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Who to contact tags on poles and other utility infrastructure in the public space

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Public Service Commissions should be petitioned to make this a requirement. == Ironically, this is an issue in the park for which I am on the board. While I think it's fine to be good at identifying a problem without necessarily being good at identifying solutions, websites and newspaper columnists I hold to a higher standard.

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County Legal Authority to Fund Non-Mandated Social Services Programs

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

32) prohibits a local government from providing “exclusive or separate emoluments or privileges” to private individuals except “in consideration of public services.” However, activities that satisfy the North Carolina Constitution’s “public purpose” requirement are not exclusive emoluments. See Blinson v. State , 186 N.C.

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Breaking from the binary: Enhancing gender and pronoun inclusivity in federal programs

Partnership for Public Service

In 2016, James Shupe (formerly Jamie*) successfully petitioned an Oregon circuit court to become the first person to legally identify as nonbinary in the United States. The post Breaking from the binary: Enhancing gender and pronoun inclusivity in federal programs appeared first on Partnership for Public Service.

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Have a laugh and learn all about ‘The G Word,’ a comedy docuseries about our government

Partnership for Public Service

Our podcast, “Profiles in Public Service” took a comedic turn with guests Jon Wolf and Jon Cohen, partners at Fair Point Productions, who spoke with co-hosts Loren DeJonge Schulman and Rachel Klein-Kircher about their work as the executive producers of “The G Word with Adam Conover.” “The Follow us and subscribe to our show!