• Canada is set to get a new federal benefit that pays Canadians up to $2,400 a year

    The federal government has revealed that Canada is expected to get a new federal benefit.It would give eligible Canadians payments of up to $2,400 each year.This was announced in the federal government's Budget 2024 which was released on Tuesday, April 16.As part of the plan to create "a stronger social safety net" in Canada, the government is launching a new Canada Disability Benefit to increase the financial well-being of more than 600,000 working-age people with disabilities.It's meant to...

  • New federal oil and gas rule could impact New Mexico

    NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has announced revised rules for oil and gas leasing on federal land. And some advocates in New Mexico say the rules help New Mexico. The BLM leases land across the southwest to oil and gas companies. The rules and framework governing those leases haven't been updated in []

  • The new EPA limits: Columbus City Utilities prepares for new federal regulations on PFAS

    Columbus City Utilities is taking steps to prepare for new federal limits on long-lasting and highly toxic chemicals that are linked to cancer and other illnesses and were detected in the city’s lone water source last year. Continue reading at The Republic News.

    • CBC

    Freeland's new federal budget hikes taxes on the rich to cover billions in new spending

    Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s fourth budget delivers a big-ticket housing program for millennials and Generation Z voters — a multi-billion dollar commitment to be paid for in part with a tax hike on the rich and corporate Canada.

  • California in a jam after borrowing billions to pay unemployment benefits

    California’s massive budget deficit, coupled with the state’s relatively high level of joblessness, has become a major barrier to reducing the billions of dollars of debt it has incurred to pay unemployment benefits. The surge in unemployment brought on by the COVID pandemic pushed the state’s unemployment insurance trust into insolvency. And over the last year California’s joblessness has been on the upswing again, reaching 5.3% in February, the highest among all states. The March job numbers...

    • CHCH

    Billions of new spending announced in 2024 federal budget

    Hamilton, Halton, Niagara and area news from CHCH - Hamilton, Halton, and Niagara news.. Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is promising billions in new spending in the federal budget, while also laying more taxes on the highest earners. Freeland announced this year’s federal budget inside the House of Commons Tuesday afternoon. After weeks of teasing many budgetary items, the Liberal government unveiled its plans on how it intends to offset […]

  • Westfield ahead of new federal PFAS contamination limits

    The Federal Environmental Protection Agency has announced new, stringent limits for levels of PFAS contamination in drinking water, setting the maximum limit to barely detectable levels alongside funding to help detect and eliminate these forever chemicals.

  • Ren Kawahara's We're New at This Manga Ends in 18th Volume

    Manga launched in March 2018 // Ren Kawahara revealed on Twitter on Wednesday the We're New at This (Mijuku na Futari de Gozaimasu ga) manga will end with

  • Vermont Rail System to acquire New Hampshire Central

    BURLINGTON, Vt. — Vermont Rail System has reached an agreement purchase assets and operating rights of the New Hampshire Central Railroad to expand its operations in northern New Hampshire, the companies announced Tuesday. “VRS has a 60-year tradition of helping local businesses with efficient and reliable freight service,” Selden Houghton, Vermont Rail System president, said []Read More

  • Local woman having issues receiving Oregon unemployment benefits

    MEDFORD, Ore. – NBC5 News heard from a former Asante employee who’s saying she’s had trouble receiving her unemployment benefits from Oregon. Catherine Bogan was one of Asante’s 3% of workers laid off in February by the health system. She said she’s been experiencing severe delays in call times with the state employment office and […]

    • WNYC

    New York's New Budget

    WNYC / Gothamist Albany reporter Jon Campbell talks about what's in and what's out of the just-approved New York State budget, including housing incentives, zoning changes, limited tenant protections, mayoral control of the schools, and more.

  • Manchester police investigate shooting outside Mall of New Hampshire

    Officers worked Sunday evening to investigate a reported shooting in the Mall of New Hampshire parking lot, according to the Manchester Police Department.