Councilors also approved eight affordable housing development grants.

The sale to Oyo, a travel business, will include the Studio 6 motel brand, which caters to customers seeking extended stays. The all-cash transaction is expected to be finalized by the end of the year.

Richmond Fed says commonwealth's job market has ‘softened'

Planning director Jo Ann Hunter said, “It has been a surprisingly divisive ordinance.”

The measure does not include any part of the SAVE Act, the election security proposal backed by former President Donald Trump.

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Some early filers say worries about the future under the Trump administration moved up their timelines.

Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the unanimous opinion, with Justice Clarence Thomas, joined by Justice Brett Kavanaugh, and Justice Sonia Sotomayor, joined by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson writing separate concurring opinions.

A unanimous Supreme Court said a family whose house was wrongly raided by law enforcement can sue.

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Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., introduced a bill this week that would give the federal government the ability to withhold federal dollars from cities deemed "lawless."