Fridley Council rejects charter commission's requiest to lower petition threshold

Fridley Council rejects charter commission's requiest to lower petition threshold

The Fridley City Council on Nov. 10 voted unanimously to deny the first reading of a proposed charter amendment that would have sharply lowered the number of signatures required for initiative and referendum petitions. The motion failed 4-0, with Council…

Government response to fracking petition “inadequate”

The government failed to respond directly to a parliamentary petition about lower-volume fracking for onshore oil and gas, a group of MPs has said. Used with the owner’s consent More than 10,200 people signed the petition which called for the government’s promised ban on high volume fracking to include currently allowed operations that use lower volumes of liquid. Under the petition rules, the government must respond if a petition receives more…