Latest news with #proclamation
Yahoo
13-06-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Here's what Wichita ethics board decided about Mayor Lily Wu & transgender proclamation
Mayor Lily Wu violated the city's ethics policy by not reading, and not arranging someone else to read ahead of time, the Transgender Day of Visibility proclamation at a March meeting, Wichita's Ethics Board found. The ethics board cleared Wu of other alleged violations, and didn't find sufficient evidence that she asked for her signature line to be removed from the proclamation. 'Sufficient time existed for the Mayor to fulfill her duty as the official head of the city to prepare for and preside at the council meeting. Presiding routinely includes reading proclamations approved by a majority or making preparations for and arranging in advance for someone else to read them,' the ethics board report reads. 'Voting in the minority or not voting at all, as in this case, does not change the role of a mayor to execute the will of the majority.' Council member Maggie Ballard ultimately read, and signed, the proclamation during the meeting. The board found that Wu's assistant crossed off her signature line after Wu made her own edits. Twenty-two ethics complaints were filed against the mayor after she did not read a proclamation recognizing Transgender Day of Visibility at the council's March meeting. Those complaints alleged a number of violations of the ethics code, including requiring city officials to maintain public confidence, remain impartial and address constituent's needs. She was cleared of all of those allegations. Wu will not have to pay a fine or attend ethics training as a result of her one violation. The ethics ordinance outlines those possible reprimands for ethics violations. The mayor is in Paris representing the city at the International Air Show and did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The board approved the report on a 4-1 vote, with the only no vote being the mayor's appointee to the board, Al Higdon, co-founder of the marketing agency Sullivan Higdon & Sink, now Signal Theory. After the March meeting, Wu called the proclamation a political move by former mayor Brandon Whipple's political team. She also said the proclamation 'segregated' Wichita's transgender community. The proclamation was requested by Chris Pumpelly early this year through Proud of Wichita: the LGBTQ Chamber. Pumpelly is running for District 1's open seat on the city council; he didn't announce his intent to run until earlier this month. The mayor has said she has received racist emails as backlash after she did not read the proclamation, with one email using a racial slur for Asian people.
Bloomberg
05-06-2025
- Politics
- Bloomberg
What to Know About Trump's New Travel Ban
By and Josh Wingrove Save US President Donald Trump signed a proclamation on June 4 to block citizens of 12 countries, mostly in the Middle East and Africa, from entering the US. The ban, due to take effect on June 9, is the latest step in Trump's sweeping immigration agenda. Since taking office in January, he has cracked down on undocumented migration, ramped up deportations and restarted construction of a wall along the US-Mexico border that he initiated during his first presidential term. He is also seeking to end automatic US citizenship for children born in the country to parents who are there unlawfully.
BBC News
05-06-2025
- Politics
- BBC News
Full list of kontris wey dia pipo no fit enta US as Trump sama ban on dem
US President Donald Trump don sign a ban on travel to di US from 12 kontris. E cite national security risks, according to di White House. Di US president say dem fit revise di list if "material improvements" dey and dem fit also add some kontris as "threats emerge around di world". Dis na di second time Trump go ban travel from certain kontris. Trump bin sign similar order for 2017, during im first term for office. Which kontris dey affected? Trump has signed a proclamation banning travel to the US from nationals of 12 countries: E get additional seven kontris wey dia citizens face partial travel restrictions: We dey update dis tori
Bloomberg
05-06-2025
- Politics
- Bloomberg
President Trump Signs Travel Ban for 12 Countries
President Donald Trump has signed a proclamation that bans individuals from 12 countries from entering the US. Bloomberg's John Harney reports on the latest from Washington. (Source: Bloomberg)
The Guardian
05-06-2025
- Politics
- The Guardian
Trump issues travel ban, barring US entry for people from 12 countries
Donald Trump signed a sweeping new proclamation that will bar or partially restrict entry from nearly 20 countries, citing national security concerns. The ban prohibits travel into the US for people from Afghanistan, Burma, Chad, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen. Trump also issued travel suspensions for Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan, and Venezuela Trump signs order banning citizens of 12 countries from entering the US
