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Treasury Opens the New Designation Cycle for Opportunity Zones
11+ hour, 6+ min ago (896+ words) WASHINGTON " The U. S. Department of the Treasury announced the opening of the next nomination period for states, territories, and the District of Columbia to nominate eligible communities to be designated as Qualified Opportunity Zones (QOZs). Under President Trump's Working Families Tax…...
DA seeks to redirect $1 M in state money earmarked for Century III demolition
3+ hour, 55+ min ago (423+ words) Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr. wants the money to go to road reconstruction. By PAULA REED WARD Trib Live The Allegheny County District Attorney's Office on Wednesday asked a judge to halt the distribution of a $1 million grant…...
Card discounts reduced?
5+ hour, 35+ min ago (192+ words) Weddings and proposals on this Thursday, July 2. Hello all, and it's going to be a Taylor Swift wedding weekend if you haven't heard yet. Also a couple got engaged on top of the Empire State building which is in recs…...
California Court Rejects Huntington Beach's Latest Housing Law Challenge
3+ hour, 18+ min ago (667+ words) SACRAMENTO, Calif. " A California court has rejected the City of Huntington Beach's latest legal challenge to state enforcement of housing law, marking another courtroom defeat for the city in its ongoing dispute with the state over compliance with housing planning…...
West Bengal Begins Land Identification for AIIMS and Three Major Institutions in North Bengal
5+ hour, 23+ min ago (187+ words) Speaking to reporters after the meeting, the minister said that one of the key priorities was to identify suitable land for the four proposed institutions. Each project is expected to require between 100 and 150 acres of land. The minister revealed that…...
Letter to the Editor: New housing debt is unnecessary
4+ hour, 14+ min ago (671+ words) I wonder if there was any discussion before this $64 million new loan was secured about reducing the Government's existing "discretionary" spending? We've all heard about the millions the Government has spent every year (without using CIT revenues) on things which…...
41 Shocking Ex-Con Stories That Show How Horrifying The US Prison System Is
3+ hour, 50+ min ago (706+ words) Many of the guards are a stone's throw away from being, or should already be, inmates themselves....
St. Petersburg Mayor Welch to announce Historic Gas Plant District redevelopment selection
4+ hour, 13+ min ago (294+ words) ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - St. Petersburg Mayor Kenneth T. Welch is expected to announce Thursday morning which proposal has been selected to guide the future redevelopment of the Historic Gas Plant District. The announcement comes months after the city narrowed the field…...
Derby builder who wrecked victims" homes jailed for fraudulent trading
6+ hour, 36+ min ago (1327+ words) A rogue Derby builder who took more than "200, 000 from homeowners while knowing his company could not pay its debts has been jailed. Michael Haslam cynically ran M&J Builders Limited when it was insolvent, taking money upfront from homeowners and…...
Constitutional Court: It is unconstitutional to allocate apartments to "individuals whose work is of interest to the state" without criteria and in a non-transparent manner.
6+ hour, 23+ min ago (231+ words) The court determined that the legislator exceeded its constitutional authority by delegating the procedure, method, and criteria for the allocation of housing to subordinate legislation of the government, local self-government bodies, the Judicial Council, the Prosecutorial Council, and the Constitutional…...