Day: July 27, 2023

PA Democrats’ push for adult mental health funding fruitless as GOP drops it from budget plan

11:11 pm July 27, 2023

Democratic lawmakers in Pennsylvania say they are angry that millions of dollars to expand adult mental health services got cut out of the budget, and are pushing to get it included now that the legislation is held up in a month-old partisan stalemate. The fight over the money comes as schools and counties report spikes […]

Maine hydropower project to resume despite $500M price hike

11:09 pm July 27, 2023

Construction in Maine will resume next week on an electricity transmission project bringing Canadian hydropower to the New England power grid despite a half-billion dollar cost increase, the head of Avangrid said Thursday. CEO Pedro Azagra Blazquez said on an earnings call that the cost of the project, originally estimated at around $1 billion, has […]

‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’ screenwriter Bo Goldman dead at 90

11:07 pm July 27, 2023

Bo Goldman, who penned the Oscar-winning scripts to “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” and “Melvin and Howard” and whose textured, empathy-rich screenplays made him one of Hollywood’s finest writers, has died. He was 90. Goldman died Tuesday in Helendale, Calif., his son-in-law, the director Todd Field, said. No details on the cause of death […]

Milwaukee County greenlights sales tax hike in bid to dodge bankruptcy

11:05 pm July 27, 2023

The Milwaukee County board voted Thursday to nearly double the county’s sales tax, two weeks after the city of Milwaukee approved a local sales tax increase as part of a bipartisan plan to avoid bankruptcy. Both the city and county, which make up the state’s largest metropolitan areas, faced running out of money without additional […]

Monsoon storm brings temporary relief to sweltering Phoenix, but heat wave continues to pose danger

10:14 pm July 27, 2023

The persistent heat wave that has suffocated Phoenix for most of July was slightly easing Thursday after the first major monsoon storm of the season kicked up dust and high winds and brought the first measurable rainfall in some areas since March. The Wednesday night storm, featuring high winds hitting over 60 mph, ripped the […]