WASHINGTON — Facing a divided party and pressure to act, House Speaker Mike Johnson rolled out three bills Wednesday to provide assistance to Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan, with the hope of holding final votes on Saturday. The bills represent a major test of Johnson’s ability to navigate a thicket of political and global challenges with a wafer-thin majority. And it comes as Johnson, R-La., faces a serious threat to his gavel from Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., and Thomas Massie, R-Ky....
The House on Tuesday approved a package aimed at boosting the nation’s access to outdoor recreation. The bipartisan EXPLORE Act contains provisions that seek to open up more opportunities for spending time in national parks, forests and other public lands. The legislation passed by a voice vote. If the Senate takes up the legislation, it’s
Housing costs are primarily a function of supply and demand. Most of the recent efforts to reduce the cost of housing in Hawaii have been aimed at increasing the supply. However, the high cost of housing here is largely due to strong demand for second homes and residential investment properties by nonresidents.
Sluggish production and falling fossil fuel prices have slashed revenues at Australia’s largest oil and gas producer Woodside by almost a third. The Perth-based company’s revenue for the first quarter fell 31 per cent compared to the previous year to $US2.97 billion ($A4.66 million), it announced on Friday. Over the same period, production dropped by […]
Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson has laid it all on the table: He’s staking his speakership—and his cozy relationship with Donald Trump—on aid to Ukraine, and putting his fate in the hands of Democrats. Democrats, in turn, are not going to make it easy for him. In an impassioned speech Wednesday, Johnson argued that getting aid to Ukraine was paramount, even if putting that bill on the floor will likely trigger a move to oust him. “This is a critical time right now, a critical time on the...
The proposal from Wooten appears to mirror a plan outlined by Gov. Sarah Sanders in a letter she sent to state employees in March.
Governments and public financial institutions must own up to their co-responsibility for fossil fuel projects and their impacts, and be consistent with their avowed commitments to combat climate change
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House Democrats want to boost state spending by 3.3 percent next fiscal year with a $57.9 billion budget that mirrors many of Gov. Maura Healey's ideas for tapping new funding sources and drives up outlays on the expectation that flat state tax collections will begin to rise again.
Inflation was 3.5% in March, a sign that cooling has stalled and interest rate cuts may be delayed.
Hamilton, Halton, Niagara and area news from CHCH - Hamilton, Halton, and Niagara news.. On Saturday, a crowd gathered on Locke Street to voice their opposition to the Royal Bank of Canada’s funding of fossil fuel projects. The protest is part of the second annual “Fossil Fools Day,” a nationwide effort to raise awareness of RBC’s alleged funding of pollution ahead of the bank’s upcoming annual general meeting on […]
it has been found that 57 fossil fuel companies are responsible for three quarters of global emissions, according to a new report.