We re deep in the fourth quarter of the
87th Texas Legislature and, unsurprisingly, no marijuana legalization bills have had their name called in the House chamber. Still, several pieces of cannabis-related legislation are in scoring position.
House Bill 2593 by Rep.
Joe Moody, D-El Paso, which would lessen the penalty for possessing
THC concentrates (like vape pens) from a state jail felony to a
class B misdemeanor, passed the House by a wide margin on April 28 and awaits action in the Senate. Another penalty reduction,
HB 441, did the same two days later; that
B-to-C
bill would reduce possession of one ounce or less to a class C misdemeanor, meaning no jail time. The legislation, authored by Rep.
Albemarle County 2021 reassessment now complete
Published Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, 3:32 pm
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Albemarle County announced today that the 2021 annual reassessment process is complete. On Jan. 29, notices will be mailed to taxpayers and the 2021 assessment data will also be available online that evening through the county’s GIS-Web.
The county’s total tax base increased by 1.4 percent over the 2020 year-end tax base due to the reassessment. The 2021 residential assessment changes are generally the result of appreciation in the housing market.
4:58 On a sunny day last week in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, Kevin Sundholm picked up a small handful of marble-sized pellets of iron ore from the ground.
Pelletized iron ore left over from the days of production at the Groveland Mine.
Credit Dan Dumas/Kim Swisher Communications
“Those pellets would go through there and they would get baked,” he said, gesturing at the abandoned foundations of the former Groveland Mine complex near Felch, in Dickinson County.
“You can see the remnants up on top of the silos there,” Sundholm said.
He knows the lay of the land. He worked here more than 40 years ago.