May 14, 2024
Funds

New regional task force to answer the call for better funding plan for Metro

D.C. Metro and the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments hope a regional task force can finally bring about an agreeable budget plan for WMATA. Setting up Metro with dedicated funding has been discussed for decades in the region but still hasn’t come to fruition. Now, WMATA and the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments hope a

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Funds

Youngkin proposes using NoVa investment fund to support Metro • Virginia Mercury

In a state budget amendment, Gov. Glenn Youngkin pledged to support Metro with an additional $133.7 million amid a projected shortfall for the transit agency. The pledge came with a caveat: It would strip funding from a transit investment fund used by Northern Virginia jurisdictions. Leaders from the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission, the regional body

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Funds

NYC deli to sell new ‘hero’ sandwich to raise funds for family of slain Officer Jonathan Diller

Metro By Carl Campanile and Jorge Fitz-Gibbon Published March 31, 2024, 2:20 p.m. ET A new sandwich has been created by a Queens deli and called “The NYPD” in honor of slain cop Jonathan Diller. You can call this a real hero sandwich. A landmark Queens deli is raising funds for the family of slain

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Crypto

Crypto boss raped wife, made her groom his privates: lawsuit

Metro By Kathianne Boniello Published March 23, 2024, 9:27 a.m. ET A crypto bigwig subjected his wife to years of twisted sexual abuse, she claims in a lawsuit. Max Hartman allegedly would punish his wife in shocking ways when she didn’t have sex with him on demand, according to court papers. During one exchange Hartman

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Mortgage

New mortgages signal hope for north St. Louis neighborhood

ST. LOUIS — In June, a family bought the house across from the old St. James United Church of Christ, a 1911 brick converted two-family, for $300,000. In most St. Louis-area neighborhoods, the sale would be unremarkable, perhaps noted among Zillow junkies as a good deal for its size. But in far north St. Louis,

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Property

Clayton School Board apologizes for ‘misstep’ over purchase of Caleres property

CLAYTON — The Clayton School Board apologized Tuesday for its lack of transparency around the district’s plans for the multi-million-dollar Caleres headquarters and said the property could potentially be sold to a developer. “We are aware that our initial communication was inadequate, and we apologize for the misstep,” reads an email sent to Clayton residents. “Considering

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