Council OKs Payment of Legal Fees
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By STEVEN WARD  GONZALES - Going against the advice of the city attorney, the City Council voted 3-2 Monday to pay more than $30,000 in legal fees to a Donaldsonville attorney who said he came up short following his work on the Cabela's hunting and fishing store project.
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By Leigh Coleman, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb. 21--GAUTIER -- The City Council agreed Tuesday to retroactively approve the use of city resources on private property.
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By Vivian Austin, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Sep. 11--GAUTIER -- City personnel are seeking grant money to fund an environmental court that would help enforce Gautier's laws on property care and cleanup.
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Gov. Ernie Fletcher, mired in a yearlong hiring probe, can create a fund to accept donations to help pay his legal fees from criminal charges that were dismissed, an ethics panel said Friday.
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By J.R. Welsh, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Sep. 12--BILOXI -- The cost of defending the Harrison County Sheriff's Department against civil actions went up again Monday when county supervisors approved payment of more than $14,000 to lawyers representing Sheriff George H. Payne Jr.
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DETROIT The Detroit City Council has passed a modified version of its controversial plan for a black business district. In doing so, they&#39;ve repealed a provision that loans go only to blacks.
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Bank of England committee unanimously backed cheaper borrowing costs earlier this month
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By Laura Figueroa, The Miami Herald  Feb. 18--Members of the Miami Lakes Town Council were back to a familiar discussion point at Tuesday night's council meeting: the fight to eliminate the county mitigation fee.
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A court ruling bodes well for next-generation royalties.
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By Jeff Tucker, The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.  Mar. 10--A few years ago when the city started looking at the possibility of annexing portions of the West Park neighborhood, the city had to face the question of how to pay to extend city services into the area.
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The City Council has passed a modified version of a plan to use public funds to create a black business district in the city, voting to eliminate a requirement that only blacks get loans.
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By Joe Zedalis, Asbury Park Press, N.J.  Sep. 13--BERKELEY -- The Township Council on Tuesday adopted an ordinance  that authorized the bonding of $2.3 million to preserve a 118-acre tract known  locally as the Potter's Creek property.
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By Brent Champaco, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.  Sep. 25--The Pierce County Council isn't the only local government whose leaders are testing the choppy waters of growth-impact fees.
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A city law passed in late March would, for the first time in China, give victims legal recourse.
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A federal judge ordered the law firm of William S. Lerach, a leading class-action lawyer, to pay the legal fees and costs of a company he sued.
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The European Commission approved on Wednesday state aid to help the British Post Office cover the costs of providing public services.
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The City Council gave tentative approval Friday to an overhaul of an anti-illegal-immigration law considered to be one of the nation's toughest, hoping to put the measure on sounder legal footing.