• Dilkens uses strong mayor powers to pitch new tax hike to fund downtown Windsor revamp

    Windsor Mayor Drew Dilkens is using strong mayor powers to propose a budget amendment that will see property owners pay higher taxes to fund a downtown revitalization plan announced this week. In a mayoral decision posted online Tuesday, Dilkens pitched the budget amendment, which council will discuss — and may suggest changes to — during […]

  • Opinion: The immigration system can bend toward justice. One Orange County man's case shows how

    On a sunny January morning, in the windowless office of a nondescript government building, Jose Franco Gonzalez was sworn in as a United States citizen. There is not a lot of good news in immigration these days, with President Biden doubling down on proposals that would gut remaining asylum protections and former President Trump threatening mass deportations. But Franco’s story is a reminder that a better immigration system remains possible. His experience points toward a path for getting there....

  • Two Madison Village projects moving toward completion

    Geauga Highway Co. is the contractor that’s upgrading a portion of the Dana’s Park playground and constructing a trail and observation deck in a new wetlands park along Hubbard Road.

  • More financial institutes are offering crypto-services, survey shows

    Investing in cryptocurrencies is picking up steam, according to a new survey, even in the face of potential volatility and massive fraud that has been uncovered.

  • Survey: Missouri's business conditions show spike in March

    (The Center Square) – An index measuring business conditions in Missouri increased 7.2 percentage points, or 15%, in March compared to February. While business conditions in the Midwest continued to show neutral growth ratings in Creighton University’s Mid-America Business Conditions Survey, Missouri climbed to 53.8 on the index in March after posting 46.6 in February. The index uses the same methodology as the national Institute for Supply Management. It ranges between 0 and 100...

  • Flight Radar Shows Middle East Air Activity

    There is radar tracking all of the airplane, drone and missile activity over the middle east. This is related to airplanes, drones and missiles from Iran to Israel. There is also US and Israel military plane activity.

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    San Benito ISD election showing strong voter turnout

    SAN BENITO, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Wednesday was the third day of early voting for the May elections and in San Benito the school board race is heating up and drawing a sizable crowd. According to information provided by the Cameron County Elections Office, the first two days of early voting in the race for school []

  • Morning, sunshine: A downtown Little Rock breakfast sandwich survey

    There are dozens of ways of measuring the health of a city’s downtown. And let’s face it; Little Rock may miss the mark by certain metrics. One department in which we’re thriving, though, is the accessibility of quality breakfast sandwiches.

  • A Taxing Timeat Tax Time

    Was it as bad for you as it was for me? Sending Washington money we earn, but Washington doesn’t, I mean? It’s not just being part of half the nation that pays taxes while the other half doesn’t that bothers me. It’s the waste and unnecessary programs and agencies that have long outlived whatever usefulness they once had (if they were ever necessary). And still President Biden wants to raise taxes even more without proposing a single dollar be cut to reduce our unsustainable $34 trillion debt. ...

  • A Taxing Timeat Tax Time

    Was it as bad for you as it was for me? Sending Washington money we earn, but Washington doesn’t, I mean? It’s not just being part of half the nation that pays taxes while the other half doesn’t that bothers me. It’s the waste and unnecessary programs and agencies that have long outlived whatever usefulness they once had (if they were ever necessary). And still President Biden wants to raise taxes even more without proposing a single dollar be cut to reduce our unsustainable $34 trillion debt. ...

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    Rising Alabama band will open a stadium show for The Rolling Stones

    Group from southwest Alabama has been getting significant industry

  • Aerial film shows huge progress on new homes in Leeds village

    Whitehall Grange, off Whitehall Road, has been a hugely sought-after development, with its selection of styles, superb specifications and ‘best of both worlds’ location – with the fabulous views of the city and surrounding countryside captured in the short video. Filmed from the skies by a drone and inside the show homes, the footage shows just how well the development has taken off, with just 19 homes remaining for sale. Once complete, the development will feature 96 private sale homes and 18...