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A second Trump administration would likely mean looser regulations and higher tariffs on foreign imports, which would likely benefit health care, banks, cryptocurrency and oil stocks.
This fall, Denver voters will decide whether people who are legal residents but not U.S. citizens should be able to work as city firefighters and police officers. If approved by a majority, the citizenship requirement will be removed.
The Minneapolis-based Stairstep Foundation works with more than 100 Black churches and argued that the Minnesota Advisory Committee has not encouraged or allocated subsidized housing appropriately.
The state’s power grid maintained service throughout a nearly three-weeklong record-setting heat wave. Officials are crediting investments in clean energy, particularly in 10,000 megawatts of battery storage.
Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo, a Republican who vetoed a bill passed by the Democratic-controlled Legislature to pause evictions for tenants applying for emergency assistance. Though eviction filings in Las Vegas appear to be trending down from last year, they were 28 percent higher than pre-pandemic norms for the month of May, according to the Eviction Lab, a research unit at Princeton University. (Wall Street Journal — July 15, 2024)
Regardless of the continuing partisan debates about climate change, Republican-led states are benefiting economically from clean energy investments.
The major public funds have almost doubled their investments in high-fee, nontraditional vehicles, and important new research shows how costly it’s been. It’s a wake-up call for greater scrutiny of fee structures and consultants' assumptions.
On the first day of the Republican National Convention, Trump announced Sen. J.D. Vance as his vice president running mate. Vance was once a sharp critic of Trump but then rode the president’s support to the Senate in 2020.
Rush University Medical Center is using its classes of barber and hair stylist students to help combat the opioid crisis by providing them training about substance use disorders and how to administer Narcan.
Lawmakers in Colorado, Illinois and Michigan are seeking to tighten regulations on the funeral home industry after numerous incidents prompted outrage from the public and grieving families.
From COVID to Lyme disease, there are numerous illnesses that residents across Connecticut and the nation are at risk of. But does that mean we are more at risk today than times in the past?
The shooter in Saturday’s attack on former President Donald Trump used an “AR-style 556 rifle,” which is from the same family as the gun that was used at Sandy Hook in 2012.
The state’s budget will include big changes to how the state funds its public schools and offers a new approach to higher ed. But residents earning minimum wage and SEPTA won’t be so lucky in financial allocation this year.
Bobby Davis, senior adviser to Philadelphia District Council 33, pushing back against the city’s new mandate that all 26,000 city employees return to the office, five days a week, starting this week. Davis claimed that the Municipal Services Building has been taken over by birds and, therefore, is unfit for workers to return. Other workers are complaining about the unfortunate, mid-summer timing of the return-to-office mandate while others expressed concerns about health struggles and family caregiving responsibilities. According to the city, about 80 percent of its employees already work on site, full time. (NPR — July 15, 2024)
Gov. Jim Pillen ordered state workers back in the office at the start of the year, but the employees union balked. A labor court said the union had "engaged in a pattern of willful, flagrant, aggravated, persistent and pervasive prohibited misconduct."
No rainmaker, aqueduct or prayer can save the Ogallala Aquifer from depletion. The battle over its decline pits good policy against powerful agricultural and political interests.
State Attorney General Patrick Morrisey filed a petition with the court asking it to overturn an appellate court finding that the ban violated Title IX rights.
The weekend was not a time of healing or even shared shock. Instead, partisans found ways to snipe at each other in all-too-familiar ways, despite the circumstances.
On Thursday, John Dougherty was sentenced to federal prison following convictions of bribery and embezzlement. Dougherty led the state’s most powerful labor union for nearly 30 years.
Recent reports from the legislative auditor about stolen millions have sparked questions about Gov. Tim Walz’ administration and its oversight of public funds.
"Mediatrician" Michael Rich, writing in a new book to reassure parents that screen time isn't inherently damaging. If children are badly affected by their devices, he says, this is usually attributable to underlying conditions, not technology. Rich is founder of the Digital Wellness Lab at Boston Children's Hospital. (Axios — July 10, 2024)
College enrollment levels were already projected to decline due to lower birthrates. Recent difficulties with federal financial aid and teens’ growing concerns about cost haven’t helped.
There are reasons Congress writes vague laws. Giving courts more latitude to strike them down will ultimately limit the power of Congress, not just the agencies that interpret those laws.
The $935.4 million system upgrade will launch on Aug. 1, allowing riders on the Green Line and Mattapan Line trolleys to tap their credit/debit card, phone or watch to pay for fares.
The Bay Area city had recently touted a 33 percent year-over-year decrease in crime. But a review of police data found that the city overstated the improvements and has been using incomplete information for years.
As cars become more fuel efficient and EVs become more prominent, states will not be able to rely on gas taxes for much longer. But some states are considering fees on Amazon deliveries as part of their road-funding solution.
Houston Mayor John Whitmire, regarding his call for CenterPoint Energy, Houston’s biggest power utility, to do a better job providing service. The utility said about 500,000 customers will lack power into next week due to outages from Hurricane Beryl. After making landfall in Texas on Monday, Beryl knocked out power for around 2.7 million households. (Associated Press — July 11, 2024)
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