Twenty years ago this month, twin spacecraft made dramatic planetary landings and set about creating an unrivaled legacy of science and exploration. NASA’s Spirit and Opportunity rovers were supposed to operate on the surface of Mars for just three months. But both solar-powered robots far outlived their warranties, setting travel and longevity records, making weird […]
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine Gov. Janet Mills and other leading Democrats are pressing to end future legislative debate over abortions by amending the state constitution to enshrine the right to reproductive health care, just seven months after expanding access to abortions. Maine is seeking to join four other states that have amended their constitutions […]
Each year, National School Choice Week is observed during the final week of January, but it’s significance is far greater to students like me across the state of Iowa. In fact, school choice widely well received, being one of the few nonpartisan issues that is popular throughout the country; and not just with Republican primary […]
Jan. 21—Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley is leading a bipartisan group of Senators in sounding concern about the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) decision to withdraw proposed rules expanding the Seafood Import Monitoring Program (SIMP). The program is designed to address Illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing. In a letter to NOAA administrators, the […]
BEIJING (AP) — China’s auto exports surged 63.7% in 2023 while domestic sales, boosted by year-end incentives, rose 4.2%, an industry association said Thursday. The surge in exports, to 4.1 million according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, may propel China past Japan as the world’s number one exporter of cars. Japan exported 3.6 […]
The changing year signals a new start to a lot of things, including health legislation. While legislation can move slowly — for example, despite being signed into law last October, California’s so-called Skittles Ban (aka the California Food Safety Act, which forbids the sale of the food additives brominated vegetable oil, potassium bromate, propylparaben and […]
Jan. 1—JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Department of Economic Development announced on Friday it was awarding more than $7.9 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to 14 projects to improve cellular coverage across the state of Missouri. This is the second round of such grants the department has awarded and two of […]
Watch FOX 35 News Live An existing law that was recently expanded officially goes into effect on January 1, 2024 – what better way to bring the New Year in? Florida’s Move Over Law now has three additional situations that will require drivers to switch lanes. The first situation that will make it mandatory for […]
Israeli forces have bombarded Palestinian refugee camps in central Gaza, residents said, in apparent preparation to expand their ground offensive into a third section of the besieged territory. Residents described a night of shelling and air strikes shaking the Nuseirat, Maghazi and Bureij camps. The camps are built-up towns housing Palestinians driven from their homes […]
Israeli forces have bombarded Palestinian refugee camps in central Gaza, residents said, in apparent preparation to expand their ground offensive into a third section of the besieged territory. Residents described a night of shelling and air strikes shaking the Nuseirat, Maghazi and Bureij camps. The camps are built-up towns housing Palestinians driven from their homes […]
HAMBURG TWP. — A commercial and residential developer who owns vacant land in Hamburg Township has proposed a plan for apartments and retail. Ronny Hamama of RDH Properties LLC has proposed revamping a Mobile gas station with a new convenience store and attached retail storefront with upstairs apartments south of the intersection of M-36 and […]