MEDINA, Ohio — City Council’s Finance Committee has given its blessing for the police department to pursue funding that would help pay for a part-time community engagement officer. The department is applying for $167,900 over a three-year period from the Department of Justice Community Oriented Policing Services Program. “This would be a part-time position, but
Senate Appropriations committee Chairwoman Patty Murray (D-WA) (L) and Ranking Member Susan Collins (R-ME) (R) participate in a hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on November 20, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) With the White House slow to distribute congressionally appropriated funds for the National Institutes of Health, some senators
Primary voters won’t cast their ballots for almost a year, but the two candidates officially vying for four years in the governor’s mansion are already raking in millions in campaign contributions. Incumbent Governor Kathy Hochul is leading the pack after amassing more than $4.3 million in the first half of the year, according to July
Tom Zachystal is president of International Asset Management providing financial planning and investment advice for Americans living abroad. getty Instead of paying capital gains rates when you sell, as a PFIC owner, you pay the highest marginal income tax rate, plus interest charges on annual gains. In many cases, the tax owed can exceed the
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On Steve Vossler’s 56th volunteer shift of the year at the Harvesters food bank distribution center in Lawrence, Kansas, he packed corn and cucumbers. “I like the assembly line aspect of it,” he chuckled. He was one of a dozen or so volunteers on a July morning cheerfully chatting and packing produce into red mesh
Maharashtra’s iconic temples and charitable trusts could soon become active investors in India’s financial markets. With a sweeping reform effective July 21, 2025, Maharashtra state government has opened the gates for public trusts to allocate up to 50 per cent of their corpus in mutual funds and market-linked securities. For decades, public trusts — be
VALDOSTA, GA. (WTXL) — As the first day of school approaches on August 4th, Lowndes County Schools aren’t just opening their doors; they’re opening new opportunities. $1M in federal funds helps LCS sustain free student services while empowering staff as changemakers. “Agents of Change” theme centers on teacher impact, mental health, and building lifelong student
After withholding billions of dollars from school districts nationwide, the Department of Education (DOE) would be opening the funding floodgates starting this Monday, July 28, the department announced on Friday. It has been nearly a month since the department told California school districts, such as Santa Barbara Unified, that they would not be receiving the
A rallygoer holds a sign as Colorado lawmakers on the second floor of the Capitol building watch from above. Robert Tann/Summit Daily News After nearly a month of waiting for funds that were promised in the spring, the remaining $66 million in federal education grants previously frozen by the Trump administration will be released to