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Schools in Oregon City will begin stocking Narcan in schools
Council members voted unanimously to add naloxone, commonly known as Narcan – the spray that reverses opioid overdoses, to district medical policy. OREGON CITY, Ore. — The Oregon City School District will begin stockpiling naloxone in schools and provide training on its use to reverse opioid overdoses after a unanimous school board vote Monday night. …
Standby Battery Market Trends by 2026 with Major Key Players – NEPTUN, Metropolitan Industries, Eaton, Tesla and LiftMaster – The Bollywood Ticket
This Global Emergency Battery Market is an attempt to analyze the global opportunities in the field of the worldwide industry, its present capabilities and the potential of the selected countries and regions in the market. The report to businesses and companies provides a better understanding of their ability to invest in the market. The report …

Russian forces close in on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and shell the port city of Mariupol
The situation is rapidly deteriorating in Ukrainewhere Russian forces close in on the capital Kyiv and bombard and surround the strategically important port city of Mariupol. Ground forces moved within 24 km of central Kiev, according to the UK Ministry of Defence. Around the town, artillery barrages forced residents to take cover. In Mariupol, which …

Ukraine-Russia Live Updates: Putin, Israel and Zelensky
WASHINGTON — Russia said on Saturday it had detained an American basketball player in Moscow on drug charges, tangling the fate of an American citizen in the dangerous confrontation between Russia and the West over Ukraine. Russia’s Federal Customs Service said its officials arrested the player after finding vape cartridges containing hashish oil in her …

Live Updates: Russia invades Ukraine
It is just 3 p.m. in Kyiv and fierce battles are taking place between Ukrainian and Russian forces all over Ukraine. Here’s what you need to know: Talks continue: A second round of talks between Russia and Ukraine is expected to take place today, according to a Ukrainian presidential aide. Monday’s first round of talks …

The mayor of a city in southern Ukraine warns of the arrival of Russian troops
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki shown in this Feb. 23, 2022, file photo in Washington, DC (Drew Angerer/Getty Images) The Biden administration wants to “reduce rhetoric and de-escalate” after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his country’s deterrent forces – which include nuclear weapons – to be placed on high alert, the House announced Monday. …

Metropolitan Opera says it will sever ties with artists allied with Putin
New York’s renowned opera house, the Metropolitan Opera, announced on Sunday that it would suspend ties with Russian artists and institutions allied with Russian President Vladimir Putin. In a video statement posted to Facebook, Met chief executive Peter Gelb expressed his solidarity with the people and leaders of Ukraine and said: “As an international opera …

Yard Milkshake Bar is coming to the downtown neighborhood of St. Johns in Jacksonville
There are decadent milkshakes – and then there are The courtyard milkshake bar milkshakes, such as the Peanut Butter Waffle: Honey-roasted peanut butter ice cream in a mason jar dipped in peanut butter, rolled in crushed Butterfinger and topped with whipped cream, a drizzle of peanut butter , Butterfinger and a waffle. It’s a bite …

Covid News: Nevada ends mask mandate
A Covid patient in the acute care unit at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. Washington state has reported more coronavirus deaths in the past week than in any other seven-day period. Credit…Elaine Thompson/Associated Press The rate of new coronavirus infections nationwide is falling. Democratic leaders in New York, California and elsewhere are rolling back mask …

Nova Bus Announces Largest Electric Bus Order in the United States by the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County in Houston
PLATTSBURGH, NY, February 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ – Nova Bus, part of the Volvo Group and one of North America’s leading city bus manufacturers, is delighted to announce its largest electric bus contract to date. It was awarded a contract for 20 LFSe+ in addition to 20 options, for a total of 40 electric buses, by …

In New York’s sewage, a mysterious coronavirus signal
“To have something in a sewer that you detect, you need a good chunk of it,” said University of Michigan virologist Dr. Adam Lauring, who was not involved in the research. Dr. Johnson, the Missouri virologist, agrees. He favors the hypothesis that the sequences come from animals, perhaps a few specific populations with limited territories. …

Spotify CEO Daniel Ek defends Joe Rogan deal in tense town hall
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek spoke to employees about the Joe Rogan controversy in a 15-minute speech yesterday, including The edge got the audio, defending the company’s choice to work with Rogan, explaining its reasoning, and defining why it believes Spotify is a combination of a platform and a publisher. Employees had been skeptically awaiting the …

The Met Opera has never missed a curtain. He hopes the public will bounce back.
On Saturday evening, if all goes according to plan, the Metropolitan Opera will celebrate a milestone: reaching a long-planned winter break without having to cancel a single performance, even as the pandemic has taken its toll backstage. As the Omicron variant spread through the city in December and January, the virus disrupted Met operations, with …

Save A Lot expands retail partnership in metro Orlando as company converts company stores to new owners
ORLANDO, Fla. – Save A Lot, one of the largest discount grocery chains in the United States, today announced that it has completed the December sale of 33 company-owned stores in the greater Florida area. ‘Orlando to Ascend Grocery, LLC, as part of the discount grocer’s ongoing efforts to convert company-owned stores to local ownership. …

Lagos Acquires New Fleet for Metropolitan Rail Project | The Guardian Nigeria News
In line with his administration’s commitment to traffic management and transportation, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has acquired two sets of new 330 km/h 10-car Talgo trains for the Lagos Red Line project. In a statement yesterday, the chief executive of Lagos sealed the deal during a public event at the Milwaukee facility of Spanish train maker, …

APHIS smuggling unit finds banned pork in NYC
In the last three months, from October to December 2021, the Contraband Interdiction and Trade Compliance (SITC) Program of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has seized and destroyed more than 1 900 pounds of prohibited pork, poultry and ruminant products from New York. City retailers. APHIS reports that these items originated in …

Civil rights attorney Ben Crump speaks in Kansas City
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — At a young age, Ben Crump realized the disparities he had as a black person and the struggles people of color faced. He was inspired by civil rights lawyer Thurgood Marshall, who dismantled segregation and became the first justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. “I made a decision …

Iteris awarded $ 6.8 million subcontract by Parsons Corporation to provide vehicle-to-infrastructure connected bus priority signaling system for the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
SANTA ANA, Calif .– (COMMERCIAL THREAD) – Iteris, Inc. (NASDAQ: ITI), the global leader in intelligent mobility infrastructure management, today announced it has won a $ 6.8 million outsourcing contract from Parsons Corporation (NYSE: PSN) to provide design, implementation and integration assistance for the upgrade and expansion of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Bus Signal …

“Three Minutes: A Stretch” examines Jewish life before the Nazi invasion
AMSTERDAM – Glenn kurtz found the film reel in the corner of her parents’ closet in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida in 2009. It was in a dented aluminum box. The Florida heat and humidity had almost solidified the celluloid into a mass “like a hockey puck,” Kurtz said. But someone had transferred some of it …
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Jackson city councilor wants city to pay those who help police solve triple homicide in October
JACKSON, Mississippi (WLBT) – Jackson Ward 3 Councilor Kenneth Stokes is putting an item on the council’s agenda that would offer money to those helping Jackson Police solve a triple homicide that took place three months ago. If approved by the board, Stokes hopes it becomes a trend to get more people talking about crime …

The hottest housing markets of 2022 have these options in common
SAN FRANCISCO – JANUARY 30: A sign for sale is seen on a single family home on January 30, 2008 in Vallejo, California. December sales of existing single-family homes in the Bay Area fell more than 38% from a year ago, according to the California Association of Realtors. (Photo by David Paul Morris / Getty …
Feeling neglected, residents of eastern Tijuana may decide to go their separate ways
TIJUANA – Far from the slick downtown skyscrapers and bustling beaches of western Tijuana, Jorge Sánchez, 54, sells pallets of waste wood at the foot of a muddy, rubble-strewn road in the eastern neighborhood of Mariano Matamoros. “The city’s politicians have abandoned us here,” Sánchez said. “The only time they even come to this neighborhood …

Latest News on CDC Guidelines, Omicron and U.S. Cases: Live Updates
A drive-thru test site in Baldwin Park, Calif., Monday. The Omicron variant became dominant in the United States last week, not the previous week, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Credit…Bing Guan / Reuters The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated that the Omicron variant now accounts for about 59% of …

The pandemic is pushing up house prices in the region, sort of
Jamie Mazuryk estimates that about 90% of the home deals she sold during the pandemic were above asking price. “If the price was right, the price was exceeded,” said Mazuryk, real estate agent at CM Fox. The same goes for houses receiving multiple offers. “Almost every home that was priced right” had multiple offers, she …

The housing authority is restructuring its staff; Little Rock board targets savings in ’22
The Little Rock Public Housing Authority expects to turn a profit in 2022 after its board of directors approved the cut of several jobs as part of next year’s budget. The restructuring of the staff of the Metropolitan Housing Alliance “aspires to meet the fiscal, regulatory, personnel and operational needs necessary to advance the agency’s …
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USDA grants loan to city of Negaunee
NEGAUNEE, Michigan (WLUC) – The United States Department of Agriculture has awarded money to five UP projects with the recently passed Federal Infrastructure Act that awarded $ 5.2 billion to 46 states and Puerto Rico. The five UP infrastructure projects that benefit from this plan are: – A $ 3 million grant to the Torch …

Best Classical Music of 2021
Rarely, however, has one or other of the pieces deployed the full force of the orchestra. “Vista” opens with an oboe game; “Innocence”, with just a handful of bass instruments before the entry of a howling bassoon. No note is foreign, in part because there aren’t many to start with. Like Flaubert’s sentences, Saariaho’s writing …

New York City to move to vote for non-citizens
NEW YORK – New York City, long a beacon for immigrants, is poised to become the largest place in the country to give non-citizens the right to vote in local elections. Legally documented, non-citizens of voting age represent nearly one in nine of the city’s 7 million voting age residents. Under a bill about to …

Cuts Impacting Municipalities In Alberta, SACPA Says
By Al Beeber – Lethbridge Herald on December 4, 2021. LETHBRIDGE [email protected] The Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs this week heard a presentation based on the recent Parkland Institute report on the impact of provincial cuts on municipalities in Alberta.The guest speaker was Jacqueline Peterson, a municipal finance expert whose research focuses on multilevel …
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“What will be, will be”: New York City tourists unimpressed with Omicron
Air travelers wearing face masks, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, walk to JetBlue Terminal 5 at JFK International Airport in New York, United States, November 16, 2021. REUTERS / Shannon Stapleton Register now for FREE and unlimited access to reuters.com Register NEW YORK, December 1 (Reuters) – The holiday season promises a peak of …

U.S. Representative Blake Moore’s Town Hall Attendees Focus On COVID-19 | News, Sports, Jobs
United States Representative Blake Moore addresses a town hall at Weber High School in Pleasant View on Tuesday, November 9, 2021. The COVID-19 pandemic was the focus of the meeting. U.S. Representative Blake Moore listens during a town hall meeting at Weber High School in Pleasant View on Tuesday, November 9, 2021. The COVID-19 pandemic …

Hunting Valley named Ohio’s safest little town
CLEVELAND, Ohio – Most Americans feel safe in the communities where they live. Yet, according to a 2020 Gallup poll, 78% believe crime is on the rise nationwide, even though the numbers don’t confirm it. This disconnection is part of the reason ConsumerAffairs conducted a study to determine the safest states in the country. The …

Businesses, municipalities are preparing for winter
As winter approaches, businesses and municipalities are busy preparing for the season ahead. Unlike many businesses and industries, the supply chain has not been an issue so far in terms of winter preparation. “All the resources are there for us,” said Jim Piccola, public information manager for the New York State Region 2 Department of …

Glacier Country Tourism will host the Town Hall
Residents of Flathead Valley can share their thoughts, concerns and ideas about regional tourism at a tourism town hall on November 4 at Cedar Creek Lodge in Columbia Falls. The event, which kicks off at 9 a.m., will be the first in a series of events hosted by Glacier Country Tourism. The agency’s initiative, Destination …

George Floyd’s Town Votes On Future Of Police Department
YesOR CAN’T avoid his face wherever you go. More than a year after the murder of George Floyd, and a few months after the conviction of Derek Chauvin, the policeman who knelt at his neck, the memory of Floyd remains almost hauntingly imposed on Minneapolis. The street where he was killed is delimited by two …

Around town – October 20
Businessman using laptopEditor’s Note: Submissions to Around Town are opinions submitted anonymously by readers, not factual representations, and do not reflect the views of The Republic or its staff. Orchids in … the three women who helped me up after I fell in the Columbus Center parking lot on Monday. Captain D’s for his excellent …

Starbucks permanently closes in downtown Stamford
STAMFORD – Starbucks has closed its downtown Stamford store for good, another blow to the ailing downtown mall which will also see one of its main tenants leave by the end of the year. In response to a request from Hearst Connecticut Media, a Starbucks spokesperson confirmed that the company had closed its establishment on …

Parent of child who died of “brain-eating amoeba” Sue City – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
Lawyers representing the family of the young boy who died after possibly being infected with a deadly amoeba at an Arlington wading pool stood alongside the child’s parents at a press conference Monday afternoon and announced that ‘they had filed a wrongful death complaint against the city of Arlington. . Lawyers shared photos and identified …

The Met renders a sculpture of Lord Shiva in Nepal
The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 4, 2020. ANGELA WEISS / AFP via Getty Images The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced on Wednesday that it would be returning a 10th-century Nepalese sculpture to its home country after researchers discovered inconsistencies in the object’s ownership record. The sculpture, which was once kept in a temple …
Sioux Falls braces for yet another legislative redistribution battle, as countryside and city collide
The old rest stop for travelers to the west has disappeared. But the trucks carrying the harvested corn always pass by, while the ducks hover above our heads. And a reporter looking for the outer limits of the so-called “built-up area” of Sioux Falls, where the city ends and the country begins for voters, watched …
Metropolitan Economic Development Association’s Million Dollar Challenge awards $ 1.2 million to minority entrepreneurs
Five entrepreneurs are now receiving financial support for their businesses through a group called Meda. According to PR Newswire, the Metropolitan Economic Development Association’s Million Dollar Challenge – the country’s largest entrepreneurial competition for Blacks, Indigenous People and People of Color (BIPOC) – announced the winners of the fourth annual competition where five companies were …

This giant map shows all metropolitan areas in the United States
The United States is the third most populous country in the world, made up of nearly 20,000 cities and towns and 333 million people. Dividing these population groups into a cohesive framework of statistical areas is no easy task, and the latest US Census Bureau map shows just how complex the task is. This huge …

School board ban on anti-racist and LGBT signs divides Oregon city – San Bernardino Sun
By Andrew Selsky | Associated Press NEWBERG, Oregon – An Oregon school board has banned educators from displaying symbols of Black Lives Matter and gay pride, sparking a torrent of recriminations and threats to boycott the city and its businesses. Newberg, a town of 25,000 people 25 miles southwest of Portland in a beautiful wine …

Notice of Intent to Request the Release of Funds for the City’s Emergency Assistance Program (EAP) and Environmental Review File for the EAP
Notice of Intent to Request the Release of Funds for the City of Cicero’s Emergency Assistance Program (EAP) On or about 12/10/2021, the City of Cicero Housing Department will submit a request to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for the release of Community Development Block Grants Program (CDBG) funds. ), …
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Migrants on school buses? Texas town feels stuck in the middle
DEL RIO, Texas, Sept.21 (Reuters) – Many residents of the Texas border town of Del Rio have been saying for months they feel abandoned by the federal government as border arrests soar in 20 years . Now, with several thousand migrants housed in precarious conditions under the international bridge connecting Del Rio and Ciudad Acuña …
Municipality Finance issues 25 million euro banknotes as part of MTN
Municipality Finance PlcExit on the stock market September 21, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. (EST) Municipal finance issues EUR 25 million tickets under the MTN program Municipality Finance Plc issues 25 million euro notes on September 22, 2021. The maturity date of the notes is September 22, 2056. MuniFin has the right but no obligation to …

California water agencies resolve Colorado River dispute
Two major California water agencies have settled a lawsuit that once threatened to derail a multi-state deal to protect a river that serves millions of people in the western United States. The Imperial Irrigation District, the largest recipient of water from the Colorado River, has sued the Metropolitan Water District twice in the past two …

Taliban-ruled Kabul municipality to women workers: stay home
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) – Kabul city government workers have been ordered to stay home, with work only allowed for those who cannot be replaced by men, the government said on Sunday. acting mayor of the Afghan capital, detailing the latest restrictions imposed on women by the new Taliban leadership. Witnesses, meanwhile, said an explosion targeted …

Saint-Cloud lawmaker holding “Defending Democracy Town Hall”
(KNSI) – A St. Cloud-area lawmaker will hold a town hall later this month to discuss voting rights and democracy. Representative Dan Wolgamott will be joined by Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon and community members for the Defending Democracy Town Hall. “The murderous January 6 attack on the United States Capitol did not mark …

How cannabis dispensaries navigate their store opening
So far, thirty-seven states have legalized medical cannabis in one way or another – Connecticut, New Mexico, New York and Virginia were the last to allow recreational marijuana ( for adults) in 2020 and 2021. This means more growth opportunities for clinics. And a host of new restrictions to maneuver to open shop. One of …
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The YMCA and the UAB join forces for the town hall on the coronavirus pandemic
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (WBRC) – The YMCA partnered with the UAB on Thursday afternoon for a virtual town hall answering questions from the public on the coronavirus pandemic and COVID-19 vaccines. People were able to submit their questions and have them personally answered by an infectious disease expert from UAB. We’ve been in this pandemic for …

Owls are overlooked, even in their own town
Published: Wednesday, September 1, 2021 In the heart of Houston, the fourth largest city in the United States with nearly 2.4 million people, sits an academic giant with less than glamorous athletic programs at Rice University. Houston, a sprawling concrete jungle of freeways and shopping malls, is a professional sports city. Everything revolves around the …

Roil Real Estate Ongoing Supply Chain Problems
For more than a year, manufacturers and builders of all kinds have been scrambling to get their hands on the raw materials needed for production. Supply chain problems compounded by crisis after crisis, all in the shadow of COVID-19, have persisted. Aid promised by the fall, prices have yet to come down as global shipping …

Latest coronavirus: Covid-19 wave crests in New York City as storm ends celebration
The London offices are almost deserted and no one knows how many people will be returning or when, but some investors are make bets on the workspace. The question is whether this trust is well placed or reckless when the sharp post-pandemic drop in the value of new office space has yet to materialize. Thai …

Denser Cities Could Be A Climate Boon – But Nimbyism Is Against It | Climate change
IIn San Francisco’s Sunset District, rows and rows of pastel-colored two-story homes flow from the edge of Golden Gate Park to the sand dunes of Ocean Beach. Many homes here have solar panels on their roofs and compost bins in their driveways, flanked by hybrid and electric cars. Yet here – and throughout this city …

VP appointed in Greenwich luxury real estate offices
Julie Peters of Darien has been appointed branch vice president of Coldwell Banker Realty’s global luxury offices in Greenwich and Old Greenwich, overseeing approximately 200 sales associates serving Fairfield County. “Greenwich is a powerhouse in the luxury housing market, and Julie is uniquely suited to lead our local offices by providing dedicated and expert service …

The real estate industry is trying to change its habits
Earlier this summer, a day before the very first federal holiday of June 17 in the United States, Marcia Fudge, the secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, stood at a rostrum in Cleveland and made a pledge. Bold: By 2030, there will be 3 million new black homeowners in the United States. …

Taliban invade seventh and eighth Afghan provincial capitals
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – Two provincial capitals in Afghanistan fell to the Taliban on Tuesday, this time in the west and north of the country, local officials said, marking the seventh and eighth to be invaded in less than a week . The Taliban had encroached on the city of Farah, the capital of the province …

What the worsening water scarcity means for Arizona homeowners
Arizona is in the midst of a historic water shortage. The southwest and much of the west are suffering from an intense 22-year drought, resulting in increasingly low water levels, dry soil and dry vegetation fueled by forest fires. Drought can have serious repercussions on the things we love to experience in our region, such …
20 communities in northern Illinois received public safety grants from ComEd, Metropolitan Mayors Caucus
Powering Safe Communities Annual Grants Program Supports Community Resilience with $ 170,000 Funding for Public Safety Initiatives CHICAGO, August 10, 2021– (BUSINESS WIRE) – To support critical public safety initiatives and improve the quality of life in communities across northern Illinois, ComEd and the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus today announced a total of 170,000 $ in …

City of Hope Expands Southern California Presence with Addition of Pacific Shores Medical Group | Company
DUARTE, Calif .– (BUSINESS WIRE) – August 9, 2021– City of Hope, a world-renowned cancer research and treatment center, today announced that the renowned Pacific Shores Medical Group has joined City of Hope. This agreement significantly expands the City of Hope clinical network and provides thousands of Southern California patients with increased access to groundbreaking …

It’s time for the private sector to tackle housing discrimination
While many racial and social injustices have come to the fore in our national consciousness over the past year, a number of inequalities continue to go unaddressed. A prime example is our country’s currently booming housing market, with decades of data showing that African Americans and other minority groups have not received the same treatment …

10 Best Performing Metropolitan Labor Markets in the United States – American City and County
As summer is in full swing, the U.S. economy continues to create jobs after last year’s pandemic-induced crisis. The labor market has recovered 16.7 million of the 22.4 million jobs lost. But the recovery has varied by location and industry, according to an analysis by ThinkWhy, a Dallas-based software company focused on market solutions. Over …

COVID-19 on the rise in New York, entire city a ‘high transmission’ area – NBC New York
What there is to know The delta variant was found in 83% of the positive NYC samples studied, up from 72% in the last Health Department report and 57% the week before. This strain is now the dominant one in New Jersey as well Existing vaccines have proven to be effective protection against the variant, …

Cities and school districts defy state orders, reinstate masks indoors
(WPRI) – The highly contagious Delta variant now represents almost all new COVID-19 cases sequenced in the United States, forcing some to rethink mask mandates. In response, some cities and school districts across the country have reinstated indoor mask mandates, despite opposition from their heads of state. While Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has banned county, …

Related companies Last real estate company to require vaccines
Related companies are demanding that all its employees get vaccinated against COVID-19, according to a report by the New York Post. The company’s 4,000 employees have until August 31 to make their first injection. Those who do not comply will be fired. Related Companies is a New York-based real estate company with desks in Boston, …

Buses leaving Texas border town full of illegal migrants
Buses leaving the city of Texas in the midst of the border crisis are struggling to keep pace with business – as they are full of illegal immigrants released to the United States by overwhelmed border patrol officers, The Post has learned. Since the crisis erupted following President Biden’s election, the four bus companies that …

Blackstone Profits Almost Double in Q2 2021
President of Blackstone Jonathan Gray (Blackstone and iStock) Blackstone pulled out of the hotels just in time. “It wasn’t because we anticipated the pandemic,” President Jonathan Gray said during the company’s second-quarter earnings call on Thursday. On the contrary, the investment giant has seen more promise in rental housing, life sciences and industrial buildings than …

Lutz Real Estate and Northern Equities announce the reopening of the Albert Kahn building Presentation of the Kahn apartments | Business
DETROIT, July 21, 2021 / PRNewswire / – Adam M. Lutz of Lutz Real Estate Investments and Matthew Sosin of Northern Equities Group today announced that their joint venture has completed the $ 70 million renovation of the Albert Kahn building and its conversion in 206 apartments, now named The Kahn Apartments (TheKahnDetroit.com). Located in …

VanWest Partners Acquires Two Properties for Second Self-Storage Fund |
DENVER, July 20, 2021 / PRNewswire / – VanWest Partners, an opportunistic investment firm specializing in the acquisition, management and sale of commercial real estate, announces the acquisition of two self-storage facilities from its newest fund, VanWest Self Storage Fund II, LLC. The portfolio of 2 properties in North Carolina was closed at the end …

Latest coronavirus: New York mayor excludes mask mandate
The US recession due to the coronavirus pandemic lasted two months, making it the shortest slowdown ever. The National Bureau of Economic Research, which is considered the official judge of the timing and duration of recessions, said on Monday that the economy hit a low in April 2020. Andrew Lloyd Webber has canceled the opening …

This Gurugram-based startup helps homeowners manage their real estate remotely
Managing a property is not an easy task, especially when you are sitting miles away. The to-do list includes repairs and maintenance, collecting bills, finding a tenant, preparing paperwork, and more. This requires the need to have a single point of contact who can handle all aspects of property management. Work in the United States, …
Tel Aviv municipality lights up with German flag in solidarity
On Sunday evening, the Tel Aviv-Yafo municipality lit up with the German flag, expressing solidarity in the wake of the devastating floods that left more than 150 German dead. Germany’s death toll reached 157 in its worst natural disaster in nearly six decades on Sunday. , and the European toll at 188. Around 110 people …

Historic Newberry, South Carolina: “The Most Charming Little Town”
Newberry, SC was recently named one of Travel Channel’s “Loveliest Little Towns” by Travel Channel, as well as on Day 14 of the South Carolina 7 Expedition. As KAG SC7 Correspondent, Liene Kukainis joined the team on the track to see what all the press is talking about! About Historic Newberry, South Carolina In the …

Manchester City owner raises $ 650million in one of football’s biggest debt deals
Manchester City’s parent company has raised $ 650million in one of football’s biggest-ever debt deals as it seeks to ramp up investments in its international network of football clubs. City Football Group, the Abu Dhabi-controlled holding company that owns the English Premier League champions alongside clubs in the United States, Australia and India, recently raised …

Rotterdam debating city offices move to old Kmart building at ViaPort
The city of Rotterdam hired an engineering consultant to do the programming and design of the old Kmart building at the Rotterdam ViaPort so that the city could explore the possibility of setting up its offices there. The city voted unanimously Wednesday night at its city council meeting to hire the engineering firm of Albany …
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Jonesboro and three other Arkansas cities retain metro status
JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) – Jonesboro and 143 other cities in the United States will retain their metropolitan status after a federal proposal to downgrade cities was not adopted. The federal proposal would have changed the Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) designation to a minimum of 100,000 from the original designation of 50,000. Jonesboro, Texarkana, Hot Springs …
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After COVID revenue slump, Canadian municipalities face rising insurance premiums
TORONTO, July 13 (Reuters) – Canadian municipalities reeling from a revenue pandemic are facing a further blow from soaring liability insurance costs, forcing them to raise property taxes or even cut services to residents. The increase in premiums, by around 20% to 30% in many cases, is due to the decrease in the number of …

Former Seabrook and NH secretary settles city sexual harassment lawsuit
SEABROOK – A former Secretary of the Planning Council who sued city officials for sexual harassment has struck a deal with the city. Maria Brown, who worked as secretary from 2015 to 2018, recently filed court documents dismissing her federal lawsuit with “prejudice and at no cost” against then-Planning Council chairman Jason Janvrin, vice chairman …
eXp World Holdings promotes Seth Siegler to lead new
BELLINGHAM, Washington, July 12, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – eXp World Holdings (Nasdaq: EXPI), the holding company of eXp Realty, one of the world’s fastest growing residential and commercial real estate companies, has elevated Seth Siegler to the new role of Vice President, Technology Innovation and Real Estate Services. Siegler will help evolve eXp Realty’s innovation …

Angel City FC issue statement on fan reaction to manager’s report
On Thursday, the first tangible name associated with Angel City FC’s search for head coaches emerged, in North Carolina, Courage assistant coach Sean Nahas. On Friday, the club issued an oblique statement in response to the backlash from many supporters. I wrote about this in depth on Thursday, but after Meg Linehan reported that Nahas …

Walton creates a construction-for-lease joint venture with SVN | SFR
Walton Global Holdings United States, a Scottsdale-based global real estate investment and property management firm with $ 3.4 billion in assets under management, and SVN | SFR Capital Management (SVN | SFR), a private commercial real estate investment company dedicated to the single-family rental housing sector, has announced the formation of a joint venture that …

Town of Tacna among USDA Water Infrastructure Improvements
TACNA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) – The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development is investing more than $ 7 million to improve rural water infrastructure. The Yuma County Improvement District in southwestern Arizona receives a loan of nearly half a million dollars and a grant of $ 4.3 million from the USDA. This involves …

Real estate platform Casafari raises $ 15 million to enable PE to buy large-scale single-family homes – TechCrunch
Just a Spotify used VC and PE support to acquire the assets of the music industry so now we all have to rent our music on a subscription basis, rather than owning it for life, so a PropTech startup is considering following a similar strategy for single-family homes. Casafari, a European real estate data platform …
LA is a “balkanized region”, says UC scholar, further uprisings could emerge if segregation is not addressed
A staggering 81% of metropolitan areas nationwide have become more racially segregated since the 1990s, according to results from the Othering and Belonging Institute at UC Berkeley. The Roots of Structural Racism Project found that while California is diverse, residential racial segregation has changed little in the Golden State, particularly in some cities in Southern …

First payments made to municipalities under the American Rescue Plan Act
WILKES-BARRE – State Treasurer Stacy Garrity announced this week that the first payments under the American Rescue Plan Act’s local and state coronavirus tax recovery fund program have been sent to municipalities of Pennsylvania eligible. “These funds will be heavily used by communities across Pennsylvania,” Garrity said. “It is a top priority for the Treasury …

HomeServices of America® acquires Americana Holdings
MINNEAPOLIS – (COMMERCIAL THREAD) – HomeServices of America, Inc., a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, today announced the acquisition of Americana Holdings, one of the largest independently owned and operated Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices franchisees. The company operates in three states as Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Arizona Properties, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties and Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Nevada …

Home buying demand drops below 2020 levels for the first time this year
The housing market and home purchase demand continue to cool as mortgage rates surpass 3% for the first time in 10 weeks, according to a new report of Red tuna, technology-based real estate brokerage. The Redfin Home Purchase Demand Index – a measure of home purchase demand and requests for home visits and other home …

Housing agency board chief calls for federal review of applications
The chairman of the board of directors of the Little Rock public housing authority called for a federal investigation Monday, a week after the board was charged with “serious misconduct.” The letter from the Chairman of the Council of Commissioners of the Metropolitan Housing Alliance, Kenyon Lowe, to the United States Department of Housing and …

Pocatello Fire Department to Host “Let’s Talk Forest Fires” Town Hall on June 29
Pocatello POCATELLO, Idaho (KIFI) – Now is your chance to learn how to protect your home or business from wildfires. The Pocatello Fire Department is partnering with the Bureau of Land Management, Johnny Creek Firewise Committee and High Country Resource Conversation and Development to host a town hall on fires at Fire Station # 5, …