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A hand-written sign is posted on a gas pump, showing that the service station is out of all grades of fuel Wednesday, May 12, 2021, in Charlotte, N.C. Several gas stations in the Southeast reported running out of fuel, primarily because of what analysts say is unwarranted panic-buying among drivers, as the shutdown of a major pipeline by hackers entered its fifth day.
Updated at 7:35 p.m.
Colonial initiated the restart of pipeline operations late Wednesday, saying in a statement that “all lines, including those lateral lines that have been running manually, will return to normal operations.”
But it will take several days for deliveries to return to normal, the company said.
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Discussion over public safety continued as the Albany Common Council convened virtually Monday night.
Councilors continued to discuss three major issues: Local Law C, which would ban tear gas and rubber bullets; the COVID Recovery Task Force, and the South Station incidents, from the April 14th clash between police and protestors to the April 22nd clearing of demonstrators who set up a tent city on the street outside the police station.
Ninth ward Common Councilor Judy Doesschate proposed Local Law C, which a majority of councilors did not want to vote on during a mid-April meeting because of disagreement as to whether to allow the use of tear gas and rubber bullets in certain circumstances. A public comment period took up half of Monday night s meeting. Residents continue to urge the panel to pass the measure. Nairobi Vives chairs of the Community Police Review Board.
Des Moines-area hotel property values fall 30%
âWhen the cash flow goes away, the value goes away,â says one local banker Friday, April 9, 2021 6:00 AM
For over a year, more than half of the Des Moines area’s 13,000 hotel and motel rooms have sat empty, a result of the economic shutdown caused by the pandemic.
The sudden drop of hotel guests caused revenues to plummet and employees to be furloughed or laid off. In March, the Polk County Assessor’s Office released information showing a 30% decline in assessed valuation of the county’s 123 hotel and motel properties, from a total $634.4 million in value in 2020 to $450.7 million in 2021.
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