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EPA says President Donald Trump’s big bill should help in its fight to take back billions in green bank funds – Chicago Tribune

  • July 4, 2025

WASHINGTON — The sprawling tax and policy bill that passed Congress repeals a multibillion-dollar green bank for financing climate-friendly projects, and the Trump administration should be allowed to freeze its funding and cancel related contracts with nonprofits, federal officials said in a court filing. Climate United Fund and other nonprofits in March sued the Environmental

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San Rafael approves funds for affordable housing initiatives

  • June 29, 2025

San Rafael has approved $600,000 in allocations to three nonprofits in support of their affordable housing projects in the city. The total outlay from the city’s affordable housing trust fund is $100,000 more than what staff initially recommended. The City Council agreed to kick in the extra money after hearing moving testimony from the applicants.

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Grants help Portsmouth market itself as tourism destination

  • June 29, 2025

PORTSMOUTH — With a casino hotel on the way in Portsmouth, city leaders are using grant funding to help market the city as a destination stay in hopes of boosting tourism-related revenue. Portsmouth received two state grants totaling $42,500 to help broaden marketing efforts to areas across North Carolina and Virginia. The grants will help

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Child safety advocates and California’s cannabis industry battle over tax funds – East Bay Times

  • June 27, 2025

A proposal to pause a planned tax hike on retail cannabis has set off alarm bells among child safety advocates whose substance use prevention and treatment work depends on funds generated by sales of cannabis products. Industry members say the move, which lawmakers in Sacramento are considering, is necessary to keep struggling retailers afloat. This

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Electric vehicle charging fund freeze lifted in federal lawsuit ruling

  • June 25, 2025

A federal judge used an episode from “The Simpsons” to illustrate her ruling that prevents the Trump administration from withholding money approved for states to build charging networks for electric vehicles. Colorado is one of 16 states that recently sued the administration for not releasing billions of dollars authorized under the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and

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A look at the major players in the crypto industry and their ties to Donald Trump – The Mercury News

  • June 25, 2025

By WILL WEISSERT, Associated Press WASHINGTON  — President Donald Trump took office in January pledging to “make America the crypto capital of the world.” He has since harnessed wide swaths of the federal government to bolster the industry — all while raking in huge sums of money for his family’s business. By some estimates, crypto

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Florida man accuses Denver crypto school of fake crypto exchange

  • June 21, 2025

An investor claims that a fraudulent online trading school in downtown Denver has partnered with a fake cryptocurrency exchange in Cherry Creek to rob him of $860,000. Brian Firestone of Florida says he was approached in December by a man named John Smith with the Alpha Stock Investment Training Center. Smith offered to teach Firestone

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Longshot NYC mayoral candidate Michael Blake gets $2m in matching funds on eve of primary

  • June 20, 2025

Mayoral candidate Michael Blake has secured $2 million in public matching funds approved by the city’s Campaign Finance Board — a significant but belated cash infusion for the longshot campaign. With just five days left in the primary race, the new cash influx infusion likely comes too late for Blake, a former Bronx assemblyman, to

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Investors

Dreamers still optimistic on Orlando baseball despite possible Rays sale

  • June 20, 2025

The Orlando Dreamers say they’re pressing forward on their efforts to bring Major League Baseball to Orange County – even as their most immediate path to do so may be slipping away. Wealthy investors pushing for an Orlando club had eyes on the Tampa Bay Rays, but on Wednesday the team announced it was entering into

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Investors’ condo buying hits one of the lowest levels in 10 years

  • June 12, 2025

Investors’ condo purchasing has dropped to one of its lowest levels in the past 10 years — in a shift driven largely by their retreat from Florida, a new study shows. The analysis, conducted by real estate brokerage firm Redfin, examined county-level home purchase records across 39 of the most populous U.S. metropolitan areas dating

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