Many new towns have been created to handle California’s population growth. Now the state is losing population, and its latest new town project has stalled.
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Cornell University workers rally for a new contract with higher wages
The UAW, which represents service and maintenance workers at Cornell, is calling for a new contract that would increase pay and adjust for inflation.
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Council will face tough budget decisions on parks, animal services and homelessness
City Council is anticipating a tight budget ahead and will have to balance funding for the Parks and Recreation Department as well as the Austin Animal Center, the Homeless Strategy Office and Human Resources. The Austin Animal Center is over…
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Cap Metro stops shift to all-electric bus fleet
Capital Metro is slamming the brakes on an ambitious goal of transitioning to an all-electric bus fleet, citing problems with the range of battery-electric buses. Austin voters were promised a transit system with exclusively electric vehicles when they…
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Maryland touts $130 million in new climate funding from feds
Gov. Wes Moore’s administration hailed the news this week that Maryland had won $130 million in federal funding for various climate initiatives.
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Legislative Black Caucus hosts first-ever town hall in Harford County
The Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland made history Thursday when it met for the first time in Harford County to host a town hall and to recap this year’s 90-day legislative session.
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Moore nominates first state Supreme Court justice
Gov. Wes Moore (D) made his first appointment to Maryland’s highest court, nominating a Prince George’s County circuit court judge to fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court of Maryland.
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Prince George’s board seeks probe of member who also held a job in Missouri
By Thomas Robertson The Prince George’s County Board of Education has asked for an investigation into former member David Murray, who resigned earlier this month, several months after he’d taken a job with a school system in Missouri and started working in that state. The board said in a letter dated Wednesday that it has […]
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EPA to probe civil-rights complaint over Baltimore’s trash incineration
The EPA said it will investigate a civil rights complaint against Baltimore alleging that Black and Hispanic communities in the city suffer disproportionate health impacts from a waste-to-energy plant that incinerates trash.