NY City Council considers halt to n-word
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The city council is considering a symbolic resolution calling for New Yorkers to stop using the n-word, and supporters say Black History Month is a relevant time to call attention to the racial slur.
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By DREW DIXON  NEPTUNE BEACH - The City Council agreed Monday to take a proposed ordinance that could limit short-term home rentals to a minimum of 28 days to a public hearing.
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By Larry Sandler, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel  Jun. 8--A measure to crack down on loitering by suspected gang members won new life Thursday with the backing of a Milwaukee Common Council committee.
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A state commission will consider whether Mayor Michael Bloomberg's plan to charge a toll on some commuters to reduce traffic and pollution in New York City should ultimately take effect, according to a deal reached Thursday.
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Legal wrangling over the status of  Turin's Olympic Committee could delay preparations for the 2006  Winter Games and hamper the gathering of much-needed funds, the  city's mayor said Monday.
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Reasonable people can disagree about Mayor Anthony Williams's latest plan for bringing professional baseball back to Washington. Unfortunately, a lot of the discussion so far has been based on misleading vocabulary and faulty assumptions. As the D.C. Council considers further action today, here's a business columnist's guide for thinking about the issue:
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By Ryan Lafontaine, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb. 13--BAY ST. LOUIS -- The Bay City Council on Monday formally asked City Hall to freeze construction of a new beachfront bistro on Washington Street and force a pair of investors back through sometimes-brutal public hearings.
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A charter school may resume teaching in Hebrew, three weeks after the lessons were halted over concerns the Jewish faith was seeping into public classrooms, the school board voted Tuesday.
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The longtime chairman of the Roger Williams University board admitted Monday that he had used the N-word during a board meeting, saying it "kind of slipped out."
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A city councilman says he hears it over and over on the streets of New York City: young people casually addressing each other using a racial slur that has a painful history intertwined with slavery.
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Liverpool City Council is to decide later if it wants to set up a prostitution tolerance zone in the city.
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The Capital-Journal  The Topeka City Council's policy and finance committee put off a discussion Monday about possibly amending the city water rate structure.
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No swearing allowed. Quit the sexist and racist chants, as well. And if sports fans don't stop, they will get tossed from the stands, Boston University officials are warning.
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The Senate may attach language to the immigration bill that would prohibit city councils from requiring home improvement stores to maintain orderly day labor sites
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New York declared the n-word off limits to all races Wednesday in a purely symbolic resolution prompted by the increasingly casual use of the slur in hip-hop music, comedy and street slang.
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By The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Sep. 6--RALEIGH -- The City Council held off Tuesday from making a decision about how to develop Horseshoe Farm Park.
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Members of New York's heavily Democratic delegation on Capitol Hill worry they will be shoved aside when Congress returns to confront issues that impact the city and state.