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Serokê Amerîkayê Donald Trump roja Çarşemê êvarê got ku şerê di navbera Amerîka û Îranê de dê yekser piştî hilbijartinên nîv-demê (Midterm) ên Mijdarê bi dawî bibe. Berî ku ji Washingtonê ber bi Dallasê ve biçe, Serok Trump ji rojnamevanan re got ku Îran hewl dide bandorê li ser hilbijartinên Amerîkayê bike, lê Tehran êdî nikare şer li hember zexta aborî ya Amerîkayê bidomîne. Wî got, "Ez di wê bawerê de me, ku şer dê yekser piştî hilbijartinan bi dawî bibe ji ber ku ew nikarin berdewam...

The Pima County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to expand transparency rules for non-disclosure agreements and widen the county’s review process for major development projects that use large amounts of water or electricity. The board voted 4-1 to update two policies governing non-disclosure agreements and enhanced reviews of major development projects. District 4 Supervisor Steve […] The post Board of Supervisors votes to expand transparency policies appeared first on AZ Luminaria.

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(The Center Square) - Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson on Wednesday signed an executive order aimed at retaining startup companies after they grow big enough to leave their local incubators. The order proposes that Seattle set up a fund that would allow the city to invest directly in startups to avoid them relocating to cities such as Austin and Denver, where the cost of living is lower. But the financing mechanism the city's Office of Economic Development would develop remains undetermined, as does how much money the city could lend. The city faces a projected $150 million budget deficit next year. The executive order follows a city-commissioned report released Wednesday that said Seattle’s heavy reliance on a handful of tech giants has left the regional economy increasingly fragile, with heightened exposure to artificial intelligence disruptions that could shrink the city's tax base. The report was commissioned by former Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell, who was narrowly beat by Wilson in the November 2025 elections. “Businesses should be able to start here, grow here, and succeed here, and their employees should be able to build a life in the city where they work. That is a priority for this administration,” said Wilson in a press release. “This assessment gives us an honest picture of where we are, and this Executive Order is how we start doing something about it. We are bringing Seattle's business community in as genuine partners, and taking real steps to retain our strong foundation, diversify and grow our economic base, and make it simpler to do business in this city.” The report's findings highlight a steep concentration of tech employment in Seattle, with just four major corporations accounting for 25% of all software engineering roles. By comparison, San Francisco’s tech talent is spread across 39 major firms, while San Jose distributes similar jobs among 18 companies, the report said. This structural consolidation leaves Seattle 42% more vulnerable to AI-driven workforce shifts than the national average, a risk compounded by national trends showing an 18% to 20% drop in entry-level tech positions and AI-exposed roles for workers aged 22 to 25, according to the report. Beto Yarce, director of Seattle's Office of Economic Development, commented on the study in a statement. "The findings are nuanced. Seattle is not in decline, yet our economic model is increasingly fragile," Yarce said. "The report affirms that past policy choices were rational responses to extraordinary growth, but it also makes clear that these approaches will not work for growing Seattle’s future economy." The report also notes that key revenue streams for Seattle municipal government, like the Business and Occupation tax and the JumpStart payroll tax, rely heavily on big-tech payrolls. While overall business tax rates remain competitive with peer markets, the report said that recent rate increases and tax structures have begun discouraging local engineering hires, deepening the city's exposure to corporate downsizing or office relocations. "The path forward requires a strategy centered on retaining what makes Seattle unique and strong while reconfiguring for the industries and opportunities of the next generation. Competitiveness and affordability are inseparable," said Yarce regarding the report. The report said that although Seattle maintains an active startup ecosystem, scaling businesses frequently move away before maturing into mid-sized employers. But it noted it's not all about Seattle's high cost of living. It said that while local living costs remain high in Seattle, key competitors in Silicon Valley face even steeper expenses. The report said that the primary driver behind startup departures is a stark disparity in investment: venture capital funding continues to favor Bay Area AI ventures over local alternatives. ‘This divergence in capital and corporate retention has directly impacted local housing markets, contributing to declining home values in Seattle even as San Francisco real estate rebounds,” it said. In a statement, Downtown Seattle Association President and CEO Jon Scholes said he is encouraged by the mayor’s attention to issues facing Seattle’s businesses. "I’m encouraged that Mayor Wilson and the Office of Economic Development want to ensure downtown and the city are economically competitive regionally and nationally," he said. "Seattle must become more competitive in attracting jobs and investment. One thing is for sure, Seattle doesn't need more taxes on businesses; we need more businesses in Seattle paying taxes.” Scholes said Seattle's current economic performance can best be described as sluggish. “We’re trailing cities in the region and around the country when it comes to job growth," he said.

A draft bill to protect power customers from paying for data center costs advanced Wednesday with a unanimous vote — but with criticism from NorthWestern Energy, the state’s largest public utility. Sen. Daniel Zolnikov, chairman of the Energy and Technology Interim Committee, said the draft still needs work and input from more people. The bill […]

LINCOLN — The Nebraska Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that Lincoln voters will see at least three proposed city charter amendments on their ballot this fall In an unsigned, 20-page ruling, the high court decided 5-2 that Lincoln city officials must place the qualifying three proposals from the Good Government Lincoln campaign on the Nov. 3 ballot. […]

Après six années consacrées à la plantation, à la croissance et à la récolte d’acacias, les agriculteurs du paysage de Yangambi commercialisent pour la première fois du charbon de bois renouvelable. The post Du charbon de bois renouvelable issu de plantations d’acacias arrive sur le marché dans la province de la Tshopo, en RDC appeared first on Landscape Alliance Forests News.

Republican Sens. John Hoeven of North Dakota and Chuck Grassley of Iowa say they want to help U.S. beef producers grow their herds while President Donald Trump plans to import 300,000 metric tons of foreign beef meant to lower prices for consumers. The two senators spoke with reporters after Grassley and his wife, Barbara, toured […]

Looking for an intimate, one-of-a-kind musical performance? Find it on the showroom floor of a screen printing shop.

Para cuando el demócrata Xavier Becerra dejó Washington, D.C., más estadounidenses que nunca tenían seguro de salud, debido en parte a su trabajo a lo largo de los años para aprobar, defender y ampliar la Ley de Cuidado de Salud a Bajo Precio (ACA). Es un logro que el ex congresista y ex secretario de […]

Louisiana’s incentive package for LIV Golf included $2.2 million to upgrade a New Orleans golf course for the event and a $5 million “hosting fee” for LIV Golf.

پاکستان به حوثی‌های مورد حمایت جمهوری اسلامی هشدار داد که حمله به خاک عربستان می‌تواند پیمان دفاعی مکه را فعال و زمینه واکنش نظامی مشترک پاکستان، عربستان و ترکیه را فراهم کند.

هدف قرار گرفتن نفت‌کش پانامایی در آب‌های عراق و گمانه‌زنی‌ها درباره‌ی دست داشتن جمهوری اسلامی

سفیر ایالات متحده در اسرائیل، مایک هاکبی، در گفت‌وگو با اد هنری، مجری شبکه خبری «نیوزمکس» گفت جمهوری اسلامی نه تنها یک تهدید برای اسرائیل است بلکه یک خطر جدی برای آمریکا محسوب می‌شود.

(The Center Square) – According to reports by the California Budget & Policy Center, Nov. 3 ballot measures could cost Californians billions of dollars. The Center Square projects that if Propositions 1, 2, 3, 37 and 40 passed, the Golden State’s taxpayers could pay roughly $155 billion over the next several years, although higher-income earners would pay more of that amount if the state’s billionaire tax, Prop. 40, passes. Another measure, Prop. 3, would make permanent current income tax rates that have higher income-earners pay more in state income tax, saddling California’s richest residents with more of that cost than middle- or lower-income Californians. The Center Square bases its $155 billion projection on its previous reporting and numbers from the California Budget & Policy Center. Despite the hefty price tags attached to those propositions, Chris Hoehne, the center's executive director, said Californians won’t necessarily see a huge bump in their tax bill every year. “The vast majority of taxpayers in California won’t see any real effect on their tax bill,” Hoehne told The Center Square on Wednesday. “So the actual tax measures don’t really impact the overwhelming majority of Californians.” One measure, Proposition 1, asks voters to approve or project an $11.25 billion housing bond that would pay for affordable housing projects, including housing for veterans and shoring up funding for homelessness programs. The California Budget & Policy Center said in its report on this proposition that the state needs 2.5 million new homes, including 1 million homes for lower-income families. The center’s report on Proposition 2, which increases the amount of general fund money allocated to the state’s Rainy Day Fund, highlights the debt pay-down timeline. That timeline would be extended by 10 years, from 2029-30 to 2039-40. Proposition 2, notably, would increase the amount of money required to be deposited into the Rainy Day Fund every year from 10% of general fund revenue to 20%. According to the center’s report on Proposition 3, the top 1% of income earners in California would get a tax cut unless the proposition passes. That measure makes current tax rates on high income earners permanent, extending funding for taxpayer-funded services like K-12 and community college education. Those propositions were supported by Democratic politicians in California this year as good-governance measures that were meant to help pay for services that help make quality of life higher for Californians throughout the state, one Democratic lawmaker told The Center Square. “The State of California experiences these cycles of boom and bust,” Assemblymember Nick Schultz, D-Burbank, told The Center Square about Prop. 2. “There are other good governance measures we can do to not spend everything we take in that year, and I think Prop. 2 is one small, but significant, part of that.” Drastic cuts that many lawmakers feared they would have to make were averted in large part because of the Rainy Day Fund, Schultz said. “Given the volatility of our revenue streams and this increasing threat from D.C. to choke off more funding to California, I think this is definitely a measure worthy of consideration by the voters,” Schultz said. The center published two other reports – one on a homebuyer assistance proposition and one on the billionaire tax. The homebuyer assistance proposition, Prop. 37, would use $25 billion of revenue bonds to provide up to 17% of the purchase price of a down payment on a house for first-time home buyers, while the billionaire tax, Prop. 40, would impose a 5% wealth tax on California’s billionaire class to shore up funding for education, health care and other taxpayer-funded programs. Some groups, like the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, oppose many of these propositions, including the billionaire tax measure – in large part because of the high-profile billionaires who already relocated to other states, presumably because of the proposed billionaire tax. “The top 1% of tax filers pay almost 50% of all the personal income tax in the state,” Susan Shelley, vice president of communications for the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, told The Center Square on Wednesday. “So if you start driving people out of the state, and keeping new businesses from opening here because of the tax structure, that hurts everybody.”

دۆناڵد ترامپ، سەرۆکی ئەمەریکا ئێوارەی چوارشەممە بە کاتی واشنتن ڕایگەیاند شەڕی نێوان ئەمەریکا و ئێران دەستبەجێ دوای هەڵبژاردنەکانی مانگی یازدەی ئەمەریکا کە بە مید تێرم ناسراوە، کۆتایی دێت. سەرۆک ترامپ پێش ئەوەی لە واشنتن بەرەو داڵاس بەڕێکەوێت، بە ڕۆژنامەنووسانی وت ئێران هەوڵدەدات کاریگەری لەسەر هەڵبژاردنەکانی ئەمەریکا دروست بکات، بەڵام تاران چیتر ناتوانێت لە بەرامبەر فشارە ئابوورییەکانی ئەمەریکادا درێژە بە شەڕەکە بدات. سەرۆکی ئەمەریکا وتی "پێموایە شەڕەکە دەستبەجێ دوای هەڵبژاردن کۆتایی...

ELKHART —  Some Iowa producers argued Wednesday that the federally proposed Save Our Bacon Act will harm farmers by taking away diversified markets and by sending a message to consumers that they are not entitled to a choice in what they eat.  The Save Our Bacon Act is a bill introduced by U.S. Rep. Ashley […]

A new book examines the outsized influence of one man on the pivotal 1984 election which ushered in a new New Zealand.

(The Center Square) – According to numbers from the national firm J. David Tax Law, federal income tax burdens have grown dramatically across the country – with California in fifth place nationally. That law firm’s study shows that Massachusetts, Washington state, Minnesota and Nebraska’s federal tax burden has increased the most dramatically per filer between 2021 and 2025. Massachusetts' federal income tax filers saw an average uptick to $30,578, while Washington’s residents saw an increase to $29,669. Minnesota’s federal income tax filers experienced an increase to $27,918, and Nebraska saw an uptick to $27,253. Californians saw an average increase in their federal income taxes to $26,588 per filer. Delaware, interestingly, saw a decrease between 2021 and 2025 to $33,353 per filer. Overall, federal taxpayers saw an increase in the federal income taxes they paid from an average of $12,279 in 2021 to an average of $22,081 in 2025. That’s an average of $9,801 more in federal income taxes paid per filer in that time frame, according to the study. Representatives from J. David Tax Law did not respond to The Center Square before publication time on Wednesday. “We had the COVID-19 recession in there, and California has a more volatile economy, so you would see a greater swing,” said Wayne Winegarden, a senior fellow in business and economics at Pasadena-based Pacific Research Institute. He told The Center Square on Wednesday that may explain California's No. 5 ranking. Some states are wealthier than others, Winegarden said, and tax loopholes create winners and losers. “You got to remember we have a lot of poverty in California,” said Winegarden. “So that’s going to impact the federal tax liability. You’re going to have more [electrical vehicle] purchases in California, so you get the EV tax credit, and that’s going to have an impact.” As California’s economy experiences more impact from the artificial intelligence boom, numbers like ones published in the J. David Law firm study could go significantly up or down, Winegarden said. “We see that in our income tax revenues in California,” Winegarden said. “So that’s going to happen with federal income tax revenues, too. So I would imagine that you’ll see California’s tax burden going up.”

Two-thirds of Utah voters support restoring the boundaries of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments to the previous boundaries they had before President Donald Trump reduced them to less than a quarter of their original size. That’s according to new polling commissioned by the Grand Canyon Trust, a nonprofit dedicated to protecting the Four […]