Housing, cannabis and more: Here’s what’s in the $237B NY budget (so far)
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Gothamist— Lawmakers are hoping for a final agreement before the Passover next week. Gov. Hochul and lawmakers began introducing budget bills on Thursday morning, with more to come. [ more › ]
WHAV—House Ways and Means Committee Budget Boosts Haverhill’s Allocation of State Education Aid. While it won’t plug a looming revenue shortfall, Haverhill could receive $5.3 million more in state education aid over last year if the House Ways and Means Committee gets its way. The House last week proposed a formula that would give Haverhill $88 million in so-called Chapter 70 aid compared with $82.6 million in the […] The post House Ways and Means Committee Budget Boosts Haverhill’s Allocation of State Education Aid first appeared on WHAV.
FrontPageAfricaonline.com—Liberia: Justice for War Victims, House’s Audit Top Speaker Koffa’s 100-day’s Progress Report. CAPITOL HILL, Monrovia – Moving a step closer to bringing overdue justice for the victims of serious abuses committed during the two civil wars, the House of Representatives under the gavel of Speaker J. Fonati Koffa, voted to establish the War and Economic Crimes Court. The two conflicts between 1989 and 2003 saw widespread atrocities []
9to5Mac—Here’s where you can use your iPhone as your digital driver’s license or ID so far. Apple announced plans to turn the iPhone into your driver’s license all the way back in 2021. Plane tickets, movie passes, and credit cards were already digital. Now it was time to digitize government-issued identification cards. So far, very few U.S. states actually let you add your driver’s license or state ID to Apple Wallet. However, there are more states without Wallet support where your iPhone can still become your driver’s license. more