Nancy Holland

Akron City Council voted to approve a resolution to relieve residents' medical debt, but the city will need to budget money to deliver on that relief.

Akron City Council narrowly approved the controversial White Pond development over raucous objections by residents concerned about traffic and environmental issues.

Akron City Council unanimously passed an ordinance requiring CO detectors in residential dwellings that use fuel-burning appliances.

While city council's chief of staff told Ideastream Public Media that there were "bomb threats" at city hall in July, council leadership has denied this. President Margo Sommerville said there were "credible threats" against the city's administration.

A long-time civil rights attorney who has served on the city's civil rights commission, Nancy Holland, was chosen to serve Ward 1, a seat that has been vacant since Rich Swirsky's death May 26.

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