A trip to Aldi is always great for your wallet, but the chain poses the same excess and polluting packaging problem as other stores. The discount grocer, however, is set to gain ground on competitors with a new initiative. The trial, set for a handful of regions in England, could cut about 258 tons of […]
Attorney General Mike Hilgers speaks during a news conference in Lincoln. (Zach Wendling/Nebraska Examiner) Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers signed a letter with 20 of his Republican counterparts asking the American Bar Association to drop its diversity and inclusion standards for law schools. DEI efforts implemented in the schools directs their administrators to violate both […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Wednesday that Virginia will abandon California’s stringent vehicle emissions rules aimed at reducing carbon pollution at the end of the year when that state’s current regulations expire, citing an attorney general opinion. In response to a request from Youngkin and Senate Republican Leader Ryan McDougle, Attorney General […]
This article was originally published in South Dakota Searchlight. Survey results indicate nearly two-thirds of South Dakota public school educators are teaching the Oceti Sakowin Essential Understandings, but the number of respondents is lower than the last survey. The essential understandings are a set of standards approved in 2018 for teaching students about Native American […]
A fuel industry group is launching a new $6.6 million ad buy criticizing President Joe Biden and Democratic Senate candidates in key swing states over the administration’s new emissions standards that are expected to lead to dramatic cuts in the production of gas-powered cars. The ads from the American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) start […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration plans to propose a new rule Thursday aimed at speeding up the asylum claims process for some migrants — a potential prelude to broader actions from President Joe Biden later this year that would impose a bigger crackdown at the border. It’s meant to affect migrants with criminal records […]
(Bloomberg) — Almost four decades after the Soviet Union collapsed, living standards in the countries that broke free from its orbit to join the European Union are set to leapfrog the bloc’s south. Most Read from Bloomberg Per capita income in Slovenia will surpass that of Italy by 2029 when adjusted for purchasing power, according […]
In a win for clean energy, a federal court ruled that California can continue setting its own vehicle emissions standards. PBS reported that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit blocked an attempt by several other states to take down California’s nation-leading standards in a long-running partisan battle over environmental regulations. […]
A massive model of a hot dog is now baffling people passing through one of the busiest tourist sights in North America. A 65-foot-long (20-metre-long) hot dog – no less than the world’s largest hot dog sculpture – now fills the path of New York’s Times Square. To make it even more of a spectacle, […]
Key with house keychain ReMax 360 Buckeye Lake broker Jacqueline VanDorn has 26 years of experience in real estate. I believe in the value of my license and the quality of the professionals that enter the real estate industry. I have never heard anyone complain that it takes too long to become a real estate […]
One Arizona judge who will be on the November ballot does not meet performance standards for being on the bench, according to a majority vote of the Arizona Commission on Judicial Performance Review. Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Jo Lynn Gentry received 25 votes from commissioners saying she had not met standards and two votes […]
Muslim groups in Australia on Friday criticised the disparity in the police response to two stabbing attacks in Sydney this month, saying it had created a perception of a double standards and further alienated the country’s minority Muslim community. The Australian National Imams Council said an attack at a Bondi Junction shopping centre was “quickly […]