Surrounded by a blanket of snow, Gov. Gavin Newsom donned snowshoes Tuesday to observe officials surveying this year’s snowpack and unveil a new California water resources plan that factors in climate realities. The snowpack across the state was measured at a little above average — a rarity after recent swings between extreme drought and last […]
DUNDALK, Md. — The livelihoods of thousands of workers who process goods passing through the Port of Baltimore hang in the balance as cargo shipments grind to a halt after a container ship crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge this week. “These longshore workers, if goods aren’t moving, they’re not working,” Transportation Secretary Pete […]
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Funding for the Portland Street Response could be cut soon. And now Portlanders are speaking out, saying they want the program expanded, not cut. On Wednesday night, dozens of local residents packed into a meeting to discuss the future of Portland Street Response, hosted by the Portland Committee on Community-Engaged Policing. […]
CYWINY WOJSKIE, Poland (AP) — Piotr Korycki picks up a handful of wheat and watches as the yellow grains run through his fingers. All around him, grain is piled high in a warehouse on his farm north of the Polish capital: hundreds of tons of wheat, rye and corn left over from last year’s harvest […]
For the fourth year in a row, legislators think Pennsylvania’s election law needs more updates. And for the fourth year in a row, there’s little consensus about what those reforms should look like. It’s typically a question of convenience versus security, though both camps would argue it’s not that simple. House Democrats want same-day registration […]
Mar. 15—TRAVERSE CITY — An indefinite postponement of the city’s “Moving Downtown Forward” tax increment financing plan is being recommended by the chair and vice-chair of the Downtown Development Authority Board. A memo sent this week to the DDA Board from board Chair Gabe Schneider and Vice-chair Scott Hardy proposed delaying action on the revised […]
In Arrow Rock, a freckle of a town in mid-Missouri, the J. Huston Tavern has long boasted of being the oldest continuously operating restaurant west of the Mississippi River. Last month, operations stopped. And it’s not clear if, or when, they’ll start back up again. J. Huston Tavern is technically owned by the state of […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — U.S. Rep. Katie Porter became a social media celebrity by brandishing a white board at congressional hearings to dissect CEOs and break down complex figures into assaults on corporate greed, a signature image that propelled the Democrat’s U.S. Senate candidacy in California. This time, her numbers didn’t add up. The progressive […]
More than a year after House Republicans initially launched an investigation into the Biden family’s business dealings, they are ready to interview the man who is central to their impeachment inquiry into President Biden — his son, Hunter Biden. Hunter Biden is testifying in a closed-door deposition Wednesday before GOP-led congressional committees as the fate […]
By Gerry Doyle SINGAPORE (Reuters) – China’s AVIC displayed its Z-10 attack helicopter for the first time outside its home country at the Singapore Airshow – the only non-Western design on display in a year in which no Russian defence companies were in attendance. The model has only one known export customer, Pakistan, and no […]
The US Senate has passed a 95.3 billion dollar (£75.5 billion) aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, pushing ahead after months of difficult negotiations and growing political divisions in the Republican Party over the role of the US abroad. The vote came after a small group of Republicans opposed to 60 billion dollars (£47.5 […]
This year was shaping up to be a good one for the workers at the GM Orion Assembly plant in a working-class suburb of Detroit. After winning a pay raise following last year’s United Auto Workers strike, they were slated to start production later this year on a marquee product for GM: the electric Chevy […]