After a boom in cash aid to tackle poverty, some states are now banning it Four states so far have passed laws prohibiting the use of public money for no-strings cash aid. Advocates for basic income say the backlash is being fueled by a conservative think tank. 05/3/2024 - 3:00 am | View Link
Texas May Reverse Plan to Give People $9,000 A post-pandemic spike in the national poverty rate has sparked calls for expanded stimulus programs ... 200 percent below the federal poverty line. Conservative lawmakers have pushed back against ... 04/10/2024 - 6:31 am | View Link
‘Maybe Texas went too far’ with immigration law, state lawyer tells federal court An attorney defending Texas’ controversial immigration law told a federal appeals court on ... Nielson said that when designing the law, lawmakers sought to go “up to the line” in ... 04/3/2024 - 5:51 am | View Link
Can Texas National Guard Shoot Migrants Crossing Border? Family groups and children were prioritized, CBP said. As immigration is under the jurisdiction of federal laws and agencies, Texas soldiers lack the authority, including the use of lethal force ... 03/26/2024 - 6:14 am | View Link
The Rockies, oh so desperately needed someone to make a big splash.
Two players delivered Friday night — one of them literally — in the Rockies’ 3-2 win over the Pirates at PNC Park.
Ryan McMahon led off the Rockies’ three-run sixth inning with a 445-foot homer that splashed down in the Allegheny River.
The Eta Aquarids meteor shower, which occurs each year as the Earth passes through remnants of Halley’s comet, is expected to reach its peak this weekend. Watchers can expect to see hundreds of meteors fill the sky in the pre-dawn hours. With the moon at a waning crescent, the show is expected to be even more vibrant than usual.
Chants of “disclose, divest, we will not stop, we will not rest” are reverberating across the globe as student-led protests in support of Palestine have popped up outside the U. S. and in countries like Australia, Mexico, and the U. K. as the Israel-Hamas war enters into its seventh month.
The best Taylor Swift needle drops will make you think about her music a little differently. A show like You might play with tone, turning an emotional ballad into comic relief, while The Buccaneers might help christen a new Swiftie classic with one pivotal scene. Some music syncs feel so seamless you may start to believe they were written specifically for a movie, while others, like Swift’s Valentine’s Day sweetheart anthem “Today Was a Fairytale,” actually was.
In a fast-food culture, there may be few things better for your health than making a simple home-cooked meal. But while the meal itself may be a good idea, the cooking part can be a problem—at least if you own a natural gas or propane stove. That’s the conclusion of a new study in Science Advances, showing that dangerous levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) are emitted by both kinds of stoves.
The findings are a result of new work conducted at Stanford University by environmental scientist Rob Jackson and graduate researcher Yannai Kashtan.