Category: State News

Richard Ravitch, Civic ‘Titan’ and Leader Who Rescued NYC in the 1970s, Dies at 89

June 26, 2023
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Richard Ravitch, former New York Lieutenant Governor and Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) chairman credited for bringing the city out of crisis in the 1970s and 1980s, died Sunday night at age 89. His wife, Kathleen M. Doyle, confirmed to The New York Times Ravitch’s passing. “Dick Ravitch was a titan of New York’s civic world who…

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Florida Supreme Court Says State Attorney Waited Too Long To File Case Against DeSantis

June 26, 2023
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State attorney Andrew Warren’s latest push to overturn Governor Ron DeSantis’s decision to suspend him from his job has been struck down by the Florida Supreme Court. Warren is a twice-elected Democrat in Hillsborough County, which contains a large part of the Tampa Bay region. He has argued that the Republican governor misused his power…

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Irvine Looks to Incentivize Electrification in City After Natural Gas Ban Blocked by Court

June 26, 2023
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The Irvine City Council voted 4–1 June 13 on a plan to incentivize all new homes and commercial buildings to be electric-powered in the city, after an earlier effort to mandate them was stymied when a federal court ruled another city in California could not ban natural gas in new construction. City staff is now…

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Cities Should Be Ready for More Surprises From Orange County Power Authority

June 26, 2023
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Orange County cities are on the cusp of learning that their general funds are exposed to liability claims due to the Orange County Power Authority’s (OCPA) activities. [1] Supporters of community choice aggregation (CCA) champion its “financial firewall” as a catch-all safety net against financial loss. However, CCAs—which automatically switch consumers into their programs amid…

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5 People Killed in Fiery Crash on Long Beach Freeway

June 26, 2023
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Five people were killed on the morning of June 26 and a sixth person was hospitalized when their car crashed into an attenuator on the Long Beach 710 Freeway and was struck by other vehicles, bursting into flames. The crash was reported at 4:12 a.m. on the northbound Long Beach Freeway at the transition to…

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Couple Celebrating 50th Wedding Anniversary Are Stabbed to Death

June 26, 2023
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NEWTON, Mass.—A couple celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary were stabbed to death, along with another family member, in what law enforcement officials said was probably a random attack. The bodies were found in a home in Newton when the couple failed to arrive at church Sunday morning, police said. Police worry that the killer or…

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Couple Celebrating 50th Wedding Anniversary Stabbed to Death, Suspect Arrested

June 26, 2023
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BOSTON—A suspect was arrested Monday in the weekend killings of a Boston-area husband and wife celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary and the woman’s 97-year-old mother, authorities said. Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan said police took Christopher Ferguson into custody and charged him with killing 73-year-old Gilda “Jill” D’Amore after an autopsy revealed her death was…

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Orange County IDA Approves Tax-Exempt Bonds for Buyer of Glen Arden

June 26, 2023
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The Orange County Industrial Development Agency (IDA) on June 21 approved the re-issuance of a decades-old tax-exempt bond to facilitate the pending sale of Glen Arden. Glen Arden is a Goshen-based, high-end retirement community that has been mired in financial distress for years and failed to pay local taxes since 2021. Bethel Communities Management proposed…

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Federal Judge Blocks Florida’s Law Banning Children at Drag Shows

June 26, 2023
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A federal judge dealt Florida governor Ron DeSantis’s “war on woke’” a setback on Friday. U.S. district judge Gregory A. Presnell blocked the DeSantis administration from enforcing its new law protecting minors from exposure to drag shows. Presnell also denied a motion by Attorney General Ashley Moody’s office to dismiss a lawsuit by HM Florida-ORL.,…

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California Could See Sharp Drop in Job Growth, Moderate Recession by 2024: Chapman Forecast

June 26, 2023
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California could face a sharp decline in job growth by the end of this year as the state grapples with a moderate recession, according to top economists at Chapman University. In its latest bi-annual economic forecast released June 22, the school forecast job growth in the state to drop to 1.3 percent by December, compared…

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