Detroit, MI

DETROIT — The federal government is laying the groundwork for a potentially major change to the nation’s largest rental assistance program, aiming to test an idea that would allow low-income tenants to pay rent directly with cash, rather than use traditional housing vouchers. On Wednesday afternoon in Detroit,...

The federal government’s new plan to (maybe) give renters straight cash

The Center Square

(The Center Square ) – President Joe Biden announced a new plan on Tuesday that will fast track a path to citizenship for hundreds of thousands of foreign nationals who’ve been living in the country illegally for more than 10 years and married a U.S. citizen. He also expanded protections for DACA recipients, according to several reports.
                In a statement issued by the White House, the president blamed Republicans in Congress for not securing the border and fixing the "broken immigration system."
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Biden announces widespread amnesty plan for illegal immigrants

Nearly $85 million in grant funding has been awarded to clear the way for more affordable housing to be built across the nation. The first 21 awards under the federal Pathways to Removing Obstacles to Housing (PRO Housing) program will support communities “actively taking steps and demonstrating progress in addressing needless local housing barriers to housing production,” according to officials.

Federal Officials Award $85 Million in First PRO Housing Grants

The Hill

Hispanic Democrats are ramping up the pressure on President Biden to take unilateral action to protect immigrants living and working in the United States.  Members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) are furious that Biden moved this week to put new limits on asylum-seekers without also advancing legal protections for farmworkers, Dreamers and other undocumented…

Frustrated Democrats want Biden to follow asylum limit with immigrant protections

The Biden administration said on Wednesday that Medicare enrollees will pay less for 64 prescription drugs available through Medicare Part B. The savings are part of a program established with the Inflation Reduction Act in 2022 and is meant to rein in drug price hikes — a key goal of the Biden Administration.

The Biden administration is lowering the price of 64 prescription drugs with inflation rebates

uPolitics

Last week, during his first visit to Capitol Hill since the Jan. 6 riots, former president and presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump suggested to House Republicans a significant overhaul of the U.S. tax system – proposing to eliminate income taxes and replace it with an “all tariff policy.”

Trump Proposes Eliminating U.S. Income Tax And Replacing It With Higher Tariffs On Imports

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NewSantaAna

The FBI has seen a rise in scams targeting timeshare owners. In this kind of scam, criminals con these part-time property owners into shelling out hefty sums of cash, all under false pretenses related to their timeshare properties.

FBI warns that Mexican cartels are targeting Americans with timeshare scams

California State

SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — Parents who sued the online gaming platform Roblox in a class action argued at a hearing Thursday morning that the company was negligent and committed fraud against their children when it failed to warn them that Robux, Roblox’s in-game currency, could be used as currency in third-party virtual casinos.

Parents accuse Roblox of negligence over in-game currency used by children in online casinos

Michigan State

Landlords would be barred from discriminating against tenants or prospective tenants who use housing vouchers or some other type of public assistance to pay the rent under bills adopted early Thursday by the Legislature. The House gave final approval to the bills on party-line votes. Democrats in the majority say...

Bills to combat housing discrimination heading to Whitmer

Markets Insider

The DEMZ and MAGA ETFs offer investors a way to express their political beliefs via their investments. DEMZ includes firms that mostly donate to Democratic campaigns, while MAGA buys Republican-aligned companies. DEMZ has outperformed MAGA and the S&P 500 since its November 2020 launch. Politically-minded market participants can express their...

Companies that give money to Democrats are beating Republican donors in the stock market

Alameda Post

California regulators just stopped AT&T from pulling the plug. California’s Public Utilities Commission on June 20 rejected AT&T’s application to stop providing landlines and other services in areas where there is no other option.

Still Need Your Landline?

Newark, NJ

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Morristown Minute

NEWARK, N.J. – Eight individuals associated with the "793 Bloods" street gang, a subset of the national Bloods gang, have been charged for their roles in a Newark-based drug trafficking organization, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

Eight '793 Bloods' Gang Members Charged in Newark Drug Network

Georgia State

Coffee County, GA

Douglas, GA

Daily Coffee Press

A 49-year-old woman from Douglas was recently arrested for allegedly submitting a life insurance policy for her ex-husband without his knowledge. According to a Coffee County Sheriff’s Office incident report, detectives met with a man on May 7 at the Coffee County Law Enforcement Center concerning a reported case of insurance fraud.

Georgia woman charged for allegedly filing life insurance policy application on ex-husband

New York City, NY

The e-Texan

New York – As Trump anticipates his sentencing on July 11th in the New York hush money case, Florida Judge Aileen Cannon made a ruling this Monday. Despite rejecting Trump’s legal team's request to dismiss several charges in the classified documents case, she conceded on a minor point. She removed a portion of the charges that referenced an uncharged allegation, but upheld the other charges.

Legal expert says Trump should not be jailed after New York guilty verdict because he is ‘too old’

New Jersey State

Pennsylvania State

NEW JERSEY – Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin, along with the Division on Civil Rights (DCR), has co-led a multistate comment letter supporting the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) proposed rule aimed at reducing criminal history-based barriers to public housing. This initiative is a collaborative effort with the Attorneys General of Maryland, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania to improve access to safe and affordable housing.

HUD Rule Fights Housing Barriers for Ex-Offenders

Colorado State

Lone Tree, CO

LONE TREE, Colo. (CN) — No one should be forced to endure the sound of pickup pickleball for hours on end, argue a group of neighbors in a 13-page nuisance complaint filed against the city of Lone Tree in Douglas County in federal court on Thursday. Mark Goodman is...

Constant pickleball racket driving suburban Denver neighbors up a sound wall

Camden County, GA

The Current GA

A white sheriff’s deputy in rural Southeast Georgia has responded to a federal lawsuit filed against him by the family of Leonard Cure, a wrongfully convicted Black man from metro Atlanta who he fatally shot during a traffic stop last year along Interstate 95 just north of the Georgia-Florida border.

Camden County deputy denies excessive force allegation in killing of exonerated Black man

WashingtonExaminer

In his pretaped State of the State address Tuesday, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) claimed that California is the “only state in America with a dream.” And apparently that dream is to leave California because no state saw more of its population leave for other states than California did last year. And the year before that. […]

Gavin Newsom’s California delusion

Douglas City, CA

This afternoon, Kentaiwon Durham, the Douglas City Commissioner of Ward 2, entered a guilty plea for wire fraud in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia. Consequently, Durham is mandated to resign from his position as a city commissioner.

Georgia City Commissioner Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud in $20K PPP Fraud Scheme

Denver, CO

David Heitz

The mother of a Denver homeless man told the City Council Monday that city-sponsored services have failed her son. Barbara Hallick Yeomans made her remarks during public comment period of the City Council meeting. She said her son grapples with substance abuse and mental illness and repeatedly has been harassed by police. She said her son also suffered verbal abuse by a guard in the Denver County Jail. Yeomans said she heard the guard harassing her son over the phone.

Mother says Denver homeless services have failed her son

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Biden administration to invest $185M in affordable housing

WASHINGTON (CN) — The Biden administration on Wednesday morning rolled out a new plan that officials say will address an urgent need for new affordable housing...

Biden administration to invest $185M in affordable housing

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