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The Franklin County Auditor’s office has announced reallocation of $5 million in funding to county schools, municipalities, parks and other organizations from funds collected for real estate reappraisals and triennial updates. According to a news release, a majority of the funds — more than $3.2 million — will be returned to county school districts. Columbus [...]
When Daniel Skousen scrubs at the ash and soot covering his Maui home, he worries about the smell. What chemicals created the burning-trash-barrel scent that has lingered since a deadly wildfire tore through Lahaina in August? Should he believe government agencies' assessment of when the air, land and water will be safe enough for his [...]
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Tossing tent poles, blankets and a duffel bag into a shopping cart and three wagons, Will Taylor spent a summer morning helping friends tear down what had been their home and that of about a dozen others. It wasn't the first time and wouldn't be the last. Contractors from the city [...]
The negative impact on the climate from passenger vehicles could have dropped by more than 30 percent over the past decade if not for the world’s appetite for large cars, a new report from the Global Fuel Economy Initiative suggests. Sport utility vehicles now account for more than half of all new car sales across [...]
LANSING, Mich. — Michigan is on the verge of implementing one of the nation’s most ambitious clean-energy mandates, aiming to be carbon-free by 2040 in what is a pivotal test of the Democrats’ environmental goals in a state with a long-standing manufacturing legacy. Michigan will join four other states in requiring utility providers to transition [...]
HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) — In New York, migrants at a city-run shelter grumble that relatives who settled before them refuse to offer a bed. In Chicago, a provider of mental-health services to people in the country illegally pivoted to new arrivals sleeping at a police station across the street. In South Florida, some immigrants complain [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — A new plan from the Biden administration could increase salaries for thousands of low-paid early childhood teachers caring for some of the country’s poorest children, but might force some centers to reduce their enrollment. The Health and Human Services agency’s proposed federal rule would require Head Start programs, which are struggling nationwide [...]
The results of a market survey published this week reported a nearly $12.5 billion infusion into the Ohio economy in 2022 from wildlife-based recreation activities, such as hunting and fishing. Commissioned by the state Division of Wildlife, the survey focused primarily on Ohioans’ involvement in hunting, fishing, target shooting and wildlife viewing, according to a [...]
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Geological Survey has reported that the state’s mineral resources produced $1.7 billion worth of geologic commodities in 2022, making it the ninth straight year that the total value of all nonfuel industrial minerals exceeded the billion-dollar mark. The 2022 Report on Ohio Mineral Industries: An Annual Summary [...]
EKLUTNA, Alaska — The Russian Orthodox church on the outskirts of Alaska’s biggest city is packed with treasures for the Christian faithful: religious icons gifted by Romanov czars, panels of oil paintings and jewel-studded incense burners. Outside the hand-hewn log sanctuary, however, dozens of miniature Alaska Native spirit houses sit by aging gravesites alongside Orthodox [...]