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More Maine school budgets got rejected or barely passed. Some fear it's just the start
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoJun. 24—Voters in at least five school districts across Maine earlier this month rejected school budgets that would have resulted in sizable property tax increases. In other communities, budgets ...
Letter: Show compassion for children
The Columbian· 5 days agoThe following is presented as part of The Columbian’s Opinion content, which offers a point of view in order to provoke thought and debate of civic issues. Unsigned editorials represent the ...
The Black neighborhood home appraisal gap is real. Can we close it?
Bankrate via Yahoo Finance· 4 days agoAmong the largest studies of late is mortgage giant Freddie Mac’s analysis of 12 million...
‘Edgar’ haircuts: Why are they so controversial?
WJZY via Yahoo News· 2 days ago“You don’t see what you would call white-passing Latinos with an Edgar haircut,” Gradilla told...in 2021, some residents of El Paso (which has 82.8%...
Subsidies were meant to cap poor people’s rent payments at 30% of income. In Boise, they don’t
The Idaho Statesman· 5 days agoForty years ago, Congress created a program to help people who were too poor to rent safe housing...
Sex, gambling secured Fort Worth’s Wild West reputation through lore of Hell’s Half Acre
Fort Worth Star-Telegram via Yahoo News· 3 days agoBut Selcer says the White Elephant saloon was never in the Acre because it was considered upscale....
The remains of a ‘Buffalo Soldier’ who was killed nearly 80 years ago were just identified
Stars and Stripes· 3 hours agoThree months after the World War II battle at the Cinquale Canal in northwest Italy, searchers with the U.S. Army’s Graves Registration Service found the body of an American soldier buried in ...
Could aging in place be ‘a poor long-term decision?’
HousingWire via Yahoo Finance· 3 days agoDespite the overwhelming desire of Americans to remain in their homes, a new column from NextAvenue explores the potential downsides of aging in place.
A millennial who makes 6 figures says she's looking across the US for a home but is struggling to...
Business Insider via Yahoo Finance· 7 days agoFor households with a family income greater than or equal to the median income, the homeownership...
Heat wave targets most vulnerable in Monroe County
Gannett via AOL· 6 days agoIt placed Monroe County and neighboring communities in the second-highest risk level of “major” Monday and Tuesday, before an expected jump to “extreme”...