(The Center Square) – Spokane Mayor Lisa Brown claims public safety in the city could be at risk if a significant new tax levy isn't approved to fill holes in the budget. Brown said the Community Safety Levy could raise around $40 million annually over the next five years if it passes. Property owners would shoulder the cost at an additional tax of $1 per $1000 of assessed property value, costing the median owner approximately $323 more in taxes each year. “With...
By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania House Democrats are proposing a process to determine if state representatives are “incapacitated” and to sanction or expel them. The rule change was proposed by Democratic floor leader Rep. Matt Bradford on Thursday. It’s being made in response to Democratic Rep. Kevin Boyle of Philadelphia
Jax Taylor, star of The Valley, got hit with reality and is now walking back claims that the former show he starred in, Vanderpump Rules, is scripted. Onlookers recorded the reality TV personality at his bar in the valley, saying the Bravo reality series was not as authentic as many believed. Taylor now apologizes for […]
Hamilton, Halton, Niagara and area news from CHCH - Hamilton, Halton, and Niagara news.. Ontario’s government may soon start counting new student housing and retirement homes towards its goal of building 1.5 million homes in the next 10 years. The province’s minister of municipal affairs and housing said that his government was considering tracking other possible housing starts beyond what the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) currently tracks […]
(Associated Press) – Boeing is in the spotlight as members of Congress examine allegations of major safety
An engineer at Boeing said Wednesday that the aircraft company, in rushing to produce as many planes as possible, is taking manufacturing shortcuts that could lead to jetliners breaking apart. “They are putting out defective airplanes,” the engineer, Sam Salehpour, told members of a Senate subcommittee. Salehpour was testifying about Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner, hundreds of […]
By Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — Late Thursday night, the House Rules Committee passed a series of foreign aid bills out of committee using Democratic support, in a sign that Republicans in the chamber will need to rely on Democrats to pass the legislation. Three Republicans – Reps. Thomas Massie of Kentucky, Ralph Norman of
by WorldTribune Staff, April 9, 2024 A three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday upheld a statute that criminalizes “parading, picketing or demonstrating in a Capitol building,” a law that has been used against hundreds of Jan. 6 protesters. The court rejected the challenge of John Nassif, who entered the Capitol […]
By law, public notice of proposed rules must be given by publication in newspapers of record. The purpose of these notices is to give the public a chance to respond to the proposals. The public notices for administrative rules are now also available online at https://secure.vermont.gov/SOS/rules/ . The law requires an agency to hold a public hearing on a proposed rule, if requested to do so in writing by 25 persons or an association having at least 25 members. To make special arrangements for...
The Hancock County Sheriff’s Office, Findlay Police Department, and other police, fire and EMS agencies across the area and country are saluting their dispatchers during National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week. National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week runs from April 14 – 20. Captain Mark Price with the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office says dispatchers play a crucial
A vacant site on Genesee Street is targeted for a ten-unit senior citizen apartment project. Miracle Missions Full Gospel Church, located at 406 Sycamore Street, is seeking to buy three City-owned parcels at 440-450 Genesee Street to construct the $2 million project. The church is working with Karen Hargrove of Loguen Development Corporation on the []
This week an important step was taken towards ensuring the safety of pilgrims travelling through Spain. On Wednesday, April 10, Leonardo Marcos, the general director, paid a visit to the Guardia Civil barracks in Leon on. He was there to unveil five new mobile citizen service offices. Enhancing the pilgrim experience The mobile offices are […]