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☆ Biden: We're going to have discussion about US debt with House leader
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

WASHINGTON, Jan 20 (Reuters) - President Joe Biden said on Friday that "we're going to have a discussion" with House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy about the U.S. debt ceiling. At an event with city mayors, Biden said a U.S. debt default would be a calamity unlike anything ever seen in the United States financially. "The debt we're paying on, and we're gonna have a little discussion about that with the new majority leader of the House, has accumulated over 200 years," Biden said, not naming McCarthy by name. The White House has said it will not negotiate with Republicans about raising the debt ceiling. Biden is hosting Democratic congressional leaders at the White House on Tuesday.

☆ Hertz is bringing thousands of EVs and chargers to the city of Denver in a broad new partnership
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-19 | by ( John Rosevear | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

In addition to building chargers in lower-income neighborhoods, Hertz will provide EVs, tools and training to the city's technical high school — and will offer summer job opportunities through Denver's Youth Employment Program. Scherr said that Hertz plans to share anonymized location data from its rental EVs with the city to help Denver officials determine where to install new charging stations. He expects that some of that data will point to sites in the city's less affluent neighborhoods, where ride-share drivers using Hertz EVs tend to live. The company currently has about 40,000 Teslas and Polestars available for rental, Scherr said. Last fall, Hertz and BP Pulse announced they would partner to install thousands of high-speed EV chargers at Hertz locations across the U.S.

☆ Miami's mayor said the 'single hottest city in the world' will keep attracting tons of transplants in 2023
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-31 | by ( Kimberly Leonard | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Miami Mayor Francis Suarez predicted people from all over the world would move to Miami in 2023. Suarez predicted Miami would effectively weather a recession. As the top executive for the city, Miami Mayor Francis Suarez has shepherded along much of the city's economic changes by encouraging tech and venture capital companies to plant offices downtown. Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, a Republican, predicted the Magic City would be able to weather a recession. As some analysts forecast a global recession hit in 2023, the mayor predicted Miami would be able to weather it.

☆ Miami Mayor Francis Suarez voted for DeSantis in 2022 after supporting his Democratic opponent 4 years ago and not voting for Trump in 2020
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-29 | by ( Kimberly Leonard | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Miami Mayor Francis Suarez voted for DeSantis for governor after supporting his challenger in 2018. Ron DeSantis' victory in Miami-Dade County included support from at least one high-profile politician who didn't vote for him four years ago: Miami Mayor Francis Suarez. In 2018, Suarez, a Republican, voted for DeSantis' Democratic challenger, then-Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum. Miami mayor Francis Suarez Lynne Sladky/APSuarez has been forthcoming about certain areas in which he and DeSantis disagree. Suarez told Punchbowl News in October that he'd consider a presidential run, but told Insider on Wednesday that he wasn't close to making a decision.

☆ Meet a couple living on disability and $500 per month from a guaranteed-income program for families hurt financially by the pandemic
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-25 | by ( Jason Lalljee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

A couple from Minnesota gets by on disability benefits and a basic-income program aimed at parents. The St. Paul pilot program launched in 2020 provides 150 families $500 per month for 18 months. The possibilities opened up for their family when Malissa was chosen for a guaranteed-income pilot program in her hometown of St. Paul, Minnesota. Money from guaranteed-income programs does not typically affect one's eligibility for public-assistance programs in the way employment can. The couple has been supporting their family on about $2,000 per month in disability income because of mental-health issues and complications from a childhood case of spinal meningitis.

☆ Live updates: Russian troops ready to advance in Donetsk, official says; U.S. responds to recent airbase strikes
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Pro-Russian official Denis Pushilin, the acting head of the separatist "Donetsk People's Republic" in eastern Ukraine, has claimed that Russian forces in the region — arguably the most hotly-contested region in the Ukraine war at the moment — could soon be in a position to advance and capture Bakhmut. Denis Pushilin (C), leader of the separatists in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DNR) arrives to deliver a press conference in Donetsk, on April 11, 2022. Fighting in Donetsk has descended into bloody trench warfare in recent months with fierce battles over every mile of territory and settlement surrounding Bakhmut. The General Staff of Ukraine's armed forces said Wednesday morning that Russian forces continued to focus their efforts on "conducting offensive operations" in the area around Bakhmut. It's not the first time that Pushilin has claimed that Bakhmut is close to encirclement, having said the same thing last week.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has secured a second term, NBC News projects, defeating Democratic challenger Nan Whaley, the former mayor of Dayton. The crowd that had begun gathering here at a Columbus hotel for an Ohio GOP watch party including DeWine and Senate candidate J.D. "We all know what happened here in Ohio," Bob Paduchik, the Ohio GOP chair, told the audience after DeWine's win was called. Trump, at an election eve rally Monday for Vance and other Ohio Republicans, called DeWine to the stage.

☆ Miami Mayor Francis Suarez says he's considering a run for president in 2024
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( Kimberly Leonard | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Miami Mayor Francis Suarez said he would consider running for president in 2024. "It's something that I would consider given the right circumstances and given the right mood of the country," he said. "It's something that I would consider given the right circumstances and given the right mood of the country," Suarez said Monday at a Punchbowl News event. Suarez has been getting national attention given the surge of people and tech companies moving to Florida, particularly to Miami. When asked about how he might stand out in a presidential race, he pointed to his age difference from some of the other potential condenders.

☆ Highland Park mayor says she's received a 'literal handbook' for mayors about how to deal with mass shootings in the wake of Fourth of July parade attack
▼ + stars: | 2022-07-06 | by ( Isabella Zavarise | Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Mayors who have dealt with mass shootings are contacting Nancy Rotering, the mayor of Highland Park. Rotering told Insider "they are telling me that this is going to take a long time to heal from." "They are telling me that this is going to take a long time to heal from," she told Insider. "They've shared with me a handbook for mayors of what to do post a mass shooting, which is just unbelievable that there's a handbook for mayors." Rotering told Insider she's a member of the United States Conference of Mayors and attended a seminar a few years ago with mayors who had experienced mass shootings.

Datorită acestui proiect, în orașele Ocnița și Cantemir, cu suportul EU4Energy: Covenant of Mayors – Demonstration Projects, a fost instalat iluminat stradal modern și eficient din punct de vedere energetic, ca parte a unui program de reducere a emisiilor de CO2 cu 20% până în 2020. „Aceasta este o istorie de succes a două municipalități din Moldova – Cantemir și Ocnița, care s-au angajat să-și reducă consumul de energie și emisiile de CO2 cu 20% până în 2020 și au dezvoltat un plan de acțiune pentru energie durabilă, pentru a realiza acest lucru”, menționează Ministerul Afacerilor Externe și Integrării Europene. Concursul a fost organizat de UE în cadrul Săptămânii Europene a Energiei Durabile. Premiul UE pentru energie durabilă în Parteneriatul Estic a fost lansat în 2019 și prezintă exemple de inovații, eficiența energetică locală și soluțiile în materie de energie regenerabilă din întreaga regiune, care sunt atât în beneficiul cetățenilor, cât și al întreprinderilor.

Organizations: Externe, Integrării Europene, Estic Locations: Ocnița, Cantemir, Covenant, Moldova, UE

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