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May 13 2024
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Muscle Shoals announces $65 million sports complex, retail and entertainment complex
Muscle Shoals today announced it will fund a $65 million sports and entertainment complex with an amphitheater to adjoin a retail development on the city’s southwest corner. Mayor Mike Lockhart made the announcement Monday morning, saying the project “promises to revolutionize the landscape of local sports, recreation and the cultural scene.” City officials began talking about the project more
AL.comMay 13 2024
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Porsche is about to debut a hybrid 911 model
One of the most iconic sports cars on the road is about to undergo one of its biggest changes to date. Porsche, on May 28, will unveil a hybrid Porsche 911, which will utilize both a gas engine and at least one battery-powered electric motor, the company announced Monday. “For the first time in our icon’s 61-year history, we are installing a hybrid drive system in a roadgoing 911,” said Frank
FortuneMay 13 2024
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D.C. bill to study trans deaths faces opposition from LGBTQ advocates
In a little-noticed development, D.C. Council member Brooke Pinto (D-Ward 2) introduced a bill in September 2023 calling for creating a special committee within the D.C. Office of the Chief Medical Examiner to determine and study trends related to the cause of death of transgender and “gender diverse” people in the District of Columbia. The bill is called the Transgender and Gender Diverse
Washington BladeNov 21 2023
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Council approves changes to ballpark TIF district, open up $11.3 million in added incentives for developer
WICHITA, Kan. (KAKE) - By a 6-1 vote, the Wichita city council approved changes to the Tax Increment Finance, or TIF, district around Riverfront Stadium. The move will allow the development group EPC to be reimbursed $11.3 million in costs associated with their plans to build a hotel, apartment and retail space next to the stadium. “It relates to the land acquisition costs, the financing costs
KAKEMay 16 2024
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Half of Amazon warehouse workers struggle to cover food, housing costs, report finds
Roughly half of frontline warehouse workers at Amazon are having trouble making ends meet, a new report shows. The study comes five years after the online retailer raised minimum hourly wages to $15.
Fifty-three percent of workers said they experienced food insecurity in the previous three months, while 48% said they had trouble covering rent or housing costs over the same time period,
CBS News (Online)May 13 2024
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Tampa General chosen as one of Florida’s first behavioral health teaching hospitals
Tampa General Hospital has been chosen to house one of four new state funded behavioral health teaching programs as Florida tries to address a shortfall of mental health professionals. The TGH Behavioral Health Hospital, currently under construction on Kennedy Boulevard, was named in a new state law that establishes a behavioral health teaching program within the Agency for Health Care
Tampa Bay TimesApr 13 2023
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Alabama lawmakers advance economic development bills package
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers advanced Thursday a package of economic development bills that would renew and expand the tax breaks and other incentive programs the state uses to lure industries. The Alabama House of Representatives approved the four-bill package that Republican Gov. Kay Ivey dubbed “the game plan” for economic development. The bills now move to the Alabama Senate
Associated PressMay 13 2024
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New Arizona law set to close loophole allowing mines in neighborhoods
Less than a year after Yavapai County residents spent months fighting against a proposed mine in their neighborhood, Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs signed a bill on May 6 that aims to prevent the situation from happening again. The new law, in part, broadens the power of the State Mine Inspector to consider site-specific circumstances — like the proximity to residences and schools — when reviewing
AZ CentralSep 12 2023
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Bill Popp, longtime Anchorage economic development official, files to run for mayor
Bill Popp filed paperwork with the Alaska elections agency on Tuesday to run for mayor in Anchorage’s 2024 city election. Popp is the fourth major candidate to enter the race, alongside incumbent Mayor Dave Bronson, former Assembly Chair Suzanne LaFrance, and former Democratic state lawmaker and House speaker Chris Tuck. A fifth candidate, Darin Colbry, has also filed paperwork for the 2024
Anchorage Daily NewsMay 13 2024
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St. Paul: Face-to-Face, Project for Pride in Living plan affordable housing on Arcade, East Seventh streets
Two nonprofits that specialize in services for the homeless are working with the city of St. Paul to develop long-vacant lots on the East Side into deeply affordable housing. Face to Face, a nonprofit that works closely with homeless young people ages 16 to 24, plans to build a four-story building at 1170 Arcade St. featuring 20 housing units for the very poor — individuals earning no more
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