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Adams, Hochul tout passage of law allowing city to lower speed limits

Traffic safety advocates hailed a new law that would allow the Big Apple to lower speed limits on city streets to 16 mph. The bill, dubbed “Sammy’s Law” in memory of 12-year-old Sammy Cohen Eckstein, who was fatally hit by a van near her Park Slope home in 2013, is part of the state budget. […]

Biden to tout $3.3 billion Microsoft investment in Wisconsin at former Foxconn site

President Biden will visit Wisconsin on Wednesday, where he plans to contrast Microsoft’s major investment in the state with Foxconn’s investment in the region that did not materialize during the Trump administration. Biden is expected to head to Racine to announce a $3.3 billion investment by Microsoft to build a new artificial intelligence data center […]

Biden to tout $6 billion deal with semiconductor manufacturer Micron during Syracuse trip

The Biden administration announced Thursday that it has reached a preliminary agreement with Idaho-based semiconductor manufacturing company Micron, the latest in a series of investments under the bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act. President Biden is scheduled to visit Syracuse, New York, on Thursday to tout the benefits of the agreement with Micron, which includes up […]

Biden to tout first job listings in American Climate Corps program at Earth Day event

President Biden is expected to use his Earth Day speech to announce the first wave of job information under his climate change and jobs plan. Biden is scheduled to visit Prince William Forest Park in Virginia to announce the availability of 2,000 climate-related jobs listed on ClimateCorps.gov. These jobs are the first subset of a […]

Biden, Harris in swing states to tout $146B in student loan bailouts

President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris visited Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, respectively, on Monday to tout billions of dollars in benefits to tens of millions of people who took out loans to attend college. The move drew pushback from Republicans in Congress who said it could harm U.S. taxpayers. Over $5 trillion. White House announced […]

More NYC landlords tout ‘fun’ office amenities despite vacancy uptick

The fun train continues to zip through the city’s most expensive office buildings as landlords struggle to stem an alarming rise in vacancies, which are now more than 20% of the total. The newspaper reported last week that landlords have introduced an unprecedented number and variety of amenities exclusively for tenants. This is a strong […]

Republicans blast Biden State of the Union as campaign ‘stump speech,’ Dems tout ‘strong’ address

Republican and Democratic lawmakers predictably left President Biden’s State of the Union address Thursday night with very different impressions. Republicans in both houses of Congress called the 81-year-old president an “old man” and slammed the speech as a campaign speech ahead of the November election. Democrats, meanwhile, praised Biden’s energy and “powerful” speech. “This wasn’t […]

Biden planning to tout economic agenda in State of the Union

Former Kansas City Fed President Thomas Honig responded to Jerome Powell’s statement that the Fed is not ready to start cutting interest rates “coast to coast.” President Biden will deliver his third State of the Union address Thursday night, trying to convince Americans he deserves another four years in office. The high-profile speech came amid […]