April 16, 2025

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Investment

Town accepting applications for recreation and investment boards

Marian Procession to mark the Solemnity of the Annunciation (1) Worth Avenue in Palm Beach March 25, 2025. Interested residents have until 5 p.m. May 2 to submit their application for the Recreation Advisory Board. Residents have until 5 p.m. May 30 to submit their application for the Investment Advisory Committee. Palm Beach is seeking applicants

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Funds

Minot scrambles to restore funds to bill | News, Sports, Jobs

The Trinity Health West building at the intersection of Broadway and Burdick in downtown Minot is shown Friday. The building, used by both Trinity and Dakota College at Bottineau, is proposed for a Health Sciences Institute. Jill Schramm/MDN BISMARCK – The state’s acquisition of a downtown Trinity Health building for a Health Sciences Institute would

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Sheng Thao considered using Oakland’s funds to hire consultant her campaign owed

OAKLAND — Nearly six months after Sheng Thao took office, she still owed tens of thousands of dollars to the campaign manager who had helped deliver her a victory. Long-established state law prohibits politicians from using public funds to finance election campaigns, but in newly released records, Thao’s top staffer said her boss had considered

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Gary council approves jewel parks construction funds

The city of Gary continues to move forward with its jewel parks construction after the council approved the fund’s budget at its Tuesday meeting. Eight council members voted to approve salary and operating budgets for the city’s jewel parks construction funds and opioid settlement restricted fund. Parliamentarian Linda Barnes Caldwell, D-5th, voted against the budgets,

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Finance

House Finance Committee moves its version of the budget bill | News, Sports, Jobs

House Finance Committee Chairman Vernon Criss calls the vote Monday on House Bill 2026, the committee’s substitute for Gov. Patrick Morrisey’s budget bill. (Photo by Steven Allen Adams) CHARLESTON — Ignoring Gov. Patrick Morrisey’s introduced bill for the general revenue budget, the House Finance Committee recommended its version of the budget bill that closely resembled

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Crypto

Hancock County looking into cryptocurrency investment | News, Sports, Jobs

NEW CUMBERLAND — While there has been much attention on the county’s budget in recent years, Hancock County commissioners are looking into the possibility of investment in digital currency. As part of their meeting Thursday, commissioners approved a memorandum of understanding between the Hancock County Commission and Steel Valley Bitcoin LLC. “This is

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Funds

27 Michigan schools could lose up to $42M in federal funds

Want to comment on this story? Become a subscriber today. Click here. More than two dozen Michigan school districts face the loss of nearly $42 million in reimbursement for federal pandemic relief funds after the U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon rescinded a previously set deadline. Michigan education officials said agencies across the country, including the

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Federal funding cuts have local food banks struggling for inventory

FRAMINGHAM — “Canceled.” That’s the dreaded word Jean McMurray, executive director of the Worcester County Food Bank in Shrewsbury, saw next to her most recent online order she had made. Last week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Northeast Regional Office confirmed to the state’s Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) that Massachusetts’ $3.4

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Finance

Sausalito fires finance director, installs substitute

Sausalito has fired its finance director on the brink of budget drafting season, but it won’t say why. Chad Hess had held the position since July 18, 2023, after an interim period performing the job, according to the city. His most recent annual salary was $174,573. City Manager Chris Zapata said Hess’ dismissal is a

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Banking

Questrade inches closer to winning Canadian banking licence

Questrade Financial Group Inc. moved a step closer to obtaining a banking licence in Canada, entering the final phase of a rigorous process to earn approval from the federal banking regulator. The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions, or OSFI, published a notice on Friday that said the government had issued letters patent –

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