4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (228+ words) In line with National’s “no new taxes” campaign fixation, Christopher Luxon recently ruled out implementing an accommodation levy if his party was re-elected. Auckland mayor Wayne Brown was “deeply disappointed” at this decision, not only because he felt it undermined…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (163+ words) Based on just-released Census [https://www.census.gov/data/tables/2024/demo/wealth/state-wealth-asset-ownership.html]data, the wealthiest states in the country have a strong tilt toward Democrats. The least wealthy states, on the other hand, are part of the populist core of the Republican party. These findings have implications…...

3+ week, 1+ hour ago   (511+ words) Chinatown leaders are voicing concerns to Mayor Zohran Mamdani about the new jail slated for the neighborhood. In 2017, under former Mayor Bill de Blasio, the city committed to closing Rikers Island and creating a borough-based jail system with separate facilities…...

3+ week, 25+ min ago   (115+ words) WUKY Man arrested after alleged hate crime against UK employee A man was arrested on Saturday after he allegedly threatened and spat on a Muslim woman wearing a hijab outside UK Hospital. Damian Hisle faces charges of harassment and third-degree…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (190+ words) The Boston Police Department told JNS that a driver who accelerated into a crosswalk and allegedly shouted at two Jews, who were walking to synagogue last Friday night, did not intend to “drive at somebody.” “They may have driven through…...