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SALEM — Oregon legislators Tuesday, Feb. 23, introduced House Bill 3296, dubbed the Addiction Crisis Recovery Act, which would increase the states beer tax by 2,800% and wine tax by 1,700%. Based on industry estimates, HB 3296 would increase the cost of every bottle of wine sold in Oregon by more than $2. The tax would be even higher on ciders and beers. The bills supporters say it will reduce underage and binge drinking by raising the wholesale price of alcohol, and the money raised from ...

In June 2020, at a time when officials with the State Fair of West Virginia would have ordinarily announced last-minute additions to the summer event schedule, they instead announced its

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nations top infectious disease expert, on Sunday urged Americans to take any of the three "highly efficacious" coronavirus vaccines now available to them and not delay

By CATHY JETT FOR THE FREE LANCE-STAR DHL Supply Chain identified Stafford County as a possible location for a distribution center a year before signaling interest last February. Stafford was primed to attract this type of project thanks to its location, relatively low cost of land and a change in its tax code for warehouses over 100,000 square feet in 2018. “Then COVID hit and that only accelerated that very market,” said John Holden, Stafford’s Economic Development ...

If you’re thinking of sunshine powering your morning rituals — alarm clock, shower, coffee, toast; cell phone, computer —  you’re in league with a growing cadre of neighbors ruminating about safe, clean alternatives for our electric-centric way of life. Zach Schalk, Indiana program director, for Solar United Neighbors of Indiana (SUN), pointed to a recent Hoosier Life Survey from the Indiana University Environmental Resilience Institute, It showed, he said, “nearly 6...

At Gov. Pete Ricketts coronavirus press briefing Monday morning, Jim Macy, director of the Department of Environment and Energy, said state regulators had attempted to gain compliance from AltEn through the administrative process used by the department. Speaking with members of the Legislatures Natural Resources Committee last week, Macy said the department had conducted nearly 80 site visits to AltEn since the facility restarted in January 2015, with roughly half of those inspections occurring...

The Lansing Town Board held a meeting on February 17th, in which they discussed the Planning Board’s course of action regarding amendments to the wind and solar law passed back

Virus update: Fraud overwhelms pandemic-related jobless programs; 4 million doses of one-shot vaccine shipped; COVID-19 relief now in Senates hands. Get the latest.

It only took 125 shows before the Zodiac Killer made his way into an episode title. Here at the Cadillac Jack: My Second Act podcasts, we’re pretty proud of that.

North Carolina will get an initial 83,700 doses of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine beginning Wednesday.