Government

2+ hour, 27+ min ago   (1226+ words) Workers at the bottom of the pay scale in Arizona are going to get a bump in pay in January. New figures Friday from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics show that consumer prices rose 0.4% in August. That puts the annual…...

1+ hour, 56+ min ago   (471+ words) Legis1 Congress Weighs Trucking Rules Ahead of Transportation Deadline Trucks carry approximately 65 percent of U.S. freight by weight and 75 percent by cargo value, making commercial trucking central to the nation's supply chains and economy. A Congressional Research Service report updated Sept. 11 examines…...

2+ hour, 2+ min ago   (637+ words) KiwiSaver is on the table as a major issue of this year's election. But would you be better off under National's KiwiSaver plan, or Labour's? National is promising to make participation compulsory, with a 6 percent employee plus 6 percent employer contribution…...

2+ hour, 19+ min ago   (670+ words) Commissioners' modifications move the line north of Uvalde along preexisting transmission lines while impacting more habitable structures and cropland. The Friday decision came during an open meeting led by Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) Chairman Thomas Gleeson. The Howard-to-Solstice…...

4+ hour, 7+ min ago   (615+ words) Litigation Minute: Text-Message Marketing in Texas, One Year After SB 140 The National Law Review Texas Senate Bill 140 (SB 140) took effect 1 September 2025, and applies to conduct occurring on or after that date. The bill amended Section 302 of the Texas Business and…...

6+ hour, 40+ min ago   (120+ words) THE PAPIO-MISSOURI RIVER NATURAL RESOURCES DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS LAST WEEK APPROVED THEIR FISCAL YEAR 2027 GENERAL OPERATING BUDGET OF $118.8 MILLION DOLLARS. A BOARD STATEMENT SAYS THE BUDGET REFLECTS $9 MILLION IN SPENDING CUTS AND FOCUSES DISTRICT RESOURCES ON HIGH-PRIORITY FLOOD MITIGATION,…...

43+ min ago   (433+ words) Mass Transit New Garden State Initiative report says NJ Transit needs performance-based review, not just more funding The report found that NJ Transit needs further support beyond additional funds to smooth out operations. The Garden State Initiative (GSI) has unveiled…...

2+ hour, 3+ min ago   (494+ words) Rhode Island Energy will procure the 150 MW through a long-term power purchase agreement — but nothing is finalized yet. The selection is conditional, meaning RIE must first enter contract negotiations with Clearway Energy Group. After that comes regulatory review, with the…...

3+ hour, 15+ min ago   (315+ words) ROCKPORT — The Aransas County Commissioners Court unanimously approved a new property tax rate and budget for the 2026-27 fiscal year during its regular meeting on Monday, Sept. 14. The tax rate and budget adoptions come after roughly three months of work by…...

2+ hour, 44+ min ago   (883+ words) Commissioners questioned the planned $27 million rebuild of Key West Fire Station #3, which opened in 1972. The city commission on Thursday evening unanimously passed the tentative $331,385,560 budget for the Fiscal Year 2027. Some of the major discussion points among commissioners for the second…...