Day: June 13, 2023

$2M insurance policy in effect for Hawaii coral reefs in time for hurricane season

9:16 pm June 13, 2023

An environmental group has a $2 million insurance policy on Hawaii’s coral reefs, which is in effect in time for a busier hurricane season that could damage the vital natural resources that are increasingly under threat from climate change. In announcing the policy purchase last year, The Nature Conservancy said it was the first-ever coral […]

Indiana lawmaker charged in drunk driving incident yet to be disciplined by Legislature

9:14 pm June 13, 2023

An Indiana state lawmaker isn’t facing any immediate legislative discipline after pleading guilty to drunken driving charges for crashing his pickup truck through an interstate highway guardrail and driving away. Republican Rep. Jim Lucas of Seymour signed an agreement Monday with the prosecutor in southern Indiana’s Jackson County in which he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor […]

New magnet school in historically Black school zone, step to resolve 1965 desegregation suit

9:12 pm June 13, 2023

Authorities in a southwest Louisiana school district have agreed to develop a magnet school in a historically Black school zone to draw students of all races from across the district in a step toward resolving a desegregation lawsuit dating back to 1965. The agreement, or “consent decree” involving the St. Martin Parish School District and […]

EXCLUSIVE: Boebert introduces new impeachment articles against Biden over border crisis

9:11 pm June 13, 2023

Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., introduced articles of impeachment against President Joe Biden on claims that he mishandled his “constitutional duty to secure our southern border.” “I introduced the articles of impeachment in the last Congress and had fully intended to introduce them this Congress, but I was also giving some other committees and leadership the […]

Michigan State endowment buys 79% stake in iconic Detroit skyscraper

9:08 pm June 13, 2023

Michigan State University’s $3.9 billion endowment fund has become the majority investor in the Fisher Building, an iconic art deco style tower near downtown Detroit, the school announced Tuesday. The fund is investing $21 million in the building, two adjacent surface parking lots and a parking structure for a 79% ownership stake. The other owners […]