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As California cracks down on ‘junk fees’ it’s overlooking a major culprit: credit card companies

In an effort to reduce counterfeit and credit card fraud more than 200 million payment cards are embedded with computer chips in the U.S. Photo by Mike Blake, Reuters

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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July 26 2024 Public Notices

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, Haibo Sha and Xuanxuan Shen, owners, for One Special Permit under section 1.5.4C-3-b of the By-Law to construct a Single family dwelling at 10 Bacon Road located in a Single Residence C (SRC) zoning district. Application submittals, meeting agenda & instructions on remote access can

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Does carbon-free mean carbon-neutral? Activists, industry fight over details in new Minnesota energy law

A photo of a waste-to-energy plant in Minneapolis with a cloudy sky in the background

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.

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Column: Generations Making the Choice with College Tour vs. Glossy Brochure

  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 will be happy. The college where we had the great ice cream wins over the one with the big dead rat. The schools may be different, but all college tours are about the same. I have a mental Bingo game of sights and stories that

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Climate Change Contributes to Shift in Lake Erie’s Harmful Algal Blooms

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. […]