Additional teacher raises and millions more in funding for the Opportunity Scholarship are on hold as the North Carolina House and Senate navigate a difference of opinions on the short session’s budget updates. The primary reason for legislators returning to Raleigh this April for the short session was to pass budget updates, but after about […]
Kenyans are protesting over a new finance bill that introduces unpopular tax proposals that have drawn a lot of anger across the nation. The controversial bill, which has provisions that are seen as imposing extra burdens on ordinary citizens and businesses, has sparked a huge outcry from a public already burdened with a high cost […]
HILLSDALE COUNTY — The Hillsdale County Clerk’s Office has officially released a full list of every proposal that will appear on the Aug. 6 state primary ballot for Hillsdale County. While a majority of the proposals are continuances of millages enacted in the past, the list includes a proposal for a new millage levy to […]
The Football Review Committee has made a number of proposals that would change Gaelic Football. Six-time All-Ireland-winning Dublin manager Jim Gavin was the chair of the committee. So what are they? Two-point scores, four-point goals Points from the new 40-metre arc would now be worth two points. The other main proposal would see a goal […]
Pope Francis has called for humanitarian aid to reach Palestinians in Gaza urgently and for Israel and Hamas to accept immediately proposals for a cease-fire and release of hostages. During his Sunday noon blessing, Francis also thanked Jordan, which this week will host an international humanitarian aid conference for Palestinians. “I encourage the international community […]
Pope Francis has called for humanitarian aid to reach Palestinians in Gaza urgently and for Israel and Hamas to accept immediately proposals for a cease-fire and release of hostages. During his Sunday noon blessing, Francis also thanked Jordan, which this week will host an international humanitarian aid conference for Palestinians. “I encourage the international community […]
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis called Sunday for humanitarian aid to urgently reach Palestinians in Gaza and for Israel and Hamas to immediately accept proposals for a cease-fire and release of hostages. During his Sunday noon blessing, Francis also thanked Jordan, which this week will host an international humanitarian aid conference for Palestinians. “I […]
Jun. 7—GRAND FORKS — A regional study sought solutions to a housing shortage in rural northeast North Dakota, but as the time draws closer for those proposed solutions to be released, the question lingers: who will invest in them? That question was posed by Keith Lund, CEO of the Grand Forks Economic Development Corporation, at […]
Sixty years ago in May, President Lyndon Johnson stood before a crowd of graduates and parents at the University of Michigan’s commencement and outlined a vision for a Great Society. He mentioned many policies that would later become part of LBJ’s War on Poverty, but most importantly, he stressed that “our society will not be […]
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Friday pushed back against some NATO proposals that would allow Ukraine to use Western weapons to strike targets within Russia, saying that such plans have Europe “inching closer to destruction.” The nationalist leader has long opposed Western countries supplying Ukraine with military aid, and threatened […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California Senate advanced a set of ambitious reparations proposals Tuesday, including legislation that would create an agency to help Black families research their family lineage and confirm their eligibility for any future restitution passed by the state. Lawmakers also passed bills to create a fund for reparations programs and compensate […]
No helicopter pursuits in city The Sheriff’s request for a helicopter does not seem unreasonable if it is used exclusively for search-and-rescue missions. The problem with law enforcement having access to a helicopter (military issue, no less) is the temptation to fly it around the city looking for suspects to a crime. This leads to […]