Revenue rebound reshapes state and local finance after pandemic losses
After a losses tally of 117.5 billion dollars reported by the Treasury, governments face a surge in spending and tax cuts as aid from the American Rescue Plan flows in. Upland California reporters note 6.1 million loss in 2020 turning around by late 2020 with goods fueled tax gains and stimulus checks aiding recovery.
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Buchanan
California
Gavin Newsom
GOP
Melissa Melendez
Pennsylvania US bridge maintenance funding pledge ahead of transit
The article notes Pennsylvania's plan to invest tens of billions for public transit highway maintenance and broadband expansion, signaling a major state infrastructure push. It cites a broader national discussion of funding and a Connecticut-like emphasis on long term resilience.
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Tigray faces extreme food shortages amid war blockade
United Nations World Food Program reports over a third of Tigray's 6 million people suffer extreme hunger as aid corridors remain blocked. Families resort to begging and one meal daily while less than 10 percent of essential supplies have reached the region since mid-July. Calls for humanitarian cease-fire and agreed aid routes persist.
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Ethiopia
Tigray
United Nations World Food Program
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Abiy Ahmed
Biden visits collapsed bridge in Pittsburgh during trip
President Joe Biden toured the cratered site of a Pennsylvania bridge collapse in Pittsburgh hours after arriving, calling for rapid infrastructure investment under the $1 trillion law. He noted the aging bridges nationwide and pledged to fix them, citing a 1970 steel span and a 2019 DOT inspection that flagged deterioration. The collapse caused no deaths but prompted rescuers to form a human chain to reach a bus stranded above the gap.
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Joe Biden
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Rittenhouse rifle to be destroyed under agreement
A judge approved destroying the assault rifle used by Kyle Rittenhouse during the 2020 Kenosha protest. The state crime lab will likely destroy the gun in April. The ruling also directs the $2 million bail to be split among his lawyers, a defense fund foundation, and actor Ricky Schrader.
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