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“Record Weekend” by Sharon Dowell will be unveiled at 6 p.m. at SeaWitch Cafe and Tiki Bar as part of the Carolina Beach Mural Project. (Port City Daily/Courtesy of Sharon Dowell) CAROLINA BEACH — The Carolina Beach Mural Project is set to unveil work at its fourth location, SeaWitch Café and Tiki Bar, on Apr. 12, 6 p.m. North Carolina-based artist Sharon Dowell’s graphic illustration will honor the island’s love for beach music. Dowell was chosen among 11 artists who applied for co...

GM Gives Inside Look at the Future of Cars with Plan to Phase Out Gas-Fueled Vehicles by 2035 People 2 hrs ago © Provided by People Bill Pugliano/Getty Three months after General Motors announced its plans to go all-electric, a peek inside one of its Michigan plants shows that the future is nearly here. The countrys largest automaker said in January that it aspires to eliminate tailpipe emissions from new light-duty vehicles by 2035, and on Tuesday, CBS This Morning offered a behind-the-s...

  Tracy excitedly pushed the idea of forcing Americans to switch to all-electric cars:  The tail pipe is an endangered species, because states such as California, Massachusetts and countries including Japan, the UK and the entire European Union are soon going to ban the sale of gas-powered vehicles to combat climate change.  Instead, Tracy talked to the President of General Motors and spouted PR: “Mark Reuss is president of General Motors. He says electric cars will no longer be a novelty ...

Battle lines are being redrawn in a First Amendment case on the Supreme Court’s docket. What started as a tussle between teenagers and adults is now a power struggle between

Housing and Development Newsletter In the internet age, judges began applying the Tinker standard to off-campus speech that causes disruption at school. After the Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected that premise in the Mahanoy case, the Supreme Court agreed to review the decision. A broad ruling could set an entirely new standard for schools’ ability to wade into extracurricular speech. Mahanoy Area High School in Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania, kicked student B.L. off the junior varsity...

North Carolina will list transgender students’ preferred names on their school records Department of Public Instruction changes PowerSchool electronic record system at urging of LGBTQ advocates, parents, and teachers. 27SHARES Photo: Sincerely Media, via Unsplash. The North Carolina agency that oversees educational policies in the Tar Heel State has announced that it will allow transgender students in public schools to have their preferred name listed on most of their school records. Last Fri...

by Scott McClallen, The Center Square  | January 20, 2021 07:00 PM Print this article A million-dollar new economic development grant could support up 2,200 new jobs in Detroit, thanks to state and local grants funded by taxpayers. The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) grant seeks to fund infrastructure improvements around General Motors Factory ZERO plant near the Detroit-Hamtramck border. "This is good news for our families, our businesses, and...

COVID-19 Update: Michigan Organizations Receive U.S. Labor Department Grants, State Launches $1.5M Ad Campaign to Inform Citizens About COVID-19 Vaccine, and More Here is a roundup of the latest news concerning the COVID-19 pandemic in addition to announcements from local, state, and federal governments, as well as international channels. To share a business or nonprofit story, please send us a message. Courtesy of Bridge, as of Jan. 19 Here is a roundup of the latest news concerning the COVID-...

Grant to help fund road improvements around GMs Factory ZERO plant on Detroit-Hamtramck border Copyright 2021 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Stock Image and last updated 2021-01-19 10:49:17-05 DETROIT (WXYZ) — Road improvements are coming to the Detroit-Hamtramck border around General Motors Factory ZERO plant, thanks in part to a transportation economic development grant issued by the Michigan Department...

MDOT grant to create 2,200 new jobs in Detroit for road improvements near Hamtramck border MDOT awards state transportation economic development grant Published:  Tags:  DETROIT – The Michigan Department of Transportation has awarded a grant that will create 2,200 new jobs in Detroit as part of a plan to MDOT’s state transportation economic development grant will help fund infrastructure improvements around General Motors’ “This is good news for our families, our businesses, and ou...