Florida State

Kissimmee, FL

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One Dunkin’ Donuts location, known for its familiar aroma of coffee and donuts, found itself temporarily closed after a state inspection uncovered a few issues. Not all Dunkin’ locations are created equal. Take the one at 3745 Pleasant Hill Road in Kissimmee, for instance. This particular branch, despite its efforts to keep customers caffeinated and satisfied, has had its share of mixed reviews.

Florida's donut shop closed due serious violations after state inspection

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Uncovering Florida

Most people are guilty of doing it at least once in their lives, many people do it by accident, some do it because they find it fun, and others do it for reasons like honoring loved ones. Regardless of the situation, just about everyone has released a balloon. The difference is that intentionally releasing balloons is now illegal by House Bill 321’s standards.

Law Signed By DeSantis Makes It Illegal To Release Balloons In Florida

Virginia State

Straight Arrow News SANcom

Dominion Energy is building an offshore wind farm off the coast of Virginia, but until it is done, some residents will have to pay more.

Energy bills going up in Virginia to pay for planned offshore wind farm

Oregon State

Massachusetts State

Redemption rates in most states with bottle bills decreased in 2023 compared with the previous year, according to data from the Container Recycling Institute. The numbers reflect a downward redemption rate trend since 2017. Beverage container redemption rates dropped by between 1% and 4% in most states, while Oregon’s rate...

Redemption rates for many bottle bill states declined in 2023; Massachusetts ranks lowest

Tampa, FL

Jacksonville, FL

Jacksonville Today

Three men and a woman have been arrested on murder charges in connection with the fatal shooting of Charles Jones , a Jacksonville rapper known as Julio Foolio,” outside a hotel in Tampa.

4 arrested in slaying of Jacksonville rapper Julio Foolio

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  With Fed rates holding steady over the last couple of years, mortgage interest rates have stayed high overall — even hovering close to 8% at one point recently. And those high mortgage loan rates, coupled with the high cost of living and inflation, have led many potential homebuyers to pause their search for a home and a mortgage to buy it with.But in recent weeks, there has been some welcome news for potential homebuyers. Inflation has cooled slightly —...

How low will mortgage rates drop after the Fed cuts rates? Experts weigh in

Georgia State

Alabama State

With your Southeast Regional Ag News, I am Haylie Shipp. This is the Ag Information Network. Last week the Biden-Harris Administration announced it has issued payments to eligible applicants under the Inflation Reduction Act’s Discrimination Financial Assistance Program, which allocated $2.2 billion and directed USDA to provide financial assistance to farmers, ranchers and forest landowners who experienced discrimination in USDA farm lending programs prior to January 2021.

USDA to Pay Out in Discrimination Lawsuit

June was the 149th consecutive month that the U.S. saw year-over-year home price gains, but the pace of growth is continuing to cool and is expected to slow down significantly before this time next year. CoreLogic’s Home Price Insights for August 2024 included a forecast for price behavior over the...

Home Prices Expected To Decelerate

Maryland State

Washington, DC

WashingtonExaminer

Gas prices dropped over the weekend, giving people in the country some relief at the pumps after prices increased nearly every day last week. The average price for a gallon of regular gas was $3.521 on Monday, according to AAA. This was a slight decrease from Sunday’s price of $3.522 per gallon but slightly more […]

Gas prices: Relief at pumps to start the week

Texas State

Markets Insider

"Future climate-related risk will likely leave premium growth above its historic average," Capital Economics said.

Real estate values in Texas and Florida are being hit by violent weather as insurance costs spike

Colorado State

David Heitz

A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

Denver, CO

No, pallet shelters for people experiencing homelessness don’t fold into caskets. It’s a question a reader posed one of the first times I wrote about pallet shelters. I find the pallet shelters to be more palatable than ice fishing tents. The Colorado Village Collaborative operates both micro-communities and the so-called Safe Outdoor Spaces with the tents. We all learned the tents are not safe when a fire roared through a CVC Safe Outdoor Space, destroying the compound quickly. Officials never disclosed a cause of the fire.

Opinion: No, pallet shelters for homeless in Denver, Aurora don’t fold into caskets

Republican Donald Trump has a 7-point lead over Democrat Kamala Harris among Florida voters, 49% to 42%, according to a new poll from the University of North Florida. Four percent are backing another candidate, and 6% are undecided or didn’t answer.

New Florida poll: Trump leads; support strong for abortion and recreational weed

New York City, NY

The Wells Fargo name is gone from the Downtown skyline. The name atop the former Wells Fargo Center was removed Sunday . A helicopter flew away each of the 20 letters and deposited them at a lot across from the Maxwell House Coffee plant on East Bay Street.

Wells Fargo name removed from Downtown tower

Kentucky State

Northern Kentucky Tribune

The Kentucky Secretary of State on Friday announced 14,502 Kentuckians registered to vote in July. “Kentuckians are signing up to vote in big numbers, because they trust the integrity of our elections,” said Secretary of State Michael Adams.

Kentucky voter registrations increased by more than 14,500 in July, the most since 2022

In addition to collecting more than 8,000 used needles in the past year from Denver drug users, the Harm Reduction Action Center passed out 10,000 meth pipes and “snort kits,” according to a newsletter sent to its supporters Thursday. They also connected about 1,700 people to medical, mental health and substance abuse treatment.

Denver group hands out 10K meth pipes, ‘snort kits,’ connects 1,700 to treatment annually

A Black woman may be leading the presidential ticket of a major political party for the first time, but for Jacksonville’s Black conservatives, political values trump a candidate’s personal identity.

Republicans look to shore up support among Black conservatives in Jacksonville

New Orleans, LA

(The Center Square) – A recent audit found that the city of New Orleans can't accurately determine how long it takes to pay its vendors. Legislative Auditor Mike Waguespack's office found in its report that the city's purchasing software, the Budget, Requisition, and Accounting Services System, generally pays invoices within 30 days but doesn't record the entire invoicing process.

Report: New Orleans city government has issues with vendor payments

Ohio State

The Lantern

On Tuesday, licensed Ohio dispensaries began legally selling non-medical marijuana to consumers; however, the drug’s possession, growth and/or usage are still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus. Credit: Jefferee Woo/Tampa Bay Times/TNS [Original caption: Four citizen-led petitions with proposals to update Dallas’ charter hit the 20,000 valid signature threshold to make it on the Nov. 5 election ballot, including one that would ban police officers from arresting or citing people carrying less than four ounces of marijuana.] As of Tuesday, students 21 and older can now legally purchase marijuana in Ohio.

Dispensary sales of recreational marijuana began Tuesday; possession and usage still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus

The hour of truth is near. Executives of several publicly traded trucking companies that recently reported earnings said they expect to know around Labor Day if the relatively normal seasonal upswing the industry has seen since spring will actually produce a peak season worthy of the moniker and—maybe, just maybe—herald the beginning of a legitimate upswing in the freight economy.

Fall freight forecast: Trucking execs cautiously optimistic about Q4 2024

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Florida regulators to consider TECO rate hike on Thursday

(The Center Square) — Florida regulators are a step closer to coming to a final decision over a proposed rate hike by one of the Sunshine...

Florida regulators to consider TECO rate hike on Thursday

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