Illinois would gain $3.4 billion with graduated income tax rates: governor
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker pitched a graduated personal income tax rate scale on Thursday that he said would generate additional revenue of an estimated $3.4 billion for the financially challenged state.
Senator Blumenthal seeks criminal investigation of shoddy military housing
U.S. senators demanded accountability for slum-like housing conditions on military bases across the country Thursday, with one calling for a criminal investigation of private landlords granted vast power over tenant housing.
Explosion reported at Calumet’s Great Falls, Montana refinery: local media
Fire crews were going to the Calumet Specialty Products Partners LP 24,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) refinery in Great Falls, Montana, on Thursday after reports of an explosion and fire at the plant, KFBB-TV reported on its website.
Texan Ralph Hall, oldest person to serve in U.S. House, dies: report
Ralph Hall, a Democrat turned Republican from Texas who became the oldest person to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives, died on Thursday at the age of 95, according to local media.
U.S. senator wants criminal investigation of military base landlords
U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal called on Thursday for a criminal fraud investigation of private landlords who operate housing on U.S. military bases, following Reuters reports that showed how thousands of U.S. military families were subjected to serio…
‘Undetected mechanical malfunction’ blamed for 2017 airplane incident
The National Transportation Safety Board said on Thursday a March 2017 incident in which an MD-83 airplane carrying the University of Michigan men’s basketball team ran off the end of a runway was due to an undetected mechanical malfunction.
Sculptor of Wall Street’s ‘Fearless Girl’ blocked from selling replicas
A federal judge in Manhattan has blocked the sculptor of the “Fearless Girl” statue that promoted gender diversity on Wall Street and in other companies from selling replicas, court papers released on Thursday show.
Former Florida policeman guilty in killing of black motorist
A Florida jury on Thursday convicted a former police officer for manslaughter and attempted first-degree murder in the fatal 2015 shooting of a black motorist who was waiting for his car to be towed off the highway.
Former Florida policeman found guilty in killing black motorist
A Florida jury on Thursday convicted a former police officer for manslaughter and attempted first-degree murder in the fatal 2015 shooting of a black motorist who was waiting for his car to be towed off the highway.
U.S. officials track migrant caravan activists, journalists: NBC
The U.S. government has tracked activists and journalists involved in the migrant caravan from Central America at the end of 2018, NBC News reported on Wednesday.
