For The Times Leader
STEUBENVILLE Voters made their voices heard in Steubenville and Cross Creek township Tuesday, approving all three levies on the ballot and unseating an incumbent councilman.
In Steubenville, voters renewed two levies:
• The city’s 0.7 percent income tax, which generates revenue for street improvements and equipment, parks and recreation capital improvements and the general fund, won 83.3 percent of the votes cast. The unofficial tally was 840 votes for renewal and 168 against.
• The 0.3 percent income tax for salaries and street improvements won 81.39 percent of the votes cast, with unofficial tallies at 818 for renewal and 187 against. Revenue generated by the 0.3 percent income tax is earmarked for salaries and street improvements.
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Montana s marijuana implementation bill survived intense scrutiny from a legalization-hesitant Republican majority to pass the Legislature on Tuesday.
House Bill 701 from Rep. Mike Hopkins, R-Missoula, cleared the House on a 67-32 vote and now heads to Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte, where he is expected to sign it.
The bill allocates $6 million to Gianforte s fund planned for substance abuse prevention and addiction treatment, a program lawmakers shut down in February as a standalone item.
The bill had died twice on the House side, once on its first vote in the House Taxation Committee and again Monday. Negotiations in the Senate this month led to compromises for both Democrats, who wanted to align the proposal more closely to Initiative 190 s language, and Republicans wary of legalization.Â
Irish Physicist to Head American Institute of Physics Michael H. Moloney has been named as the new CEO of the American Institute of Physics. (Photo: AIP) By Dave Lewis, Editorial Assistant
The American Institute of Physics has appointed Irish physicist Michael H. Moloney (right) as their new CEO. The unanimous appointment of Moloney, who holds a doctorate in experimental physics from Trinity College Dublin, is expected to bring a focused effort on aeronautics and space technologies.
“Science is rapidly changing and becoming more interdisciplinary, and the fields of physical science connect like never before,” Moloney says. “So much of our modern life is dependent on technology. Technology, in turn, is based on the underlying fundamental discoveries of science. Our collective future, therefore, will continue to be linked to progress being made by the scientists and engineers who are members of the professional societies that constitute AIP. I look