Denver is considering cutting some of its employees’ hours as Colorado grapples with an influx of immigrants. City officials announced Monday that some workers, mainly in the city’s Department of Parks and Recreation, may have their hours cut to zero to reallocate those funds toward addressing the immigrant crisis. Officials claim Denver is not laying […]
In two days, low-income residents in Boulder, Colorado, can apply for a food tax rebate from the city. Boulder has had the program in place since 1967 as an attempt to “lessen the financial burden on lower-income community members for city sales tax paid on food items,” according to the city. Residents will be able to apply for the program […]
The last man standing in the Republican primary race to stop former President Donald Trump’s march to a third GOP nomination hopes to show his hand and take all 19 delegates available at this weekend’s Washington, D.C., primary. “The plan is simple: demonstrate to America that Trump is not inevitable,” David Stuckenberg told Secrets on […]
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich argued that 2024 presidential candidate Nikki Haley is not helping the Republican Party in her continued pursuit of the nomination, adding that former President Donald Trump is the nominee. Gingrich’s comment was made on Tuesday during the Michigan primary election, in which Trump once again bested the former United Nations […]
The Alaska Department of Revenue is set to send out payments from the Permanent Fund Dividend to another swath of eligible residents who have yet to receive their checks from the state program in 22 days. PFD checks going out on March 21 will be sent to Alaskans who had the “Eligible-Not Paid” status as of March 13 and […]
Pope Francis is back at the Vatican after he visited a Rome hospital Wednesday while battling influenza, officials said. The 87-year-old Francis visited the Tiber Island hospital after a weekly general audience, and he received a CT scan, according to a report citing two medical sources. “The examination was negative and the Pope returned to […]
Democrats in the New York legislature unveiled a new congressional map on Tuesday, making slight modifications to a map crafted by the Independent Redistricting Commission. The proposed map was unveiled less than a day after the Democrat-controlled state legislature voted down the IRC’s bipartisan proposal, but it largely keeps that map intact, with some minor […]
California will start sending benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to qualified low-income residents for March in the next three days. The SNAP program will begin issuing payments on the 1st of the month and continue until the 10th. Payments are distributed to qualified low-income households depending on recipients’ case numbers. For example, California recipients with case numbers ending in 1 will […]
Hunter Biden arrived on Capitol Hill to testify before House lawmakers on Wednesday, marking the latest and most high-profile development for Republicans’ monthslong impeachment inquiry into the president. Biden appeared for his closed-door deposition just before 10 a.m. at the Thomas P. O’Neill Jr. House Office Building, where he is expected to answer questions under […]
Google CEO Sundar Pichai told staff the generative artificial intelligence bot Gemini’s responses to user queries about race, politics, and current events were “completely unacceptable.” Pichai addressed Google’s team on Tuesday in a memo on the state of the Gemini chatbot and image generator, which have generated controversy over the past week. Google had to […]
