June 8, 2026

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Bottcher adds $800,000 to New Fund, Plants 500th Tree

City Council member Erik Bottcher said he has started a Tree Fund with the Horticulture Society of New York and allocated $800,000 in City Council funds in the district that includes most of Chelsea as well as parts of GReenwich Village and Hell’s Kitchen. He unveiled the new initiatives as he helped plant what he

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Wealth Management

Regions Bank Promotes Leader as Regional Executive for Private Wealth Management in Texas » Dallas Innovates

Connie Rogers [Photo: Regions Bank] Regions Bank has elevated Connie Rogers to serve as private wealth management regional executive for Texas, the company announced Thursday. In her expanded leadership role, Rogers will lead a team of advisors providing custom-tailored investment services and financial guidance to clients across markets including Dallas, Fort Worth, Austin, Houston, San

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Insurance

Allstate Looks To Increase Home Insurance Premiums By 34% – California Globe

According to an insurance filing unveiled on Thursday, Allstate filed to raise California Insurance premiums in state by 34%, with the request currently remaining under review. For over a year, insurance companies have been slowly limiting policies, ending the allowance of new policies, or generally reducing their presence in the state. In 2022, GEICO closed down

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Insurance

WV medical schools now funded by insurance premiums instead of soda tax

CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) – Many may not know it, but every time a bottle of soda has been purchased in West Virginia since 1951, there’s been a small tax on the bottle used to fund medical schools across the state. However, that tax is no longer in effect starting this month because of a 2022

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Insurance

Hearing set for public to weigh in on proposed health insurance rate increases for 2025 • Rhode Island Current

A virtual town hall meeting will allow the public to provide feedback on rate increases ranging from 2.5% to 22.7% proposed by Rhode Island’s health insurers. The meeting will be Monday, July 15, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. over Zoom.  Further rules for submitting comments on the proposed rate increases are available from the Office

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Property

After recent flooding, Waterbury property owners are faced with a difficult choice

Here in Waterbury, folks are now dealing with their third flood in the past year. If you remember, in December it also flooded here. The water Wednesday night was certainly not as bad as one year ago, or Hurricane Irene, but it was still high enough to flood basements and give folks a couple big

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Energy

Energy storage project above Lake Isabella is back on the table, along with two other similar proposals

A roundly castigated proposal to build a holding reservoir above Lake Isabella in order to pump water up from the lake and run it back down through turbines for power – known as pumped energy storage –  is back.  And it brought friends. There are now three pumped energy storage proposals in Kern County, including

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Investments

HF direct investments pool sells shares of Westrock Coffee Co for $188k By Investing.com

In a recent move, HF Direct Investments Pool (NASDAQ:), LLC, a significant shareholder in Westrock Coffee Co (NASDAQ:WEST), has sold a portion of its holdings in the company. The transactions, which took place on July 11 and July 12, 2024, resulted in the sale of a total of 18,749 shares of common stock at an

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Investments

C21 Investments Reports Filing Delay and MCTO

C21 Investments (TSE:CXXI) has released an update. C21 Investments Inc., a vertically integrated cannabis company, announced a delay in filing their annual financial documents due to changes in their financial year-end and a recent change of auditors. The company has been granted a management cease trade order (MCTO) by the British Columbia Securities Commission, which

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Insurance

Allstate Seeking 34% Rate Hike on California Homeowners Insurance

Allstate is seeking an increase in its California homeowners insurance premiums by an average of 34%. According to the California Department of Insurance, the Allstate homeowners filing was received by the Department on April 14, 2023. The initial rate request was 39.6%. Consumer Watchdog petitioned to intervene in July 2023. In January of this year,

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