For today and cspan 2 booktv so make it all proud just to give a brief sense of how we do things in the next 15 minutes. Im going to introduce just an art. Make sure thereve book will have a discussion. I think the title of this panel is rebuilding or evolution informally in my mind. It is detroit and austin that the beginning and end of all things. That appeals more to my grammatic sense. So jeff kerr is the author of austin texas history. The first was austin, texas then and now. The next was republic of austin. On the most recent one of the reason we are here this morning is seat of empire the embattled birth of austin, texas, which is a history of the founding of boston and the battle in the republic of texas over by this capital would need. Jeff also raised a regular history and he is practicing pediatric urologist at the same time. If we have and the emergence sees. The author will take care of them. Mark binelli is the author of vincennes msi, contributing editor to relate to an
When it came to building and maintaining Affordable Housing long before covid19. Back in 2020, a rhode island family earning the states Median Income couldnt afford to buy a home at the median price anywhere in the state. It has only gotten worse since then. Across the country, home prices have risen 13. 4 from last year, with the National Median price now at 416,000. In my state, the Rhode Island Association of realtors reports that the median price of homes sold in june 2022, reached an alltime high of 430,000. Thats 11. 7 higher than a year earlier. A large reason that homeownership is out of reach for Many Americans is that the inventory levels are so low. In recent months, sales have dropped as Interest Rates have increased, but nowhere near a balanced market. In a healthy Housing Market, there is usually 6,000 homes for sale at any given time. Right now our country hags less than a threemonth supply of homes and rhode island has less than a twomonth supply. As potential home buye
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Breaking news, a person is dead after a boating accident to bay, it happened you during a informal regatta. This 42foot boat the bella struck a buoy that caused a mass to collapse on a passenger, that person suffered a fatal head injury, two others were hurt. We have new information about an apartment fire. Joe on the woman who managed to escape only to discover her boy was still inside. So she went back in. The fire broke out about 10 00 this morning. Officials say five adults escaped the flame but ester realized her son was inside. The mother put the boy in a bathtub and ran water to shield him from the flames but that wasnt enough. She hovers over her to protect him. What was your reaction . I started crying again, it sad. The mother was dead on the scene, her son died at the hospital. Gorgeous, lovely little kid. Perfect manners. I mean, this is sad. This is sad, this was a beautiful little boy. Santanas aunt was on the second floor. Family members and neighbors mourn the loss of a
Targeting gang crimes has helped them fight other crimes. The gang members are stealing the cars and burglarizing the houses. You are going to impact not only Violent Crime but property crime as well. Reporter there is a another number casting a dark cloud, a 39 jump in the homicide rate. But police stress there are fewer gang related homicides but 29 homicides in san jose so far this year. In an effort to keep that number from growing the department is set to implement a new phase of the plan. A new Gang Task Force from the metro unit who will be dedicated solely to the issue of gang crime. Since june officers have logged nearly 3,000 hours patrolling known gang hot spots. But many of those hours were overtime and the Police Department admits that given its budget it cannot sustain that expense. Reporting live in san jose, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. Now to an nbc bay area follow up. Police have arrested a suspect in the 29th homicide of 2013. He was arrested in connection with