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The Woonsocket City Council met in Special Session last night at Harris Hall.  The Council passed a resolution regarding the use of city ARPA funds.  The next order of business was three items regarding Councilwoman Denise Sierra's formal complaint against Mayor Lisa Baldelli-Hunt seeking her removal from office for cause. 

The Council's Attorney informed the council that he had been contacted by the attorney for the mayor asking for a 'continuance', or a delay in the start of the proceedings.  The mayor's attorney assured the council that the mayor was ready and eager to defend herself, but that part of her defense would be the testimony of a list of witnesses, and, among other things it will take time for the council to subpeona those witnesses, in other words, to legally call them to testify.

The motion to grant a continuance for one week was made by Councilman James Conoyer, seconded and passed unanimously by the council, after which, the meeting was immediately ajourned.

The council will now meet on October 4th, just two days short of the 30 day city charter requirement for action.

 

 

 

 

House Speaker Mike Johnson will meet with Jewish students today at Columbia University in New York City. His visit comes as the school faces massive protests against Israel's actions in the Palestinian territories. Hundreds of students have been protesting for days against the Biden administration's response to the Israel-Hamas war, calling for an end to support for Israel.        A new foreign aid bill will be signed into law by President Biden today. The Senate passed the 95-billion dollar emergency foreign aid package yesterday. It includes funding for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan, and the Indo-Pacific as well as the groundwork to ban the social media app TikTok in the U.S.        A case involving emergency abortions is being heard by the Supreme Court. The high court is hearing arguments currently on whether emergency rooms in Idaho can provide abortions to a woman whose health is at risk. Idaho's law makes it a felony for physicians to perform most abortions except to save the life of the mother.        The national average price for a gallon of gas is holding steady. Triple A reports the average cost for a gallon of regular gas is still three-dollars-and-66-cents across the country. That's the same as it was a week ago, but 13 cents more than a month ago.       The older people get, the later they think old age starts. A German study published this week in the American Psychological Association's Psychology and Aging journal checked in with thousands of people over the years born between 1911 and 1974. The longer the study went on, the further away people saw the start of old age.       Former University of Southern California running back Reggie Bush is getting his 2005 Heisman Trophy back, according to a report from ESPN. Bush had his trophy taken away in 2010 after the NCAA [[ N-C-Double-A ]] imposed sanctions on USC for infractions including Bush receiving improper benefits. The Heisman Trust told ESPN the "reinstatement" of Bush's trophy comes as there has been "enormous changes in the college football landscape."       

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