Property Owners Seek to Cash In on RNC

Urban Milwaukee— Metro area homes asking up to $7,000 a night during Republican National Convention.

@GreeleyTribune—Windsor seeks to protect future commercial property. Windsor property owners with land designated in the Windsor Comprehensive Plan for commercial uses may want to think twice if they want to appeal to the Town Board to have it redesignated for residential uses.

www.northantstelegraph.co.uk—Cash stolen in Kettering burglary with nearby properties also targeted. Cash was stolen in a burglary and doors at nearby properties were also tried in a series of incidents in Kettering. Police have launched an investigation after the incidents between 11pm on Thursday, April 18, and 4.40am the following morning. In Cross Street a burglar gained access to a property and stole a purse, bank cards and cash. During the time of the burglary someone was trying doors at other properties in the area and police want to hear from anyone who may have CCTV, doorbell or...

MSNBC—Georgia's new cash bail law seeks to punish the poor — and protesters, too. In a troubling move that overturns criminal justice reforms passed in 2018, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed into law Wednesday a Republican-backed bill expanding the use of cash bail. Starting July 1, judges will be required to set bail in cases where previously they could have decided to release people without financial conditions. People who are legally presumed innocent but can’t afford to pay bail will be stranded in jail on charges for minor, nonviolent misdemeanor offenses that wouldn’t...