Florida residents with oppressive and obsessive HOAs, your day of freedom may be at hand. Homeowner associations (HOAs) were created to maintain standards, uniformity and a sense of community while collecting dues to pay for common areas, services and general neighborhood improvements. But they also tend to attract people with strong opinions about what their […]
‘You broke us.’ GA lawmakers to rein in aggressive HOAs after hearing homeowner horror stories HOA nightmares are one of the most frequent calls into the Channel 2 Action News investigative tipline. Now there are new bipartisan efforts by state lawmakers to look at how to rein in homeowner associations that go too far. Channel […]
WASHINGTON — Congress has just sent a bill to President Joe Biden’s desk that would ban the popular video-sharing app TikTok unless it divests from its Chinese parent company. The legislation is a shocking crackdown on a social media business, but it comes as lawmakers dawdle on whether to rein in the broader industry or […]
Brussels has spent two long years in painful negotiations to overhaul its budget rules (Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV) European Union lawmakers on Tuesday backed new budgetary rules aimed at boosting investment while keeping spending under control despite fierce criticism from leftwing groups. Brussels spent two years negotiating an overhaul of its budget rules that pitted fiscally hawkish states […]
(Bloomberg) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping told his German counterpart that a surge in Chinese clean-technology exports has helped the world tackle inflation, as he pushed back against European and US pressure to rein in the country’s powerhouse industries. Most Read from Bloomberg Xi’s comments to Chancellor Olaf Scholz during talks in Beijing suggest China […]
Tech giants are often a target for derision in Washington. Presidential campaigns are nonetheless sending a lot of money their way. Federal Election Commission records now offer a complete accounting of how the campaigns spent money in 2023. The files show millions of dollars being funneled to Silicon Valley to pay for digital advertising — […]
Good morning, Broadsheet readers! Judges from the New York Court of Appeals could revisit Harvey Weinstein’s previous convictions, funding for women-led health startups spiked more than 2,000% in 2023, and a Delaware judge’s decision striking down Elon Musk’s pay package puts Tesla chair Robyn Denholm in the spotlight. Have a restful weekend. – Pay package. […]
By Parisa Hafezi and Andrew Hayley DUBAI (Reuters) – Chinese officials have asked their Iranian counterparts to help rein in attacks on ships in the Red Sea by the Iran-backed Houthis, or risk harming business relations with Beijing, four Iranian sources and a diplomat familiar with the matter said. The discussions about the attacks and […]
Donald Trump doesn’t change. Judges do. Two weeks ago, a New York judge, Arthur Engoron, permitted Trump to personally deliver a closing argument in his civil fraud trial as long as he stuck to the facts and avoided a courtroom “campaign speech.” Trump bulldozed through the restrictions, repeated his familiar claim of a “political witch […]
Federal southern district of New York Judge Katherine Polk Failla heard arguments during a five-hour hearing Wednesday afternoon in a case that could decide the regulatory future of the $1.7 trillion cryptocurrency industry. Lawyers for the U.S’s largest crypto exchange Coinbase argued that the courts should dismiss an SEC lawsuit alleging that the exchange violated […]
Dec. 25—ST. PAUL — While it’s too early for specifics, both parties have revealed legislative priorities for next year’s Minnesota legislative session, set to start Feb. 12. Both Republicans and DFLers highlighted continued focus on the impact of last year’s session, which saw bills passed for feeding school kids, legalizing marijuana, and earned safe and […]