Sun-Times story, the former governor, who is exploring a run for mayor, says a watchdog investigation into the botched 2020 smokestack implosion should not be kept secret.

The Guardian - US

‘It should have been celebrated’: the fight to save a thriving Black school

In Let the Little Light Shine, a high-achieving Black school in Chicago’s South Side fights the tide of gentrification

The Texas Tribune

Four years after the Santa Fe school shooting, “There is still a lot of pain”

Some residents still struggling with grief, trauma as government mental health funding recedes.

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Editorial: A pro-police reform official gets fired. Is City Hall truly committed to fixing CPD?

Reforming this city’s police force within the framework of the federally mandated consent decree should never become a second tier priority. A recent personnel move at the department suggests it already has.

Los Angeles Times

They want LA to rein in the mighty car to make streets safe. Will drivers go along?

LOS ANGELES — In the city where the car is king, activists are pushing to claim strips of the biggest boulevards for bicyclists and walkers.

Chicago Sun-Times

City leaders have no true grasp of public transit experience

Why not incentivize city workers, across the board, to get out of their private cars and commute on bus and rail?

Bangkok Post

City Hall refuses to be sunk by floods

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is preparing a major redevelopment of the capital's drainage system to increase its drainage capacity in a fresh drive to combat the city's flood problem.

Evening Standard

London Underground: New TfL data reveals Tube’s noisiest section

The Victoria Line is the section of the London Underground which receives the most noise complaints, according to new City Hall data.

Bangkok Post

BMA plans to relax uniform rule

City Hall will relax regulations to allow students enrolled in 437 schools under its supervision to don casual wear once a week, says deputy Bangkok governor Sanont Wangsangboon.

Chicago Sun-Times

Seven months before smokestack’s botched implosion smothered Little Village in dust, Chicago city inspector issued dire warning

Of the steps that John Kryl urged his City Hall bosses be taken, “Not a single one of these things was done,” a community activist says.

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