A fiscal watchdog is cautioning Mayor Michelle Wu against moving forward with her plan to raise property taxes on Boston businesses beyond the state limit, saying that there are better alternatives that won’t hurt the city’s economy. Subscribe to continue reading this article. Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer Newz is an automatic … Read more
Just over a month into the new fiscal year and two weeks after the federal budget, the Department of National Defence is struggling to reconcile the Liberal government’s approach to military funding — giving with one hand while taking with the other. Gen. Wayne Eyre, the country’s top military commander, told the rank-and-file in a remote town … Read more
AP Photo/John Minchillo Former Stormy Daniels lawyer and convicted felon Michael Avenatti accused a key witness in former President Donald Trump’s “hush money” trial of lying on Thursday. Avenatti – who represented Daniels against Trump before he was sentenced to 19 years in prison for extortion, wire fraud, and several other crimes – took aim … Read more
By Allen G. Breed and Jocelyn Gecker | Associated Press In a way, the black-and-white Palestinian scarf draped over Hannah Sattler’s shoulders this week and the tie-dyed T-shirts of 1968 are woven from a common thread. Like so many college students across the country protesting the Israel-Hamas war, Sattler feels the historic weight of the … Read more
A well-known insider said a few days ago that the OLED iPad Pro models might launch with the M4 chipset instead of the expected M3. I said at the time that I was surprised, but everything Apple has done regarding the 2024 iPad Pro launch seems to support the rumor. After that, we saw evidence … Read more
During his time in office and amid his inaugural 2020 run for Texas’ 22nd District congressional seat, Republican Rep. Troy Nehls has repeatedly claimed to be the recipient of two Bronze Star medals and a Combat Infantryman Badge from his time in the U.S. Army serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. There is no question that … Read more
By Elliott Wenzler, Post-Independent A proposal to restrict big-rig truckers from using the left lane in certain high-risk areas of Interstate 70 through Colorado’s mountains moved closer to becoming law Tuesday after the state House gave near-unanimous support of the idea. Senate Bill 100, brought by Western Slope lawmakers, would also expand where truckers are … Read more
Hello, and welcome to day seven of the “Kristi Noem killed her family dog” news cycle, which the South Dakota governor presumably did not see stretching to a week—and tanking her chances of becoming Donald Trump’s VP—when she decided to include the anecdote about shooting the puppy in a new book. On Wednesday, Noem went … Read more
By Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times Drew Barrymore pleaded with Vice President Kamala Harris earlier this week for the politician to be a mother figure to the United States. That sentiment has since unleashed waves of backlash from multiple communities on social media. In the Monday episode of “The Drew Barrymore Show,” the former … Read more
Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions rose in 2022, as the economy rebounded from the pandemic slowdown, according to figures obtained by Radio-Canada ahead of today’s government announcement. The new National Inventory Report data shows emissions reached 708 megatonnes in that year, compared with 698 megatonnes in 2021. But the office of Environment Minister Stephen Guilbeault said … Read more
