The number of empty properties in Stoke-on-Trent has fallen in recent times but there are still more than 3,000 across the city, most of them in the private sector. At the same time, there are more ...

Covering council meetings, you read a lot of letters from concerned residents and local businesses. It’s rare to see a group of young people attend. And rarer still that they ...

City Council is scheduled to vote on the City Manager’s recommended budget June 2. The hard deadline to approve a budget is June 19, to go into effect July 1. More: Hendersonville budget draft ...

Oyo Assembly on Tuesday succumbed to pressure by retaining the rotational Chairmanship clause of the Council of Obas and Chiefs in the State. The development was sequel to the passage of the Oyo ...

Traditional leaders and stakeholders from Ibadanland and Ogbomosoland have strongly opposed a proposed legal amendment by the Oyo State House of Assembly seeking to make the Alaafin of Oyo the ...

Walsh left 37 of the council’s 82 budget amendments unchanged, including the one that shrank the property tax levy increase, which removed a projected 2% tax rate increase.

Council previously bought the neighbouring Wydnam tower from fund management company CorVal for $46.25m in 2023. The city now owns both towers, plus the Waterside East and West towers it bought in ...

It comes as new council rules mean landlords face a 300 per cent empty homes premium on properties which have been empty for more than a decade. Empty council houses are also going to be regularly ...

A new police crackdown launched today is aiming to weed out cannabis factories in Stoke-on-Trent council houses. Tenants will be kicked out of their address if cannabis is found to be growing in a ...

A key committee of the Los Angeles City Council voted Friday to cut the number of employees targeted for layoff by Mayor Karen Bass by more than half, bringing the total down to an estimated 650.

The B.C. Council of Forest Industries (COFI) says it isn't sure why the province has created a new forestry council with a "vague scope and mandate" when there are already multiple working groups ...

Reform UK has gained its first seat on a city council after winning a by-election. Luke Shenton was confirmed as the new councillor for Stoke-on-Trent's Birches Head and Northwood ward following ...