Ben Pingree, a familiar face in local government who championed economic development efforts and angered some local officials, is leaving his high-ranking post in Leon County to become deputy director of the Tallahassee Airport. In an Aug. 23 email obtained by the Tallahassee Democrat, County Administrator Vince Long informed commissioners of the personnel change. Pingree […]
Justice Department claims RealPage software helped landlords collude over rents The U.S. Department of Justice alleges that RealPage used technology to help landlords share information about leases, thereby keeping rent high for millions of tenants. WASHINGTON — A lawyer for RealPage, a company sued by the Justice Department for allegedly helping landlords maintain high rents, […]
Victor Ashe | Columnist at Shopper News See the Jim Haslam Sports Center and Haslam Fieldhouse The Jim Haslam Sports Center and Haslam Fieldhouse will open on Friday, August 16, 2024, at Lakeshore Park in West Knoxville. The grand opening of the Jim Haslam Sports Center at Lakeshore Park on August 16 was a magnificent […]
Sue Theden | Specially for the Rockford Register Star Can you imagine being an American teenager before 1920 and knowing that your own mother was not allowed by law to vote – but your father was? Unfortunately, this was the reality before the passage of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1920. […]
Olivia Richardson | New Hampshire Public Radio As rents continue to rise in New Hampshire, a new law aims to cut the additional costs – for background checks, application fees and more – that make life even more expensive for prospective renters. The new law requires landlords to justify any fees they charge over and […]
Carlos Linares | Guest opinion I have heard about communism all my life. My teachers (from first through twelfth grade) were Marist brothers who came to El Salvador after Fidel Castro drove them out of Cuba. They had nothing nice to say about Castro, but a lot about the horrors of communism. My career in […]
Florida News Service | Democrat from Tallahassee Following a wave of criticism, the state Department of Environmental Protection has postponed a series of meetings on a controversial proposal to add cabins, pickleball courts and golf courses to state parks. Eight meetings were scheduled for Tuesday at various locations across the state, but the department said […]
Tim Walz and JD Vance confirm vice presidential debate in October Vice presidential candidates JD Vance and Tim Walz will participate in a debate scheduled for October 1, hosted by CBS News. Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance is facing online criticism for his treatment of employees at a Georgia doughnut shop – the latest […]
A bipartisan group of senators is calling on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to address what they call “unacceptable” services provided to Native American reservations by a federal food distribution program. The Associated Press (AP) reported Friday that it had obtained a copy of a letter the senators wrote before it was sent to […]
Judge rules: Google illegally holds monopoly over Internet search A federal judge has ruled that Google violated antitrust laws by creating a monopoly with its popular search engine. Scripps News WASHINGTON – The Justice Department and attorneys general from eight states filed a lawsuit Friday accusing Dallas-based RealPage of collecting confidential information from landlords across […]
