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Month: June 2024

Michigan lawmakers pass budget overnight after disagreements in funding for schools

Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan lawmakers have passed an $83 billion budget for the next fiscal year. Lawmakers disagreed on education funding, stalling the budget passage until the early hours Thursday. School groups had warned that an original proposal would lead to layoffs. The final budget will provide free community college for all

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Supreme Court halts enforcement of the EPA’s plan to limit downwind pollution from power plants

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is putting the Environmental Protection Agency’s air pollution-fighting “good neighbor” plan on hold while legal challenges continue, the conservative-led court’s latest blow to federal regulations. The justices in a 5-4 vote on Thursday rejected arguments by the Biden administration and Democratic-controlled states that the plan was cutting

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Air conditioners are a hot commodity in Nashville as summer heat bears down

Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — An organization in Tennessee says air conditioning units are a hot commodity as multiple cities have been under heat advisories with high temperatures nearing 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Temperatures reached into the high 90s this week in Nashville and Memphis. Nashville’s Metropolitan Action Commission is offering free window AC units

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In France’s high-stakes legislative election, a Jewish candidate faces and fights hate and division

Associated Press IVRY-SUR-SEINE, France (AP) — Antisemitism has surged as a hot-button issue in France’s high-stakes legislative election campaign. On the outskirts of Paris, a candidate who is Jewish is feeling the heat of hatred. Campaigning for the camp of President Emmanuel Macron, Shannon Seban is accompanied by bodyguards as she canvasses for votes, because

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Pentagon and USAID launch oversight reviews of US pier and humanitarian aid for Gaza amid repeated challenges

By Haley Britzky and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — The Pentagon and USAID Inspectors General have launched coordinated reviews of the US humanitarian mission to Gaza where the military’s temporary pier has faced repeated challenges, including breaking apart and the distribution of aid being paused by the UN due to security concerns on the ground. The Defense Department

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What it means for the Supreme Court to block enforcement of the EPA’s ‘good neighbor’ pollution rule

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency won’t be able to enforce a key rule limiting air pollution in nearly a dozen states while separate legal challenges proceed around the country. That’s the result of a Supreme Court decision Thursday. The EPA’s “good neighbor” rule is intended to restrict smokestack emissions from power

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Kenya rocked by fresh protests despite president’s U-turn over tax bill

By Nimi Princewill and Larry Madowo, CNN (CNN) — Police in Kenya fired tear gas on protesters as a fresh wave of demonstrations swept the country, despite President William Ruto’s U-turn on controversial tax plans. Fresh protests dubbed “One Million People March” began Thursday, with demonstrators calling for roads leading to the capital Nairobi to be blocked.

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