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NEW BEDFORD — Richard Miranda sends roofing crews to jobs in many cities and towns in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, but in his experience New Bedford rivals New Bedford as a place to do business. There aren't many people. Miranda said the city's building department is in a league of its own when it comes to bureaucratic delays, unnecessary minutiae and exacerbating serious problems. “It's tough dealing with the building department in New Bedford. It's very, very tough,” said Miranda, owner of Diversified Roofing Systems, Inc. in New Bedford. He said the city had documented permits put on hold for…

AUGUSTA, Ga. — At the practice range at Augusta National Golf Club on Wednesday morning, Phil Mickelson hit a shot from the same bunker where Justin Thomas practiced his own. They didn't get into a fight. Mickelson then teed up for a practice round with fellow LIV Golf Tour player Joaquin Niemann and recent PGA Tour winner Akshay Bhatia. The mission was to share, not destroy.This week's 88th Masters serves as golf's group hug. Sports need that. It turns out that dogs and cats can play together peacefully. I wish there was a clear path to getting more of the…

Rep. Emily Kornheiser (D-Brattleboro), chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, speaks before a committee at the state Capitol in Montpelier on April 3. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger The Vermont House Tax Drafting Committee this week released a preliminary proposal that would fundamentally rethink the state's education financing. The plan, included in an annual bill that helps set statewide tax rates, would provide school districts with a base payment for students, with voters only considering spending above that base. The Ways and Means Committee, led by Rep. Emily Kornheiser (D-Brattleboro), is expected to finalize many details by the end…

Drive down Hudson Road. A fight broke out and a gun was reportedly drawn. The victim was shot several times. He is expected to recover in Cherokee County, officials said. Authority AR A death has been reported at a business in upstate South Carolina, officials announced Wednesday. Officials at Carolina Cotton Works, located at 14 Commercial Drive in Gaffney, confirmed this and released a statement. “A tragic accident occurred today at CCW,” Britiany said. “Sadly, one of our employees has passed away. “We are deeply saddened and are investigating. We are cooperating with the appropriate authorities as we proceed.'' Sky…

AUGUSTA, Ga. — The game of men's golf is ticking from one year to the next as Augusta National opens the door to another Masters. It's a respected tournament, the most famous on the planet, but it's also much more. It's a measuring stick of sorts, an annual gathering to communicate how the men's game is going. How is Tiger holding up? Is Rory ready to finally win here? And, perhaps most importantly, where does the game stand in these difficult times, when the sport is becoming increasingly devastatingly divided from the people it needs most: its fans? It's all…

Olwanmilola Obalana, MS ’24 (PH), grew up in Nigeria and frequently visited her paternal grandmother’s clinic. As a young child, all she could do was run around and observe. But it was her grandmother's meticulous care of her patients that sparked Obalana's interest in the medical field. She earned a bachelor's degree in microbiology and in her last semester she took an introductory public health class. Her world opened up to her and she realized that she did not want to treat her patients. She wanted to prevent them from getting sick in the first place.After graduation, Obalana began classes…

downward angle icon An icon in the shape of a downward facing corner. TikTok is Bytedance's most popular product, with over 1 billion users worldwide. Jaap Ariens/Getty Images TikTok's parent company ByteDance expects revenue to increase by 60% in 2023, Bloomberg reported.TikTok has driven ByteDance's recent success, allowing it to enter the global e-commerce market.This growth comes as Congress debates and passes a bill to ban TikTok in the United States. TikTok's parent company ByteDance's revenue grew about 60% last year, outpacing its competitors.The company's revenue soared from $25 billion in 2022 to $40 billion in 2023, Bloomberg reported.Its success…

A 6-year-old boy who shot and killed a teacher in southeastern Virginia last year had previously strangled another teacher and should have been expelled from the school, but administrators Due to his mistake, he was able to return to campus. It was released on Wednesday.The breakdown is one in a series of apparent disciplinary problems, lapses in security and disregard for warnings that led to the boy sneaking a weapon inside Rich Neck Elementary School in Newport News and attacking first-grade teacher Abigail Zwirner. A special grand jury concluded that it allowed the shots to be fired. .The 11-member committee…

Crypto analyst Kamaz recently said, Bullish trajectory analysis About the Shiba Inu, which is on its way to surpassing $0.00003 again. In his latest update, Kamaz pointed to three bullish price targets for SHIB in which he is in a long position, after noting the potential for a market rally. Interestingly, this bullish prediction comes amid growing market uncertainty and Shiba Inu recording a bullish reversal in on-chain indicators. Analyst withdraws bullish trading strategy Kamaz's analysis This is based on the 4-hour chart time frame he shared on social media. At the time of analysis, SHIB is trading at $0.00002883…

After years of struggling with coronavirus-related supply disruptions, inflation, job shortages, rising borrowing costs and even a spike in retail theft, new data suggests many small business owners are feeling at rock bottom. It suggests that it is falling. The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) Small Business Optimism Index fell 0.9 points in March to 88.5, marking the lowest level of optimism among small businesses in the United States since December 2012. Additionally, the NFIB's Small Business Optimism Index rose for the 27th consecutive month in March. This is below the average of 98 over the past 50 years.…