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Key Leaders & Groups Urge Biden Administration To Deny Pending Deepwater Port Fossil Fuel Export Facilities Proposed export facilities would accommodate the global export of massive quantities of crude oil on shipping vessels known as Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCCs) Contacts Washington, D.C. — Today, a coalition of local, regional and national environmental and community groups sent a letter to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Homeland Security ...

By Naomi Kowles Apr 1, 2021 7:18 PM A newly-released audit from Wisconsin’s non-partisan Legislative Audit Bureau found state agencies had incorrectly allocated about $1.1 million in federal COVID funds through June of last year, according to the report. Most of the issues came from misunderstandings of federal guidance, and have since been corrected or reallocated. In total, the audit reviewed more than $16 billion in federal aid spending over the 2019-2020 fiscal year ending in June...

Evil killer Chris Watts still in touch with mistress he murdered family to be with The murderer is in contact with Nichol Kessinger, according to an inmate who was in prison with him. Watts killed wife Shanann and daughter Bella, four, and Celeste, three The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now The Daily Stars FREE newsletter is spectacular! Sign up today for the best stories straight to your inboxInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up today! When you subscribe ...

MADISON - A conservative legal group told the head of the state prison system Thursday that his agency risked a lawsuit if it did not alter its COVID-19 policies and allow ministers to visit prisoners in person. In a letter, the leaders of the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty told Corrections Secretary Kevin Carr he needed to provide Catholic inmates the opportunity to make confessions to priests in person as Easter approaches. Members of other denominations deserve similar opportunities...

SOUTH Cumbria’s first Blue Light Hub officially opens today creating a new operational base for the county council’s Fire and Rescue Service, Cumbria Police and North West Ambulance Service. The multi-million pound Furness Peninsular Blue Light Hub, located next to the A590 in Ulverston, is a combined emergency response centre which brings together blue light services under one roof for the first time in the south of the county. Cumbria County Council has delivered the combined Blue L...

South Cumbria’s first Blue Light Hub has officially opened, putting police, ambulance and fire crews under the same roof. The multi-million-pound Furness Peninsular Blue Light Hub, next to the A590 in Ulverston, is a combined emergency response centre that brings together Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service, Cumbria Constabulary and North...

Advertisement A year after Mallacoota was almost destroyed by calamitous summer bushfires, the East Gippsland holiday hotspot is dealing with a different menace: wasps. Many Mallacoota locals say European wasps have become a major nuisance. Residents have noticed many nests in the ground and some have reported being terrorised by the insects, particularly when they’re eating outside. Mallacoota is being plagued by wasps. These insects drowned in a glass of juice on Monday. Credit:Rachel Mo...

gvogrin@tribtoday.com LIBERTY — An arbitrator has ruled in favor of a Liberty Township firefighter, reinstating her to her prior rank as captain inspector. Cathy Macchione had been demoted two ranks following last year’s investigation into firefighter John Beard’s overdose death in April 2020. According to grievance documents, arbitrator Rick Bales found the township used “weak evidence” to justify demoting Macchione to firefighter. Bales ordered the township to rescind all charges of...

Wisconsin teachers will be eligible for the vaccine starting Monday Daphne Chen and Rory Linnane, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel © Angela Peterson / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Second grade teacher Lauren Mau teaches at Ronald Reagan Elementary School on Friday, Jan. 22, 2021. Mau is among the school staff who help make schools run during a pandemic. State health officials say they are ready to move forward with the second half of Phase 1B next week — and educators will be first...

Advertisement If fine art was a fair exchange for long lunches shared during 37 years at the Paddington restaurant Lucio’s then John Olsen and Tim Storrier must have been extremely well fed. A total of 168 artworks, valued at between $560,000 and $820,000, have been retrieved from the walls of the famous eatery and are to be brought to auction on March 21. Nineteen lots are by Olsen, the most expensive being Improvisation on an Octopus, 1990, with a price guide of $40,000 to $60,000. But ...