(The Center Square) – Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s plan to address Illinois' pension woes was the subject of a House hearing Thursday. Pritzker is proposing the state increase its statutory funding ratio goal for its pension funds to 100% by fiscal year 2048. The current goal was established by former Gov. Jim Edgar and the Illinois General Assembly in 1994, which created a 50-year plan to get the state to a 90% funding ratio by 2045. The state, at a 44% funding ratio, is...
In this powerful, digressive book, the award-winning writer and poet considers basketball’s greats, the struggles of Black men and the ‘emotional politics of place’The literary stamina of Hanif Abdurraqib is impressive. He is the author of two poetry collections and three nonfiction books, plus countless articles, reviews and essays as a music journalist and culture critic for the New York Times, among others.He is also much lauded. Earlier this month he was announced as one of the recipients of...
The city submitted a plan to add more than 4,500 homes in the next decade.
A Home Office insider noted the “irony” of the state-owned airline distancing itself from a scheme that Rwanda’s government has said it is “proud” to be involved in.
You'll need a median annual income of $110,871 to afford a home in the U.S., which is more than most Americans households earn.
There is a generation of young, athleisure-clad go-getters for whom the conventional office day – with its water cooler gossip and drab cubicles – would be inconceivable. Instead, they start their meetings with the energising wallop of a Negroni. They sink into deep sofas to work on their projects, their focus fine-tuned in spite of the thumping beats. And they do it in a space like Department, which last year opened an attractive bar and restaurant. Fearns is named after an island in the...
You'd have thought that, if you'd just spent fifty grand or so on builders who had left you in the lurch, the last person you'd want to see coming round the corner to help you out would be former X-Factor contestant and de facto Queen of Essex, Stacey Solomon. However, as new series Stacey Solomon's Renovation Rescue (Channel 4, Weds, 9pm) shows, there is a host of desperate homeowners willing to let this Loose Woman, well, loose on their ruined homes. In the first episode, we met Caroline and...
You'd have thought that, if you'd just spent fifty grand or so on builders who had left you in the lurch, the last person you'd want to see coming round the corner to help you out would be former X-Factor contestant and de facto Queen of Essex, Stacey Solomon. However, as new series Stacey Solomon's Renovation Rescue (Channel 4, Weds, 9pm) shows, there is a host of desperate homeowners willing to let this Loose Woman, well, loose on their ruined homes. In the first episode, we met Caroline and...
Power might still be out at a few Denver schools for a bit longer due to the weekend's wind.
Scientist Marie Makuate wants more African countries to have their own satellites orbiting Earth.
Christian Combs is accused of sexual assault, sexual harassment and infliction of emotional distress
NEW MEXICO (KRQE) –Scientists have been sounding the alarm on climate change for years now. To maximize the yield of solar energy, they are now looking 250 miles above Earth for a technology that could revolutionize the way people harness the sun's power. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), between the years 2030 and 2050, []