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Ohio property tax valuation of interstate natural gas pipeline set at nearly $3.67B
The Supreme Court of Ohio recently affirmed a Board of Tax Appeals (BTA) decision determining the taxable value of the portion of the natural gas Rover Pipeline that passes through Ohio to be $3.669 billion for the 2019 tax year.
The pipeline cost $6.3 billion to construct and is over 700 miles long, running through portions of ... (full story)
DC's homeless pack up as sweeps are expected. What we know about Trump's plan to clear encampments
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Some of the District of Columbia's homeless residents were packing their belongings before expected sweeps to clear out remaining encampments around the nation's capital, part of President Donald Trump's federal takeover of policing in the city.
Trump said this week that homeless people will be moved far from the city in his cra ... (full story)
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth belongs to an archconservative church network. Here's what to know
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says he's proud to be part of the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches, an archconservative network of Christian congregations.
Hegseth recently made headlines when he shared a CNN video on social media about CREC, showing its pastors arguing women should not have the ... (full story)
$200M endowment focused on Black Americans taking shape
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Started in 2020 as a five-year initiative inspired by the racial justice outcry following the police murder of George Floyd, the California Black Freedom Fund plans to expand to a $200 million endowment. The move is both rare in the world of philanthropy and politically bold, given the Trump administration's efforts to eliminate rac ... (full story)
Desperate parents pleaded with officers to act during Uvalde school shooting, video shows
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Desperate parents begged law enforcement officers to storm an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, in the frantic minutes after a gunman opened fire in one of the deadliest classroom attacks in U.S. history, police body camera video released recently shows.
"Whose class is he in?" one parent c ... (full story)