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A left-leaning environmental group seeking to eliminate fossil fuels wants retail associates at Lowes, Home Depot and Best Buy to warn consumers away from purchasing gas stoves, citing a study backed by a green energy group linking the appliances to asthma.
Drivers whose passenger vehicles have been towed will now pay a maximum of $132 for a tow, versus $108 previously, thanks to a rate increase approved, at least temporarily, by the state Department of Public Utilities.
THE HOUSE AND SENATE: There were no roll calls in the House or Senate last week. This week, Beacon Hill Roll Call reports on the percentage of times local representatives voted with their party’s leadership in the 2023 session through Dec. 22. The votes of the 2023 membership of 133 Democrats were compared to House […]
A new report showed New York City small businesses in communities of color are recovering more slowly post-pandemic. The Association for Neighborhood and Housing Development survey found businesses run by people of color are more likely to close in the next year, and immigrant businesses are more likely to relocate in the same time frame. The pandemic is to blame for some of the problems, as are increasing rents and other economic factors. ...
The federal government is increasing oversight on Community Development Financial Institutions, making the application process more rigorous to weed out bad actors. In the past, shady financial institutions like predatory lenders have been able to get CDFI status. Andrew Kushner, senior policy counsel at the Center for Responsible Lending, said he has seen CDFIs offer loans with annual percentage rates as high as 190%. ...