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New York City council members are considering a new proposal that would compensate civilians for reporting bike-lane violations. Bloomberg reports the Department of Transportation is reviewing the bill, which would pay individuals who submit evidence of a parking violation 25% of a proposed $175 ticket. Lincoln Restler, a city council member, says that the New York City […]
New York governor Kathy Hochul announced on Thursday that all vehicles sold in the state will need to be zero-emissions by 2035. The Hill reports New York will take a gradual approach toward meeting its goal, requiring 35 percent of new passenger cars, pickup trucks, and SUVs to be zero-emission by 2026, and 68 percent by 2030. All new school buses will need […]
Several Republican states are taking legal action in response to the Biden administration’s recent announcement of a student loan debt relief plan. As reported in August, Biden announced that $10,000 in outstanding federal student loans (plus another $10,000 for those who qualified for Pell Grants) would be forgiven for those who make less than $125,000 […]
Ahead of Week 1 of the 2022 NFL season, Aaron Rodgers paid a visit to Bill Maher’s Club Random podcast, where the Green Bay Packers quarterback shared his thoughts on various hot-button issues. According to SFGate, which previewed the forthcoming episode, Rodgers opened up about the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, revealing […]
Jackson, Mississippi is experiencing a dangerous water shortage. Declaring a state of emergency on Monday, Gov. Tate Reeves said the state’s capital and largest city will not have dependable running water or pressure for an undetermined period. “Until it is fixed, it means we do not have reliable running water at scale,” said Reeves, a […]
California is expected to ban the sale of new gasoline-powered cars by 2035 following a vote on the measure this week. Per CNN, the California Air Resources Board is set to vote on the plan on Thursday, and board member Daniel Sperling said he’s “99.9 percent” confident it’ll pass. The rule will mean that 100 […]
California Governor Gavin Newsom is expected to sign the state’s rap lyrics bill into law after an Assembly vote. Bill AB 2799, as first reported by Billboard, was recently unanimously approved by the state Senate and was on Monday the subject of another Assembly vote which cleared the path for it to move toward being […]
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the country’s leading infectious disease expert, who rose to household name status during the COVID-19 pandemic, has announced he plans to step down as Chief Medical Advisor to President Joe Biden and as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). The 81-year-old shared the news on Monday and confirmed he will exit both […]
FBI agents searched Donald Trump’s home at the Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida on Monday. Trump confirmed the search in an aggrieved statement, claiming his residence was “under siege, raided, and occupied by a large group of FBI agents” after he’d allegedly been “working and cooperating with the relevant Government agencies.” According to CNN, FBI agents […]
Representative Glenn Thompson, a Pennsylvania Republican, attended his gay son’s wedding just days after voting against a House bill that would codify the right to same-sex marriages into federal law. On July 19, three days before his son tied the knot, Thompson was one of 157 Republicans to oppose the legislation known as the Respect for Marriage Act, abbreviated […]
