July 26, 2024
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Guest Commentary written by Rodney Williams Rodney Williams is cofounder and president of SoLo Funds, a community lending platform based in Los Angeles. It commissioned the independently researched 2023 Cash Poor Report. Inflation may be slowing, but high prices continue to dash all hopes of saving money for Californians living paycheck to paycheck. Just this…
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The most recent numbers showed there were 198,045 Republican voters and 197,781 Democratic voters. Continuing the trend seen in recent years, unaffiliated voters have grown to more than 82,000 in the county.
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CASE NO. 24-12 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BY THE TOWN OF BELMONT PLANNING BOARDON APPLICATION FOR A SPECIAL PERMIT Notice is hereby given that the Planning Board will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, August 13, 2024 at 7:00 PM by remote access through the Zoom app. to consider the application of 10 Bacon Road,…
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The FBI says the scammers might tell a victim their bank account has been compromised, and in order to protect their assets, to withdraw the cash or use the money to buy gold bars, which are later picked up by a “courier.”
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When Minnesota enshrined a goal of 100% carbon free energy by 2040 into law, environmental advocates thought the definition was clear. But now some state agencies are arguing that burning trash and wood to produce energy should count. Does carbon-free mean carbon-neutral? Activists, industry fight over details in new Minnesota energy law is an article…
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If you are a Belmont parent of a teenager, odds are good that you will visit a college campus this summer. We register for tours, make the drive, search for the visitors’ center, follow the earnest tour guide walking backward, and hope for a sign that maybe this is the school where our kid…
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Elena can pinpoint the exact moment her climate distress began to overtake her life. “I can remember … just laying in bed with my sister, and we’re both crying, and my sister saying, ‘I’m not having kids now, like, there’s no way,’” says Elena, describing their reaction to Australia’s May 2019 election. “I think this…
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Lake Erie’s harmful algal blooms have started sooner and had longer peak periods over the past decade compared to earlier years, newly released data shows. Warming temperatures linked to climate change are a cause, according to researchers for NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, with interactions among species likely playing a role as well.…
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The National Education Association, the nation’s largest union, told striking workers that their health coverage would be cut off Aug. 1 absent a deal on a new contract. Tensions have mounted after staff disrupted the union’s convention, at which President Joe Biden had been scheduled to speak.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention promises better tests are being developed, but the episode points to vulnerabilities in the country’s defense against emerging outbreaks.