Connecticut House Bill 2570, which proposes increasing the threshold for felony unemployment insurance fraud from $500 to $2000, advanced from the Joint Judiciary Committee on Apr. 5 by a vote of 24-13. The Joint Labor and Public Employees Committee approved the bill with a vote of 8-4 on Mar. 7. The bill is now pending consideration before the full Connecticut House. Under current law, a fraudulent payment, benefit, or contribution is a class A misdemeanor if it amounts to $500...
(FOX40.COM) — Customers of Sacramento Municipal Utility District will soon see slightly higher electricity bills after a rate increase goes into effect. Starting on May 1, SMUD will increase rates by 2.75%, according to an email message from the district sent to subscribers. According to SMUD, the average residential customer will see an increase of []
MPA and CPWB chairperson writes to Punjab home secretary, seeking support
EYEWITNESS NEWS (WBRE/WYOU)— The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) is investigating FirstEnergy's rate increase request that would bring in an additional $503 million in revenue. On Thursday, the PUC unanimously voted to suspend FirstEnergy's proposed June 1 rate increase and investigate the rise in cost for electric distribution services. Officials say the rate increase requests []
The proposal from Wooten appears to mirror a plan outlined by Gov. Sarah Sanders in a letter she sent to state employees in March.
Chattanooga Gas filed a financial review of its 2023 revenues, operational costs, and investments with the Tennessee Public Utility Commission (TPUC), including seeking a rate increase.
The economic outlook for 2024 is taking an unexpected turn as economists at Macquarie have revised their predictions for interest rates, now suggesting a potential hike. read more
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Hamilton, Halton, Niagara and area news from CHCH - Hamilton, Halton, and Niagara news.. The government of Alberta announced sweeping changes to legislation regulating municipal government and elections. It would formally introduce political parties at the local level and give the province more power to overrule bylaws and remove elected councillors. Alberta’s minister of municipal affairs says the changes are meant to improve accountability and trust in elections, but […]
A contentious bill that aims to eventually phase out smoking in Britain advanced in parliament on Tuesday, as the House of Commons voted in favor of the controversial measure. The bill would ban the selling of tobacco products to anyone born after January 1, 2009 –- effectively raising the smoking
Alabama lawmakers on Thursday advanced legislation that could see librarians prosecuted under the state’s obscenity law for providing “harmful” materials to minors.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers on Thursday advanced legislation that could see librarians prosecuted under the state's obscenity law for providing “harmful” materials to minors, the latest in a wave of bills in Republican-led states targeting library content and decisions. The Alabama House of Representatives voted 72-28 for the bill that now moves to []