/tags/akron-city-council Akron City Council en-US Copyright Tue, 17 Nov 2020 15:05:51 GMT /ideastream/2020-11-17/akron-limits-private-gatherings-to-6-with-masks-required Updated: 10:50 a.m., Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020 Akron City Council passed legislation Monday night temporarily limiting the size of private gatherings in the city and mandating face coverings at those gatherings for 30 the next days, a proposal introduced earlier in the day by Mayor Dan Horrigan. The measure passed 9-3, with one abstention. Tue, 17 Nov 2020 15:05:51 GMT /ideastream/2020-11-17/akron-limits-private-gatherings-to-6-with-masks-required Glenn Forbes, Gayle Putrich /wksu-stories/2020-07-06/akron-eliminates-columbus-day-establishes-welcoming-month-starting-in-2021 Akron City Council has wrapped up a three-year long process to do away with Columbus Day . Beginning in 2021 because of the pandemic, the city will... Mon, 06 Jul 2020 12:43:28 GMT /wksu-stories/2020-07-06/akron-eliminates-columbus-day-establishes-welcoming-month-starting-in-2021 Jennifer Conn /ideastream/2019-01-02/akron-tent-city-has-reached-its-last-days The creator of a tent city for homeless people in Akron is holding a cleanup day Thursday now that the city has ordered the encampment to close. Sage Lewis is the 47-year-old Akron activist and entrepreneur who set up the tent city on his property. He said residents have already done most of the cleanup work at the site, but he’s hoping supporters will come anyway. Wed, 02 Jan 2019 22:19:24 GMT /ideastream/2019-01-02/akron-tent-city-has-reached-its-last-days /news/2018-04-17/akron-raises-minimum-age-to-buy-tobacco-to-21 Akron’s minimum age to buy tobacco products will increase from 18 to 21. But opponents and even some supporters are expressing reservations.After a month… Tue, 17 Apr 2018 13:07:08 GMT /news/2018-04-17/akron-raises-minimum-age-to-buy-tobacco-to-21 M.L. Schultze /news/2018-04-03/akron-considers-protesting-census-citizenship-question Akron is taking its first look at a resolution opposing a citizenship question the Trump administration plans to incorporate into the next U.S. Census. A… Tue, 03 Apr 2018 18:28:10 GMT /news/2018-04-03/akron-considers-protesting-census-citizenship-question M.L. Schultze /news/2018-02-28/akron-becomes-first-ohio-city-to-call-for-assault-weapon-ban Akron has become the first city in Ohio to officially ask the state legislature to ban assault weapons and related equipment. Akron City Council passed a… Wed, 28 Feb 2018 15:45:51 GMT /news/2018-02-28/akron-becomes-first-ohio-city-to-call-for-assault-weapon-ban Tim Rudell