ITHACA, N.Y. — Tompkins County property owners should expect to see an eyebrow-raising jump in the assessed value of their property this year. The Tompkins County Assessment Department published in its annual county-wide assessment report that property value in Tompkins County, on average, increased by 19.8%. It is a steep rise that is calculated from…
ITHACA, N.Y. — The Tompkins County legislature took another step in their plans to build a Center of Government earlier this week when they approved what county departments would be housed in the building slated for the 300 block of North Tioga Street in the City of Ithaca. A total of 16 departments will be…
Alabama Supreme Court Justice Jay Mitchell, writing for the majority, said that there was no exception for frozen embryos under an 1872 law known as the Wrongful Death of a Child Act, allowing civil lawsuits for the deaths of children, or under a 2018 state constitutional amendment that required the state to “ensure the protection…
The funding is part of a $50 billion investment in water infrastructure upgrades from President Joe Biden’s $1.2 trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The post Vice President Harris visits Pittsburgh to tout $5.8 billion for clean water, lead pipe removal appeared first on Pennsylvania Capital-Star.
In an essay for Chalkbeat, Chicago Student Voices fellow Ajibola Junaid took on common misconceptions about where she lives and learns. “Think my South Side high school is a ‘bad school’?” she challenged readers. “Think again.”Dashawn Sheffield, anothe…
Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for our free newsletters here.Arizona has fixed a looming crisis for the election in a way that election officials say will allow t…
Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for our free newsletters here.Update, Feb. 1: This story has been updated to reflect a response from Secretary of State Adrian Font…
Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for our free newsletters here.Some Texas election officials are running out of time before the March 5 primary to find sufficient p…
Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for our free newsletters here.The officials who run Arizona’s elections put out a blunt reminder last week: If lawmakers don’t soon…
Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for Votebeat Arizona’s free newsletter here.Young adults living on or near college campuses in Arizona are disproportionately affec…