Sustainable energy company Avangrid unveiled its economic and fiscal impact report on March 1 and announced that its Kitty Hawk Wind project along the Atlantic Coast is estimated to deliver $4.8 billion to Virginia. The host city of Virginia Beach would receive a quarter of that total over 40 years and another $275 million in […]
There are many things that are tough about prison, and maintaining relationships with those on the outside isn’t the least of them. Inmates who are parents are faced with particular difficulties as they might miss out on crucial years in their children’s lives. To help prisoners and relatives to maintain relationships – or rebuild them […]
A bipartisan panel of Illinois lawmakers approved guidelines Tuesday covering how state police will maintain and enforce a registry of gun owners who possess high-powered firearms that are now banned. The requirement for residents who possessed guns covered by the ban before it took effect on Jan. 10, 2023, to register those firearms by Jan. […]
Opposition to current Kremlin policies remains important to prepare for the time after President Vladimir Putin, Russian dissident and human rights activist Oleg Orlov has told dpa in an interview in Moscow. “For as long as he is at the top, I do not believe that one can hope for change of any kind,” Orlov, […]
At the center of Washington’s effort to manage America’s debt are regular sales of new Treasury bills. For all involved, these are ideally little-noticed happenings. But weak demand for some recent auctions is raising concerns about how smoothly the government will be able to finance its ballooning debt in the years ahead with higher interest […]