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May 13 2024
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Va. lawmakers avert budget crisis, approve bipartisan spending plan
RICHMOND — Weeks of Virginia state budget drama ended Monday with pledges of bipartisan goodwill as the General Assembly passed a compromise two-year spending plan that boosts funding for education and other priorities without increasing taxes. Votes in both the Senate and House of Delegates were nearly unanimous.
Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R), who had raised the specter of an unprecedented
Washington PostMay 15 2024
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New four-story apartment complex for seniors planned for Detroit's Cass Corridor
A nonprofit Detroit neighborhood development corporation is looking to build a four-story, 49-unit apartment complex in the Cass Corridor for low-income seniors. The building would be situated on what is now vacant land between 440 and 460 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., next door to the King's Arms Hotel rooming house. The developer, the Cass Corridor Neighborhood Development Corp., first
Detroit Free PressMay 15 2024
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NIMBYs attack housing plan tied to new Metro-North stations in the Bronx
A housing fight is brewing in the eastern Bronx as city officials move forward with an ambitious rezoning plan to allow 7,500 new homes to be built near a set of Metro-North stations that are currently under construction. The long-sought transit plan, called Penn Access, would add four new stations in the Bronx along an extension of the New Haven line that would bring Metro-North service to
GothamistMay 15 2024
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Travis Kelce hints at his off-season plans with girlfriend Taylor Swift
Entertainment gossip and news from Newsweek's network of contributors Travis Kelce's summer adventures continue as he globetrots around the world during the NFL offseason. Fresh from supporting his girlfriend, Taylor Swift, at her Paris Eras Tour performance, Travis, 34, started the latest episode of his podcast, New Heights, with a lively greeting from Europe. Meanwhile, his brother and
NewsweekMay 15 2024
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Democratic National Convention planning hampered by fears Brandon Johnson will ‘defend’ protesters
The Democratic National Convention will be hosted in August in Chicago, Illinois, and given Mayor Brandon Johnson’s roots in activism, some fear that protesters could take center stage at the party’s flagship event. Johnson’s critics worry that he won’t rein in protesters and that the convention will be reminiscent of the riots during the 1968 Democratic National Convention, which was also in
Washington ExaminerMay 15 2024
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Bar, music, movies, food trucks: Sprawling community space planned for Inglewood
An open-air bar, retail, restaurant and entertainment spaces are all coming to Inglewood in one unique new venue for the growing East Nashville neighborhood. Behind the new development underway at 3104 Gallatin Pike is Nathan Weinberg, co-founder of MW Real Estate, Retrograde Coffee and Ugly Mugs Coffee & Tea. Weinberg is partnering with Davey Rowe-Mabee, Steve Mabee, trained sommelier
The TennesseanMay 15 2024
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D.C. scrapped plan for Connecticut Ave. bike lane. Lawmakers want it back.
Some D.C. Council members are pushing for a controversial plan for a Connecticut Avenue bike lane that was abandoned by the mayor’s office last month to be reincorporated into the city’s budget. In 2021, D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) announced plans for a 2.7-mile bike lane that would run from Calvert Street NW in Woodley Park to Legation Street NW in Chevy Chase. The plan — supported by
Washington PostMay 15 2024
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Walmart announces plans to lay off hundreds of employees ahead of earnings conference
Walmart has announced it will lay off a large number of its employees on Tuesday, days before it hosts its first quarterly earnings conference. Beyond this new mass layoff, the grocery chain is also requiring most of its remote employees to relocate to various offices, including in Bentonville, Arkansas, Hoboken, New Jersey, and the San Francisco Bay Area. Donna Morris, Walmart’s chief people
Washington ExaminerMay 15 2024
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US Warns Israel of Power Vacuum in Gaza and Wants Post-War Plan
The US warned Israel it risks creating a power vacuum across swaths of Gaza and urged the country’s leaders to focus more on post-war planning for the Palestinian territory.
“We can’t have anarchy and a vacuum that’s likely to be filled by chaos,” US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told reporters on Wednesday during a trip to Kyiv, Ukraine.
BloombergMay 15 2024
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Nikki Haley’s strength endures yet she has no plans to help Trump
Nikki Haley‘s endurance as a top hindrance to former President Donald Trump‘s reelection campaign in Republican primary contests has not abated more than two months after dropping out of the 2024 race. Tuesday night’s primaries in Maryland, Nebraska, and West Virginia showed Haley, Trump’s former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, is still bringing in double-digit results despite no longer
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