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Documents released by the city show that city officials and the building’s owner had been warned for months that parts of the building were unstable.
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Pence launches ’24 presidential bid
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie plans to launch his own campaign Tuesday evening in New Hampshire.
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Read More »California insurance market rattled by withdrawal of major companies
California's unsettled market aligns with trends across the country in which companies are boosting rates, limiting coverage or pulling out completely from regions susceptible to wildfires and other natural disasters in the era of climate change.
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Read More »US Supreme Court rules against union in labor dispute involving truck drivers and wet concrete
In a dispute about the pressure that organized labor can exert during a strike, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday against unionized drivers who walked off the job with their trucks full of wet concrete.
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Read More »Wisconsin lawmakers vote to spend $2 million to stage 2025 NFL draft in Green Bay
Wisconsin lawmakers voted Thursday to approve spending $2 million to help stage the 2025 NFL draft in Green Bay.
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Read More »Funding rejected for UW-Madison engineering building project
GOP lawmakers rejected funding Thursday for the University of Wisconsin's top priority, the replacement of an engineering building on its flagship Madison campus, approving allocations for about 60% of the state government and UW projects sought by Gov. Tony Evers.
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Read More »Iowa officials plan to demolish building after collapse, no fatalities reported
A six story apartment building had partially collapsed Sunday and the cause isn't immediately known.
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Read More »US Supreme Court limits fed’s ability to police pollution into certain wetlands
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday sharply limited the federal government's authority to police water pollution into certain wetlands, the second decision in as many years in which a conservative majority narrowed the reach of environmental regulations.
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Read More »Man steals backhoe for 10-mile drive to Illinois airport to catch flight
A southern Illinois man has been charged with theft for allegedly stealing a backhoe to drive about 10 miles to an airport to catch a flight, authorities said.
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Read More »Will Biden’s hard-hat environmentalism bridge the divide on clean energy future?
Perhaps the most unlikely feature of high-stakes budget negotiations going on in Washington is a debate over permitting. That's essentially the regulatory process for deciding what gets built where. It could be power plants, transmission lines or other projects. For decades, industry and labor have chaffed at what they describe as overly strict rules that limit development. Now environmentalists also view red tape as a problem because it limits the construction of projects necessary for a clean energy future. Reaching a compromise won't be easy, but it's critical to achieving President Joe Biden's vision of slashing greenhouse gas emissions in the coming years.
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