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Commonwealth names Schumacher, Ritchay firm presidents By: Bridgetower Media Newswires January 15, 2021 12:10 pm Commonwealth Companies has named David Ritchay president of Commonwealth Development Corp. Commonwealth Companies has named Brent Schumacher president of Commonwealth Construction Corp. Fond du Lac-based Commonwealth Companies has named Brent Schumacher president of the firm’s construction arm and David Ritchay president of its development entity. Schumacher will lead Commo...

In the late-1970s, Daniel H. Levine concluded that “ Venezuelans have achieved one of the few stable competitive political orders in Latin America”. But democracy cannot be taken for granted: on December 6, 2020, and after a major political decay, Venezuelan authoritarian ruler, Nicolás Maduro, held a parliamentary election that has been considered fraudulent by several countries. Venezuelan political decay has evolved at an astonishing pace. When Hugo Chavez -a former military, and an aut...

Ari Natter, Jennifer Jacobs and Jennifer A. Dlouhy Bloomberg News via Associated Press President-elect Joe Biden has selected Canton native Gina McCarthy, Barack Obama’s former EPA chief, to run a special White House office on climate change that will coordinate policy and elevate global warming to a top place in the executive office, three people familiar with the matter said Tuesday. McCarthy, who led the Environmental Protection Agency for nearly four years during Obama’s second term, wa...

Affordable housing advocates celebrate massive grants for Fargo-Moorhead area The $39 million approved for housing projects for low-income seniors and residents, as well as for the homeless, will help the Fargo-Moorhead area keep people in need off the streets. 6:51 pm, Dec. 17, 2020 × These Fieldcrest Townhomes for low income families on 34th Avenue in south Moorhead will be renovated after an $8 million in funds were announced Thursday, Dec. 17, by the Minnesota Housin...

Ari Natter, Jennifer Jacobs and Jennifer A. Dlouhy Bloomberg News via Associated Press WASHINGTON — President-elect Joe Biden has selected Canton native Gina McCarthy, Barack Obama’s former EPA chief, to run a special White House office on climate change that will coordinate policy and elevate global warming to a top place in the executive office, three people familiar with the matter said Tuesday. McCarthy, who led the Environmental Protection Agency for nearly four years during Obama’s ...

Meet Gina McCarthy, a Mass. native who is set to serve as White House climate coordinator By Shannon Larson Globe Staff,Updated December 16, 2020, 9:15 a.m. Email to a Friend Then-Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator Gina McCarthy signed a proposal under the Clean Air Act to cut carbon pollution from existing power plants during a news conference in Washington on June 2, 2014.REUTERS Another Massachusetts native — and former Obama administration member — is heading to t...

PORT ANTONIO, Portland: British High Commissioner to Jamaica Asif Ahmad said he is impressed with Jamaica’s coronavirus preparation, response, and state of readiness, noting that it is exemplary. Ahmad was speaking at the launch/groundbreaking of US$1.3-million construction of a Smart Health Care facility at the Portland Health Centre in Port Antonio on Thursday, which will also see major renovation of the existing facility. “We want to celebrate the partnership we have with the Ministry of...