Judge halts construction of massive warehouse project after scores of homes demolished

Judge halts construction of massive warehouse project after scores of homes demolished

A Southern California developer must halt construction of a controversial industrial park in San Bernardino County that has displaced scores of homes, after a judge found flaws in the project’s environmental impact report. County supervisors in late 2022 green-lighted an industrial real estate firm’s proposal to remove 117 homes and ranches in rural Bloomington to … Read more

Stark difference in UK and Ireland’s budgets

Stark difference in UK and Ireland’s budgets

PA and Reuters Ireland’s finance minister Jack Chambers and the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves As Ireland’s finance minister delivered his budget on Tuesday afternoon Dublin was bathed in golden autumn sunlight. The minister, Jack Chambers, said his budget provided the “ways and means for continuing to deliver many more, bright and hopeful … Read more

Chipotle CSO talks ‘macro resistance’ to inflation in California

Chipotle CSO talks ‘macro resistance’ to inflation in California

In a Tuesday interview with CNBC’s Jim Cramer, Chipotle CSO Jack Hartung discussed business in California since the burrito-maker upped prices in April, saying there’s “macro resistance” from consumers to inflation across the industry. “Our read on California is less about resistance to our price increase, and it’s more of a macro impact,” Hartung said. … Read more

Hiltzik: With mail ballots coming, the decline of the USPS continues

Hiltzik: With mail ballots coming, the decline of the USPS continues

The U.S. Postal Service keeps promising that things are getting better — more efficient operations, more reliable mail delivery, improved finances, a more climate-friendly truck fleet and so on. To outside observers, things are certainly changing, for the worse. Among the service’s critics are state election officials coast to coast, who expressed concerns earlier this … Read more