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Updated Feb 04, 2021;
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Firefighters battle a blaze at Spring Street Gardens apartments in Lower Swatara Township yesterday. Photo by Dan Gleiter, PennLive.com.
State budget
Big plans: Gov. Tom Wolf’s $37.8 billion budget calls for an income tax increase for some, tax cuts for others, much more money for schools, a raise in the minimum wage and a tax on natural gas drilling. It’s unlikely to pass as-is. Read more.
Today’s talkers
Abuse charges: Lebanon County parents have been charged with abuse that included making their children sleep on a cold basement floor, withholding food and physical attacks, authorities say. Read more.
Where did COVID-19 begin? Experts begin hunt for answers in China
Updated Jan 28, 2021;
Posted Jan 28, 2021
Workers wave to the team of experts from the World Health Organization who ended their quarantine and prepare to leave the quarantine hotel by bus in Wuhan in central China s Hubei province on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP
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BEIJING (AP) After a two-week quarantine, the real work can begin. Maybe.
A World Health Organization team of researchers emerged from their hotel Thursday for the first time since their arrival in the central Chinese city of Wuhan to start searching for clues into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Biden wants to end ‘this uncivil war.’ Will our deep schism allow that to happen? | Opinion
Updated Jan 21, 2021;
Posted Jan 21, 2021
President Joe Biden signs his first executive order in the Oval Office on Wednesday, Jan. 20. AP
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By John Baer
It was impossible to watch a duo of dramatic events the assault on the U.S. Capitol two weeks back, and the inauguration of President Joe Biden on Wednesday without thinking these historic happenings simply must portend change.
But how quickly? And to what end?
Does the Capitol riot presage more domestic terrorism? Does a new president mean politics and government is about to get better?
Second Gifts of Hope campaign was a huge success
The Bemidji Alliance brought back the Gifts of Hope program for one week and the community responded in full force, with $212,000 going back to the local economy. 12:14 pm, Dec. 24, 2020 ×
BEMIDJI The Gifts of Hope program returned in December and once again, it was a success.
After a solid run in spring, the Bemidji Alliance brought back the Gifts of Hope campaign to assist hospitality businesses that were closed because of Gov. Tim Walz s shutdown efforts to mitigate the coronavirus. The first campaign ran in the spring months and made $40 gift cards to local businesses available at a $20 cost, with the program covering the rest.