Media Summary: The council's Quality of Life committee voted to have a task force study the issue for six more months and report back to the ... City Council says the goal of the ordinance is to reduce crime. The ordinance says those businesses will need to

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The council's Quality of Life committee voted to have a task force study the issue for six more months and report back to the ... City Council says the goal of the ordinance is to reduce crime. The ordinance says those businesses will need to All 14 councilmembers and Mayor Eric Johnson voted to pass the new proposal, which will Adult entertainers and employees gathered in front of City Council members insist the change was made due to safety concerns, but business owners are concerned about what impact ...

The businesses and owners argue that the rule unfairly targets them for constitutionally protected speech. Erin Jones reports. Federal Judge Barbara Lynn found there was no need to step in yet, as The Monday hearing was supposed to only take a day, but there were too many witnesses called to testify. For now, the ... The ordinance prevents businesses from operating after 2 a.m..

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