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THOMAS ELIAS If politicians wanted to kill rooftop solar energy production in California, they could not find a better vehicle than a proposed new law known as Assembly Bill 1139.

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — The court-appointed receiver overseeing Jay Peak and other...

RUTLAND, Vt. (AP) — A second man indicted over a failed plan to build a biotechnology...

2nd man in Vermont ski resort fraud case reaches plea deal LISA RATHKE, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail A second man indicted over a failed plan to build a biotechnology plant in northern Vermont using millions of foreign investors’ money raised through a visa program has reached a plea deal and is expected to change his plea Wednesday. William Kelly was indicted last year on multiple fraud charges along with Miami businessman Ariel Quiros, the former owner of Jay Peak and Burke Mounta...

$497.5 Million in Loans Repaid in New York City Regional Center Offerings New York City Regional Center New York, New York, UNITED STATES New York, NY, March 16, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The New York City Regional Center (“NYCRC”) is pleased to announce the full repayment of its sixth EB-5 loan.  This repayment brings the total amount of loan proceeds repaid in its offerings to $497.5 million.  The NYCRC previously announced that over 5,000 individuals (EB-5 inves...

Cash for green card: Will the popular EB-5 Regional Center programme survive? Top Searches Cash for green card: Will the popular EB-5 Regional Center programme survive? Lubna Kably / TNN / Updated: Feb 14, 2021, 21:15 IST FacebookTwitterLinkedinEMail MUMBAI: The EB-5 programme, popularly dubbed as the ‘Cash for green card’ programme, has been gaining traction in India and among Indians based overseas (mainly H-1B workers facing decades-long backlog for employment-based green card). Wealthy ...

Arrests • Richard Samora, 37, was arrested Wednesday for violation of a no contact/protective order. • Adam James Needs, 47, was arrested Wednesday on a warrant. Incidents • Fifth-degree theft from a motor vehicle was reported in the 100 block of N. Third Street on Wednesday. Newsletter Im interested in (please check all that apply) Daily Newsletter

26 Jan 2021 GOP Sens. Mitt Romney and Rob Portman joined with five Democrats Tuesday to allow President Joe Biden’s amnesty chief to get an up-or-down confirmation vote on the Senate floor. The two GOP senators changed the result to a seven-to-four committee approval for Alejandro Mayorkas, putting him on a path to a narrow confirmation in the Senate. Once confirmed, he can use his extensive experience to write regulations that will implement many of Biden’s amnesty and cheap labor policies...

CMB Regional Centers: It Is Time For A Bipartisan Effort To Reform, Reauthorize and Restore Congress’ Intent For The EB-5 Program January 19, 2021 19:00 ET | Source: CMB Regional Centers CMB Regional Centers Rock Island, Illinois, UNITED STATES DALLAS, Jan. 19, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The EB-5 Immigrant Investor program was created to stimulate the U.S. economy and create U.S. jobs through foreign investment, at zero cost to the U.S. taxpayer. Th...

Senate races to prepare national security team for confirmation, but some votes uncertain Karoun Demirjian, The Washington Post Jan. 18, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Alejandro Mayorkas speaks during President-elect Joe Bidens introduction of his Cabinet nominees in November 2020.Washington Post photo by Demetrius Freeman WASHINGTON - Senators plan to plow through a battery of hearings Tuesday for President-elect Joe Bidens national security Cabinet nominees, but the last-minute rush means that mo...