This is an example of good government spending, and it’s about to get cut
Slash and burn budgeting threatens a program that feeds hungry Texans
Lots of carrots filled a fruits and vegetables assembly line outside AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, Saturday, March 28, 2020 coordinated by Arlington Charities, Fielder Road Baptist Church and Tarrant Area Food Bank. Austin is considering a budget that cuts a program that allows food banks to purchase damaged produce from Texas farmers.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer)
A program that feeds hungry Texans is on the chopping block in Austin. Legislators should rescue it.
The Surplus Agricultural Product Grant allocates money to 21 food banks across the state to buy Grade 2 produce from Texas farmers. Without this program, officials say, farmers would use the damaged produce for compost. But the grant allows farmers to avoid a total loss. It also helps food banks acquire fresh fruits and vegetables. Since 2006, this program has provided 25
THE LOCATION
The Royal Mail stands on the main street of Dunkeld, a small town in western Victoria at the southern foot of the Grampians mountain range (known as Gariwerd to the local Indigenous people). This makes for impressive views, as well as making it a convenient base to visit shops and cafes within the township. The hotel is also a handy starting point for hikes or drives into the national park.
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THE SPACE
Having started as a 19th century pub, the hotel is an interesting mix of architecture: the bar end of its main building is contained within the original stone walls, while the restaurant end sits within a modern structure. The hotel rooms are in separate blocks, surrounded by stands of native plants. The long-term plan is to relocate guest parking to one side of this area, so the space between buildings can be a continuous garden. In the middle is a compact swimming pool.
Deutsche Bank agrees to pay $130 million in latest major US penalty
To resolve an investigation into a foreign bribery scheme, the German lender entered a deferred prosecution agreement a common way for big banks to avoid criminal charges. January 12, 2021 The headquarters of Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt, Germany.
Deutsche Bank has agreed to pay over $130 million to resolve allegations that the German bank had devised a “scheme to conceal corrupt payments and bribes” to bolster its business around the world, U.S. prosecutors announced late last week.
Beginning in 2009, Deutsche Bank embarked on a seven-year course of misconduct, prosecutors said, funneling more than a million dollars in outright bribes and millions more in related expenses to so-called “business development consultants” around the world. Prosecutors say the German bank misrepresented these expenses in its recordkeeping.
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Deutsche Bank has entered into a deferred prosecution agreement with federal prosecutors under which it will pay more than $100 million in penalties after allegedly violating anti-bribery laws.