March 13, 2026

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Maria Pappas: How to pay your property tax bill

Property owners face an Aug. 1 due date to pay their second installment 2023 tax bills.  Many homeowners authorize their mortgage company to pay their two annual property tax installments from an escrow account. They pay their mortgage company an amount every month to cover the cost of taxes as well as principal and interest

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Energy

Lithium mine pits clean energy against rare native plant

Listen to this article GARDNERVILLE, Nev. — A botanist gently strokes the pollen of endangered wildflowers with a paintbrush as she tries to reenact nature inside a small greenhouse in the shadow of the Sierra Nevada. It’s part of a lithium mining company’s grand experiment intended to help keep an extremely rare desert plant from

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Fund

Adams Natural Resources Fund Declares Distribution and Announces First Half Performance

Adams Natural Resources Fund, Inc. BALTIMORE, July 18, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Board of Directors of Adams Natural Resources Fund, Inc. (NYSE: PEO) today declared a distribution of $.54 per share, payable August 30, 2024, in newly issued shares unless shareholders elect to receive cash, to shareholders of record August 5, 2024. This distribution

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Energy

Daily Hampshire Gazette – Clean energy bill passes clears House with GOP opposition

A GE Haliade-X Turbine stands in the Vineyard Wind 1 project area, which is located south of Martha’s Vineyard. Eric Haynes/Courtesy Avangrid BOSTON — The Massachusetts House was split along party lines Wednesday night in voting to support climate and energy legislation that would “help accelerate the green transition,” according to the bill’s lead architect.

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Investments

Lawmakers highlight state investments during visit to northwest Minnesota

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – Minnesota’s Senate Majority Leader was in the Moorhead area Thursday to learn more about some of the issues facing northwestern Minnesota. The tour was designed to highlight how state money has been able to help the city of Moorhead, agriculture policy, and emergency medical service funding. Democratic State Senator Erin Murphy of

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Fund

Video: California School Districts and the Emergency Connectivity Fund

How well did federal pandemic funds improve digital access for historically underserved K–12 students and their families? Last week, PPIC researcher Joseph Hayes presented new findings on efforts to close California’s long-standing digital divide in education, with suggestions for building momentum now that federal emergency funds have ended. Simply put, the digital divide means that

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Wealth Management

AHA participates in health care cybersecurity summit 

John Riggi, AHA’s national advisor for cybersecurity in risk, participated July 18 as the opening keynote speaker in the Information Security Media Group’s Healthcare Cybersecurity Summit in New York City to discuss emerging threats, defense measures and other cybersecurity issues within the health care sector. The event included sessions about threat detection using artificial intelligence,

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Energy

Sungrow and Algihaz Join Forces for 7.8 GW Energy Storage in Saudi Arabia • Carbon Credits

Sungrow Power Supply, a Chinese photovoltaic inverter manufacturing giant recently announced to partner with Saudi Arabia’s Algihaz Holding for a massive energy storage project. In this project, Sungrow will build a 7.8 GW energy storage system to boost Saudi Arabia’s power grid stability and reliability. Media reports that this will be the largest off-grid energy

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Property

Gov. Pillen Debuts ‘Playbook’ to Cut Property Taxes by 50% | KLIN

After waiting sometime with bated breath, Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen has unveiled some general information of his plan to significantly reduce property taxes across the state. Circulating a 16-page property tax reform “playbook,” Pillen outlined the several pillars of his plan, promising to slash state property taxes by 50%, from about $5.3 billion to around

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Technology

Kansas Innovation Farm to unveil new irrigation technology

System is one of only two in Kansas, says farm’s owner An irrigation system on wheels that can operate in irregularly shaped farm fields will be featured during a demonstration day planned Aug. 1 at the Flickner Innovation Farm near Moundridge. The farm’s owner and operator, Ray Flickner, said the 360 RAIN irrigation system is

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