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Santa Fe
Maximiliano Pullaro signed the decree resulting from the 2025 competition, which drew 6,103 officers. The new ranks take effect from January 1 of that year, while salary differences are recognised from October 1.
Santiago del Estero
Gerardo Zamora and Governor Elías Suárez led meetings at the Estudiantes and Red Star clubs before the August 2 municipal election. Mario Benavente asked activists for a final effort to sustain the provincial and city political project.
Tucumán
The La Libertad Avanza deputy attributed the May 9, 2027 provincial election call to a governing-party strategy. Her party is seeking a front with PRO and Radical sectors while preparing a government platform for August.
National
The governor will send ministers and political organisers to five provinces to expand the Movement for the Right to the Future. His national project also depends on negotiations over mayoral re-election, Cristina Kirchner's situation and Buenos Aires electoral rules.
National
The cabinet chief urged the vice president to step aside after she voiced concern about Javier Milei's condition. The demand turned an internal confrontation into an open dispute between two of Argentina's highest-ranking authorities.
Autonomous City of Buenos Aires
The head of the Fuerza por Buenos Aires caucus challenged the mayor's rapprochement with La Libertad Avanza and contrasted the 2027 campaign with business closures and job losses. Jorge Macri had defended an agreement with the national ruling party.
Buenos Aires
The Techint group company sent dismissal notices to permanent staff despite mandatory conciliation imposed after 150 terminations. The Avellaneda metalworkers' union notified the Buenos Aires Province Labor Ministry, which must assess penalties or legal action when the measure expires.
Chaco
The province will fully cover the premium on the first 200 hectares for SIPACH-registered producers and is designing deferred payment for another 200. Borrowers current on their Más Campo loans may expand the original amount by up to 50 percent.
Córdoba
Sector employment has fallen 10.5 percent since December 2023 and stood at 37,694 workers in April. The Metalworking Activity Observatory found that four in ten factories produced less in July and more than half suffered lower profitability.
Entre Ríos
The governor met four unions over the Concepción del Uruguay plant, where employees remain idle and claim unpaid wages since late April. The province is providing subsidies, food assistance and a social electricity rate while searching for reactivation alternatives.
Mendoza
Pampa Energía's concession expired on July 27 and Mendoza's state company temporarily took over the complex. The province and national government launched a joint tender to select an operator before December 31, with two plants out of service and major investment needs.
La Pampa
The Santa Rosa councillor said he had notified leaders of his caucus and the council before leaving his seat empty. He argued that unions and the Construction Chamber wanted more debate, although the reform already had enough votes for approval.
Formosa
The new Sagrado Corazón neighbourhood link replaces a temporary 2015 structure that had become unusable. It includes stabilised approaches, LED lighting and stream clearing, passed structural tests and can carry heavy vehicles of up to 25 tonnes.
Salta
Chief of Staff Sergio Camacho said the election could be held in May or early June 2027. The call should be formalized about six months beforehand, while a possible new candidacy by Governor Gustavo Sáenz remains unconfirmed.
San Luis
The constitutional committees of both chambers examined a federal clause, rights involving algorithms and artificial intelligence, international agreements and a runoff system. The bill would also restrict a future Constitutional Convention to matters expressly authorized by law.
Santa Cruz
Governor Claudio Vidal and Superior Court president Gabriel Contreras agreed to begin implementing the wage increase approved last year. The meeting, also attended by Minister Ezequiel Verbes, opened a permanent agenda on buildings, investment and the justice system's operating capacity.
