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
Six months into Donald Trump’s return to the White House, one thing is clear: the biggest winners so far aren’t oil executives or Wall Street bankers. They’re crypto bros. Yes, the same industry that melted down in 2022—taking with it crypto exchange FTX, its “visionary” CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (now serving 25 years in prison), and
June 28 (UPI) — The latest version of the Senate’s federal budget reconciliation bill would limit the availability of student loans for future borrowers by revising federal student loan programs and regulations. The budget bill that already has passed the House of Representatives and the Senate version would place a maximum amount on how much
Gov. DeWine explains why child care is a budget priority Gov. Mike DeWine held a news conference Monday to unveil his budget recommendations. He opened his conference speaking about how the state can fund child care. Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost urged Gov. Mike DeWine to veto a provision in the state budget that would
MADISON (WKOW) — The state Legislature’s budget-writing committee, the Joint Finance Committee (JFC), voted late Friday night to release $9 million to support a literacy coaching program under the state Department of Public Instruction. The money will come out of the $50 million that had been set aside for the literacy program in a 2023
“If fartcoin dips below $0.80 the entire housing market collapses.” Anna Good Posted on June 27 2025 11:00 am CDT Federal housing director orders crypto to count for mortgages, and now people are clowning on it with “fartcoin” memes. Featured Video In a move that instantly set off a wave of online mockery, Federal Housing
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
Open this photo in gallery: The Bay Street Financial District in Toronto. The domestic stability buffer also affects the minimum capital levels that a bank is expected to hold.Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press Canada’s banking regulator has held steady the capital cushion that the country’s largest lenders must reserve, signalling that financial institutions are withstanding the
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
Open this photo in gallery: Scotiabank is planning to deploy 90 per cent of its capital – up from 70 per cent in 2023 – to its key businesses in Canada, the U.S. and Mexico over the next few years.Fred Lum/the Globe and Mail Bank of Nova Scotia BNS-T has tapped a senior executive at