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Presented by Uber Driver Stories The budget is getting later by the minute, but Albany lawmakers have now finalized some of the stickier parts of the more than $200 billion spending plan that is now five days behind schedule. Easter afternoon, legislative sources confirmed a tentative agreement includes a big bump on tax rates for the state’s highest earners and some corporations, a step that is estimated to raise about $4.3 billion in revenue. They’re also hoping to include an additional ...

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Boeing monthly aircraft orders outpace cancellations for first time since 2019 (SPY +1.8%). Tech comeback rally gains steam as Tesla up 10%. Here is the current market situation from CNN Money North and South American markets are sharply higher today with shares in U.S. leading the region. The S&P 500 is up 1.87% while Mexicos IPC is up 1.58% and Brazils Bovespa is up 1.01%. What Is Moving the Markets Here are the headlines moving the markets. China Carbon Market Set For Explosive Growth Ch...

And the trial outcome is all but decided anyway: “Adding to the frustration on both sides, the outcome of the trial is a foregone conclusion. The chances are essentially zero that at least 17 Republicans will vote to convict the former president, the threshold likely needed to secure a conviction.”  Full reasoning from The Hill’s Niall Stanage: https://bit.ly/3p1JYFj LATEST WITH THE CORONAVIRUS Via The Hill’s  Peter Sullivan, “The rise of more contagious variants of the coronavirus...

Every so often, a story published on the front page of the New York Times is so well written, meaningful, and appropriate to the Bulletin’s concerns that small snippets of it, properly chosen and arranged, produce something more than journalism, something that approaches … poetry. That blessed coincidence occurred February 1, 2021. We suspect it’ll occur again. How a Lie Stoked the Assault on the Capitol (from the original by Jim Rutenberg, Jo Becker, Eric Lipton, Maggie Haberman, Jonatha...

To view past editions of The Hills 12:30 Report, click here: http://bit.ly/1M1mIfw  To receive The Hills 12:30 Report in your inbox, please sign up here: http://bit.ly/1Tt4hqN --> A midday take on whats happening in politics and how to have a sense of humor about it.* *Ha. Haha. Hahah. Sniff. Haha. Sniff. Ha--breaks down crying hysterically.   The Hill’s 12:30 Report: Group of GOP senators meet with Biden today |  Discuss COVID relief package |  Unveil $618 billion counter offer |...

After a four-year trial, in February the International Criminal Court will deliver its judgment in the case of Dominic Ongwen, a senior commander of the brutal rebel group the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). He is charged with 70 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity, including murder, rape, sexual slavery, and torture. Dominic Ongwen © Courtesy of the International Criminal Court Update: The International Criminal Court found Dominic Ongwen guilty ...

Top Human Rights Tweets of the Week Israel is excluding 4.5 million Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza from its COVID vaccination efforts; civilians in Tigray, Ethiopia, have faced massive restrictions on food access for more than two months; President Biden reverses the odious #MulimBan and more after his inauguration; and Russian authorities should free Alexi Navalny immediately. Israel isnt just obligated to supply vaccines to Palestinians. After 50+ yrs of occupation, it must provide ac...