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Mar 23 2024
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San Francisco Office Vacancy Rates Reach Record High – California Globe
According to a new report by real estate firm CBRE, San Francisco’s office-vacancy rate rose to a new record high of 36.6% in the first quarter of 2024, albeit with some positive news that tech and AI companies could reverse this trend by the middle of the year. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, San Francisco had a near 100% office occupation rate throughout the city, thanks in large part to the
California GlobeMar 26 2024
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DeSantis-petitioned COVID grand jury asks for more time to complete investigation
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The statewide grand jury impaneled over a year ago to investigate the COVID-19 vaccines, and other aspects of the coronavirus pandemic such as government responses and policies, has requested a six-month extension to continue its investigation. According to a filing on Monday with the Supreme Court of Florida, the 22nd Statewide Grand Jury would have originally run a course
Florida's VoiceMar 26 2024
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Devil's Bridge in Sedona: Social media buzz leads to hour-long photo lines
The trail has seen an increase in visitors, especially during and since the pandemic. Want to take that Instagram-worthy photo while keeping your balance to avoid a drop you probably won’t recover from? Get in line. The area’s largest natural sandstone arch is the main attraction along a moderately challenging 1.8-mile round trip trek. It’s not the hike that draws people – it’s the lure of
12NewsMar 26 2024
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Oh, the places you can go in a St. Tammany spring
THEY'RE BACK: 'Designing Women — 2020 The Big Split' returns the women we love — Julia, Suzanne, Charlene & Mary Jo — to us on stage. See the partners at Sugarbakers interior design firm tackle the hot button issues of the day, including presidential politics, while closeted during a pandemic. It's a divided 'House of Sugarbakers' in a fiery election season, but these sassy, Southern,
The Times-PicayuneMar 26 2024
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UNI waiving time restrictions for stopped-out grad students seeking return
CEDAR FALLS — Before COVID curbed enrollment in 2020 — hitting the University of Northern Iowa especially hard with a nearly 10 percent drop in total students and 20 percent drop in its graduate and professional count — the last time UNI reported a grad school cohort under 1,300 was 1993. But the pandemic accelerated what had become a UNI slide in graduate enrollment from a high of 1,902 in
Cedar Rapids GazetteMar 26 2024
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State threatens to take back St. Louis-area road money if local governments don’t spend faster
Jim Wild, the council’s executive director, acknowledged a backlog among local government projects reliant on the federal grant money. But he said much of the issue stems from delays caused by the pandemic, such as staffing shortages and accessing the courts to acquire right-of-way. Plus, he said, rapid inflation drove up project budgets and forced local governments to find other local funding
St. Louis Post-DispatchMar 22 2024
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'Children are still behind': Some education experts say grade inflation is hurting student learning in Oregon
The topic of grade inflation is still the subject of debate, and other experts dispute the assertion — saying that there's little hard data to back it up. PORTLAND, Ore. — Nationwide, student learning has been slowly recovering after the pandemic took students out of the classroom. In Oregon, a recent study shows students are continuing to lose ground in math and reading. Now, some researchers
KGW 8Mar 25 2024
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Utah has a 'heavy dependence' on federal funds, state auditor finds
SALT LAKE CITY — Federal funds accounted for more than a quarter of Utah's expenses in the last fiscal year, according to an annual audit, which recommends that lawmakers reconsider such reliance on money from a starkly divided and often dysfunctional Congress. Utah — like many states — has increasingly relied on federal funds following a series of aid packages passed by Congress since the
KSLMar 25 2024
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Nonprofit to restore Rittenhouse Square with $500,000 restoration project
There are 22 sections of lawn which will be tackled over four to five years. PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The grass may not always be greener on the other side, but the nonprofit Friends of Rittenhouse Square is working to ensure it is. The park's lawn is getting replaced for the first time in 20 years, which will transform its current pockets of dust back into a lush lawn. Barren patches of dirt
ABC 6 WPVISep 20 2022
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Is the Pandemic Over?
“In an interview on ‘60 Minutes’ Sunday night, President Biden said the COVID-19 pandemic is ‘over’ in the United States. ‘The pandemic is over. We still have a problem with COVID. We're still doing a lotta work on it. ... But the pandemic is over,’ Mr. Biden said.” (CBS News)
The left is divided about whether the pandemic is over, and calls for continued spending on public health.
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