Since passage of the Endangered Species Act 50 years ago, more than 1,700 plants, mammals, fish, insects and other species in the U.S. have been listed as threatened or endangered with extinction. Yet federal government data reveals striking disparities in how much money is allocated to save various biological kingdoms. Of the roughly $1.2 billion
MANSFIELD — A reconfigured Mansfield City Council is expected to start the new year Tuesday by doing what the previous configuration did at the end of the old one. Namely, again push back a request by the North End Community Improvement Collaborative to reallocate $1.5 million from the city’s American Rescue Plan Act funds. At-large
Published December 30. 2023 07:26AM by Jill Whalen jwhalen@tnonline.com Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro visited EMD Electronics in Hometown in April to help announce $300 million investment in the semiconductor specialty gases manufacturing facility. As part of the investment, EMD Electronics is building a new 96,500-square-foot facility on its land in Rush Township to create the
The Trousdale County School District was awarded a mini-grant for $9,500 that will be used to fund three projects that will benefit both teachers and students. The mini-grant was provided through Utrust. Founded in 1980, Utrust, formerly the Tennessee School Boards Insurance Trust, is an organization that assists school systems across the state with unemployment
Editors’ Note: This week, CT Mirror is publishing our Best of 2023 series. We asked each of our reporters to choose their favorite story they reported this year. This story, originally published on Sept. 29, 2023, was chosen by State Budget Reporter Keith M. Phaneuf. “I’ve spent much of my career reporting on governors and
TOKYO(Kyodo)–Japanese prosecutors have questioned former economy minister Yasutoshi Nishimura on a voluntary basis over a political funds scandal involving the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s largest faction, sources close to the matter said Saturday. The faction, formerly led by slain Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, is alleged to have failed to declare hundreds of millions of yen
An Oregon weekly newspaper has had to lay off its entire staff and halt print after 40 years because its funds were embezzled by a former employee, its editor said, in a devastating blow to a publication that serves as an important source of information in a community that, like many others nationwide, is struggling
SAN ANTONIO — City budgets are always a contentious debate, especially when it comes to funding police departments. Tonight’s Verify relates to the budget for the San Antonio Police Department, which aims to put enough police on the street to keep residents of San Antonio safe. THE QUESTION Is it true that the San Antonio
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Nonprofits have seen a dip in donations this year as many are having trouble meeting their end of year quotas. Despite this, there is a way people can help while also receiving a tax break in the process. These nonprofits can benefit from what are called “required end-of-year distributions.” For example,
Published: Dec. 29, 2023 at 7:23 p.m. ET CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia is issuing the first checks from a fund established by the settlement of opioid lawsuits in the state, which has by far the nation’s highest drug-overdose death rate. The Kanawha County Commission said Thursday it received a $2.9 million check and plans to