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NYC Officials Announce Plans for 14-Mile Long Queens Bus Route, Costing $200 Million and Benefiting 30,000 Riders
New York City’s transportation authorities recently revealed plans for a 14-mile long Queens bus route — reportedly the longest route the neighborhood has ever seen — which officials hope will decrease traffic congestion and travel times. According to the New York Daily News, the plan is estimated to cost around $200 million. The cost, according to…
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Boston Will Spend $50 Million Clearing Snow for Season, Mayor Reveals
Boston’s snow removal bill for the season is expected to total $50 million, Mayor Marty Walsh said during a March 11 appearance on WBZ’s NightSide with Dan Rea. “We’re probably at about $45 million that we’ve paid on snow removal, probably going to head toward $50 million,” Walsh said. That’s up from a February estimate…
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Federal Government Adds Repayment Plan Options for Student Loan Debts, But Few Students Know About Them
Student loan debt is something that might not seem like a big deal to those in the Baby Boomer or Gen X generations, but for a growing number of Millennials, those three words are absolutely terrifying. Unless, of course, said Millennials happened to graduate from a small university in the little town of Adrian, Michigan,…
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Danish Shipping-Fuel Supplier OW Bunker Files Bankruptcy in the U.S.
The U.S. outposts of Danish shipping-fuel supplier OW Bunker had been valued at $1 billion in March — but by this month, the company is at the brink of collapsing. On Thursday, Nov. 13, OW Bunker filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Bridgeport, CT. According to Bloomberg, the company listed…
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Should Property Management Companies Be Held Responsible For Property Upkeep?
One Killeen councilman is asking the city to reassign property upkeep responsibilities from property owners and task it to professional property management companies, an industry that employs more than 740,000 people and generates $69 billion in annual revenue. The only problem is that the city may very well be doing all that it can legally…
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Road construction entering its 5th consecutive year
Road construction entering its 5th consecutive year
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3 facts the power company don’t want you to know
3 facts the power company don’t want you to know