Portland Mayor Mark Dion discussed the city’s role in handling homelessness and general assistance, noting that over half of the individuals served come from other communities. He highlighted the impact of the Fentanyl crisis and the need for stable housing funding, advocating for a 12-month or 24-month cycle instead of the proposed three-month limit. Dion also addressed the influx of refugees and asylum seekers, emphasizing the need for state support. He criticized the state’s policy on non-citizen funding and stressed the importance of a functional police oversight board, aiming for a resolution by April.
Local police discovered the body of an adult male inside a residence, with 45-year-old Tanner Dostie of Brunswick being charged with murder as a result.
The largest monthly jump in gas prices in six decades caused a sharp spike in inflation in March, creating major challenges for the inflation-fighters at the Federal Reserve and heightening the political challenges of rising costs for the White House.
Republican Clay Fuller on Tuesday won Marjorie Taylor Greene's former U.S. House seat in Georgia, turning back a Democratic challenge with the help of President Donald Trump's endorsement despite uneasiness over the war in Iran.
A Long Island architect accused in a string of long-unsolved slayings known as the Gilgo Beach killings is expected to plead guilty on Wednesday, closing a case that bedeviled investigators, agonized victims' relatives and tantalized a true-crime obsessed public for years.
Route 66 marks its 100th anniversary this year. Despite losing its status decades ago as one of the nation's main arteries, people from around the world still flock to it to take perhaps the quintessential American road trip and soak in its neon lights, kitschy motels and attractions, and culinary offerings.
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