To the editor: Promises are important, especially between government and the people. That’s why Californians need to know that the promises made to fix our roads and bridges are in fact being kept. (“California’s highest-in-the-nation gas taxes are rising. But promised repairs are lagging,” May 23)Work has been underway across the state for more than…
MP Clive Betts has written to the government to ask why new guidance designed to help about 500,000 leaseholders sell or remortgage their flats is not being followed.It was issued by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) in March.It is supposed to help surveyors decide which tower blocks need extra fire safety checks.But although…
Congo-Brazzaville’s President Denis Sassou-Nguesso has appointed his son Denis-Christel as a cabinet minister – a move that has revived media speculation that he has a dynastic succession in mind.Not that such a transition looks imminent. Elected to a further term in March, after ruling the country for all but five of the past 41 years,…
Mali’s constitutional court has named the leader of the country’s military coup, Colonel Assimi Goïta, as its transitional president.Col Goïta had already declared himself interim president on Wednesday, two days after seizing power in Mali’s second coup in nine months.He also led the first coup last August, which saw the elected President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta…
The gunman who fatally shot nine people at a Northern California light rail hub earlier this week stashed an arsenal of weapons and ammunition at his home, which he set on fire as part of his planned rampage.Samuel James Cassidy, 57, had several cans of gasoline, suspected Molotov Cocktails, twelve firearms, and about 22,000 rounds…
Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin will meet in Geneva, Switzerland on 16 June, the White House has announced.A statement from press secretary Jen Psaki says the two leaders will “discuss the full range of pressing issues, as we seek to restore predictability and stability to the US-Russia relationship”.The highly anticipated face-to-face meeting will take place…
President Joe Biden’s on-the-go lunch may sound familiar to anyone who packed a bag for summer camp, with the commander-in-chief leaning on a few sweet staples to get him through the day.For meetings, Biden often packs “a protein bar, a peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwich and a travel-size orange Gatorade,” according to The Washington Post’s Ashley Parker.”He has…
Many people view Atty. Gen. Merrick Garland as the polar opposite of the Trump-era attorneys general. His tenure, they expect, will be marked by the wholesale reversal of policies and practices put in place by Trump Atty. Gen. William Barr, in particular. Where the previous Justice Department zigged, Garland will zag.It won’t work that way.…
Mike Levitt’s nursing homes have experienced a difficult 14 months.Still recovering after being ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic, Levitt’s Tutera Senior Living & Health Care, which operates five facilities in the Kansas City region, suddenly finds itself at the edge of financial oblivion.Missouri lawmakers are at fault.The General Assembly adjourned earlier this month without renewing…
The Maricopa County Attorney’s office sent Arizona Senate leaders and vendors of the GOP’s controversial “audit” of the 2020 election a “hold” letter Friday evening, instructing them to retain all documents and audit communications.The request is the first official sign that Maricopa County leaders are considering post-audit legal action.The letter comes days after the audit’s…
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