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Apr 17 2024
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Three local businesses are breathing new life into Ypsi’s beloved Go! Ice Cream building
Downtown Ypsilanti faced a tough blow from the COVID-19 pandemic, yet the city is continuing to make a comeback with a diverse array of new businesses opening up in the area regularly. One major community loss for Ypsilanti, however, happened in October 2023 when Go! Ice Cream owner Rob Hess announced he would close his beloved shop after 10 years, and had accrued over $100,000 in debt trying
Detroit Metro TimesApr 17 2024
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New Jersey internet gambling revenue smashes a new record but in-person Atlantic City casinos are still struggling below pre-COVID numbers
New Jersey’s high-flying internet gambling market continues to smash records. But the amount of money won from in-person gamblers at most of Atlantic City’s casinos is less than it was before the COVID-19 pandemic. Figures released Tuesday by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement show that the casinos and their online arms won over $197 million from online casino games in March,
FortuneApr 16 2024
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Utah landlords rep: Use charity, borrow money, and sell your TV to pay rent
Tenants' jaws are on the floor after the director of a Utah landlords' group suggested they "work more hours," take out loans, sell their belongings and ask for charity to cover rising rent. Why it matters: Housing costs have exploded in Salt Lake since the pandemic began, forcing families to leave the city, adults to move in with their parents and renters to risk poverty even for modest
AxiosApr 14 2024
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Crime on campus has rebounded. Experts say it's no problem, but some parents still worry.
The number of crimes reported by college campuses rebounded to pre-pandemic levels in 2022, government data shows. Crime reported from nearly 6,000 institutions rose about 8% from 2019, even though enrollments dipped during that timeframe. The jump in offenses between 2019 and 2022 coincided with students’ post-pandemic return en masse to campuses. Compared with year-over-year changes before
"USA Today" ContributorApr 16 2024
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Chicago Latino Film Festival comes to NU to educate students of Latino culture
The Chicago Latino Film Festival is bringing Latin American culture to Northwestern through film in a two-day event Tuesday and Thursday. The film festival is a 40-year-old Chicago-based tradition that introduces new voices of Ibero-American cinema, documenting the history of its artform and encouraging cultural expression in a weeklong downtown event. Its influence spread to NU in 2018, when
Daily NorthwesternApr 15 2024
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UK Unemployment Jumps to Six-Month High After Economy Cools
Britain’s unemployment rate rose unexpectedly to the most in six months as the number of jobs in the economy shrank, an indication of cooling in the once red-hot labor market.
The jobless rate rose to 4.2% in the three months through February after a reading of 3.9% in the previous period, the Office for National Statistics said Tuesday. It was the biggest jump since 2020, when the
BloombergApr 16 2024
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Pima County Fair returns to Tucson, Wiz Khalifa set to perform
Adrenaline-pumping rides and crazy deep-fried foods are returning to Tucson this month with the annual Pima County Fair from April 18-28. The event is expected to attract a pre-pandemic attendance of nearly 324,000 visitors. General admission tickets will cost $12 per adult, $8 for military and seniors (55+), $6 for children ages 6-10 and are free for those age 5 and under. Concert upgrades
The Daily WildcatApr 16 2024
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Big Tech offices are getting smaller, and that spells trouble for office landlords
Alongside layoffs that have roiled tech companies in the last few months, the office market is also feeling the effects of a right-sizing in the wake of massive expansions that happened at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Wall Street Journal reports that so-called “Big Tech” firms—a cohort that includes the likes of Google, Amazon, Meta, and Salesforce—have been shrinking their real
QuartzApr 16 2024
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S.F. officials back California bill to significantly expand methadone access
In the face of rising fentanyl overdose deaths, San Francisco officials are pushing to change state law to expand the types of clinics that can dispense methadone and make it easier for patients to get take-home doses of the drug. Dr. Christy Soran, a deputy medical director at the San Francisco Department of Public Health, said she sees the legislation as a key tactic to address fentanyl
San Francisco ChronicleApr 16 2024
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JCPS custodians rally to keep 'life-changing' pay increase
Jefferson County school board members face another tough decision as the district's custodians and plant operators seek their support to keep a raise they were given during the pandemic. Since 2020, the Jefferson County Public Schools' custodial staff have been paid an extra $3.50 an hour thanks to American Rescue Plan funds, but that payment is set to expire at the end of June. About two
The Courier-Journal