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Thanksgiving Weekend Sports Guide: Your roadmap to NFL matchups, other games, times, oddsOfficials in Oakland are providing a new timeline of the steps they will take to replace recalled Mayor Sheng Thao. While the results of the November election have yet to be certified, Thao conceded in the recall a few days after the election . While the Oakland city council president would usually take over as acting mayor in this type of scenario, current City Council President Nikki Fortunato Bas has been elected to the Alameda County Board of Supervisors. On Wednesday, Bas announced that the Alameda County Registrar of Voters was expected to certify the election results Thursday. If that happens, Bas plans to submit a letter of resignation of her council seat on December 17. That is the same day the Oakland City Council is expected to declare the results of the election and the office of the mayor will become vacant. Bas would still serve as interim mayor until she takes office as a new Alameda County supervisor in January. Bas said she believes Oakland should consolidate the elections for the council seat and the mayor's office in April to save money. Thao was elected mayor in November 2022 and became the first Hmong American to lead a major city. She faced criticism almost immediately after taking office for firing popular Oakland Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong. Frustrated voters blamed Thao for a long list of city woes related to public safety , homelessness and the city's budget . She also faced criticism following a June FBI raid of her home along with properties owned by a politically influential family that controls the city's recycling contract. Thao has maintained her innocence and authorities have not said what they are investigating.Themis Qi Pak Shek Kok's development plan may be adjusted to focus on private housing, the Development Bureau said, adding that the government aims to release a preliminary proposal as early as the second quarter of 2025. After reviewing the housing area next to Science Park, the Development Bureau found it more appropriate to develop private homes, just four months after the government was reported to have planned to build 10,000 private and public units there. In response to an inquiry from Sing Tao Daily, The Standard's sister newspaper, the bureau also attributed the U-turn to the government having already identified sufficient land to meet the public housing supply target in the next 10 years. Considering the changes to housing supply and the challenges in building Pak Shek Kok MTR station and its surrounding infrastructure, the government deferred the unveiling of the development plan from the end of this year to the second or third quarter of next year. But the government maintains its goal of putting the Pak Shek Kok station in service no later than 2033. Over 24,000 staff work in Science Park. Moreover, the adjacent Chinese University of Hong Kong had over 21,000 students for the 2023/24 academic year. Pak Shek Kok is one of many low-density luxury home communities in the New Territories, including Great Eagle's Ontolo, due to its harbor view and the government's efforts to set up an innovation and technology hub there. Celebrities such as Wong Cho-lam bought a unit in the area. However, the previous plan revealed in August to build public homes raised concerns about the impact on private properties in Pak Shek Kok. Pak Shek Kok homes have traded at HK$15,915 per square foot on average for the past 30 days, down by 9.5 percent from the previous 30-day period, data from Midland Realty showed. But Sun Hung Kai Properties won a site in the region in 2019 for over HK$6.3 billion or HK$6,646 per sq ft, the highest in a decade. Lo Hiu-fung, member of the District Council for Tai Po South, agreed with changing to a private home-focused plan, saying high-density public flats will conflict with Pak Shek Kok's development. Scott Leung Man-kwong, a member of the Legislative Council, thinks Pak Shek Kok should focus on meeting middle-class demand and development could be accelerated if all residential properties are built by the private sector. But both Lo and Leung urged the government to announce more details in order to leave enough time for consultations for the sake of public interest.
NoneCOLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A law requiring Missouri voters to show government-issued photo identification to cast regular ballots will stand after a lower-court judge found it constitutional Tuesday. Cole County Circuit Judge Jon Beetem’s decision upholds the law, which was made possible by a 2016 voter-approved constitutional amendment allowing lawmakers to enact photo ID requirements. “To maintain a secure system for voting, it only stands to reason that a photo ID should be essential,” Missouri Republican Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft said in a statement praising the ruling. Voter photo ID supporters such as Ashcroft say the practice prevents voter fraud and improves public confidence in election results. Voting rights advocates say getting the records needed to obtain proper photo identification can be challenging, especially for older voters and people with disabilities. The National Conference of State Legislatures reports 36 states request or require identification to vote, of which at least 21 ask for a photo ID. Under Missouri’s law, people without government-issued photo identification can cast provisional ballots to be counted if they return later that day with a photo ID or if election officials verify their signatures. The law also requires the state to provide a free photo identification card to those lacking one to vote. Missouri’s NAACP and League of Women Voters, along with two individual voters, sued to overturn the law in 2022. They argued that some voters faced substantial obstacles getting up-to-date and accurate government-issued photo IDs and worried that casting a provisional ballot could put them at higher risk of having their votes not counted. Beetem initially dismissed the lawsuit , finding neither of the two individual voters “alleged a specific, concrete, non-speculative injury or legally protectable interest in challenging the photo ID requirement.” The Missouri ACLU and Missouri Voter Protection Coalition, who sued on behalf of the plaintiffs, in response added another voter to the lawsuit and asked Beetem again to find the voter ID requirement unconstitutional. Beetem noted in his Tuesday ruling that all of the individual plaintiffs have successfully voted since the law took effect. “Their claim that their provisional ballots may be rejected is purely speculative,” Beetem wrote. “In addition, the evidence at trial confirms that rejection rates for provisional ballots are low, and the rates specifically for signature-mismatch are exceedingly low.” He concluded that the law’s rules on photo identification “protect the fundamental right to vote by deterring difficult to detect forms of voter fraud.” Lawyers for the plaintiffs said they will appeal Beetem’s ruling. “The League believes the state should be making it easier, not harder, for Missourians to exercise their fundamental right to vote,” Missouri League of Women Voters President Marilyn McLeod said in a statement. “There’s no evidence of voter impersonation in Missouri, so these restrictions don’t make our elections any safer or more secure.” Don't let this be the end of the free press. 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"Loss Prevention at Target stated that on October 30, 2024, an unknown female entered the store and selected items listed for sale," police said. "Once at the self-checkout register, the female suspect did not scan the items' barcodes, instead scanning a false barcode with cheaper prices." In total, 16 items of miscellaneous household goods and clothing were stolen with a total retail value of $500.32, which was verified by officers via Target's security cameras. In an attempt to help identify the suspect through public assistance, the Cape Coral Police Department's Facebook and Instagram accounts posted the female's picture, describing her as appearing to be "approximately 20-35 years old, had long black hair, and was wearing a tan shirt, tan pants, and glasses." An anonymous caller who saw the post on social media subsequently contacted the police and gave the possible identification for the suspect as Marlena Velez and informed them of her social media profiles. 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