With a windfall of cash five years ago, Gov. Gavin Newsom said he was doing away with a state budget "gimmick" one of his predecessors relied on to shave about $800 million off a deficit during the Great Recession. The accounting trick, adopted in 2009, delayed state worker payroll from the end of one fiscal year on June 30 to the start of the next on July 1. A decade later Newsom spent nearly $1 billion to end the subterfuge, with one caveat. “If I use it in six years, in a recession, forgive...
The anti-growth coalition, Bank of England and the OBR are among those under fire from Liz TrussRaw free-market economics is missing in action. Somewhere between its 1980s ascendancy and today, the media, politicians, civil service and even the corporate mainstream abandoned small government and low taxes.At the heart of Liz Truss’s new book, Ten Years to Save the West, the former prime minister reckons this is the reason for Britain’s economic drift, alongside “unelected technocrats” overruling...
Bibliophile and bookworms will be happy to hear that Buffalo’s Downtown Central Library is hosting a Massive Used Book Sale, from Thursday, April 11 to Saturday, April 13. This is []
Long-term hope is a mindset that helps people endure challenges while keeping their eyes on the goal – something that Martin Luther King Jr exemplifies.
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O.J. Simpson died on April 10, according to his family, but a piece of his history is in East Tennessee.
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An excerpt from ‘How to Raise a Healthy Gamer: Break Bad Screen Habits, End Power Struggles, and Transform Your Relationship with Your Kids’, by Alok Kanojia.
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Times staff report When looking for a children’s book on a local African American hero, Hailey Mason initially couldn’t find one on Richard Arrington Jr., Ph.D., the first African American mayor of Birmingham, Alabama. “I volunteered at some local [Birmingham] elementary schools and I wanted to do a segment on local Black history figures and […]
"Star Trek" actor William Shatner used Monday's total solar eclipse to promote climate change activism, asking "what's the point" of concerning ourselves with space when human life is being threatened.
We at Trusted Reviews know the importance of benchmark testing, especially when it comes to reviewing smartphones. A crucial part of our testing process is benchmarking the CPU's processing power, the GPU's graphical power, and a range of battery/charge tests to help you understand exactly what a smartphone offers, whether it’s a budget option like the Motorola Edge 40 Neo or the top-end Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra. However, these tests can also be useful for you at home, helping give you...