Tag: Local governments
Missouri set to require online stores to collect taxes
<p>JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri is set to become the last state to require out-of-state online stores to collect sales taxes on residents' purchases...
Oklahoma bucks red-state trend, extends early voting
<p>OKLAHOMA CITY — On Election Day last year, state Rep. Jon Echols was mortified to see a 3 1/2-hour line to vote in his...
US cities see surge in deadly street racing amid pandemic
Jaye Sanford, a 52-year-old mother of two, was driving home in suburban Atlanta on Nov. 21 when a man in a Dodge Challenger muscle...
‘Vexatious’ debt claim against UK PM Boris Johnson removed
LONDON — A court order naming British Prime Minister Boris Johnson as owing an unpaid debt was no longer on the books Thursday, a...
West Virginia trial puts spotlight on sprawling opioid cases
A corner of West Virginia wrenched by opioid addiction is getting the chance to argue in a courtroom that some of the corporate giants...
El Salvador donates vaccine to desperate Honduras towns
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — El Salvador's president sent 34,000 doses of coronavirus vaccine to seven towns in Honduras on Thursday, responding to video...
As ethnic violence rocks Israel, Arabs cite deep grievances
<p>JERUSALEM — As rockets from Gaza streaked overhead, Arabs and Jews fought each other on the streets below and rioters torched vehicles, a restaurant...
As ethnic violence rocks Israel, Arabs cite deep grievances
JERUSALEM — As rockets from Gaza streaked overhead, Arabs and Jews fought each other on the streets below and rioters torched vehicles, a restaurant...
US cities see surge in deadly street racing amid pandemic
<p>Jaye Sanford, a 52-year-old mother of two, was driving home in suburban Atlanta on Nov. 21 when a man in a Dodge Challenger muscle...
‘Vexatious’ debt claim against UK PM Boris Johnson removed
<p>LONDON — A court order naming British Prime Minister Boris Johnson as owing an unpaid debt was no longer on the books Thursday, a...