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Robin A. Friedman of Kiplinger’s personal financesIf you’re thinking about converting your home to solar, you have a lot of companies. According to the U.S. Treasury Department, more than 750,000 families who filed their 2023 tax returns by May 23, 2024 had requested a rooftop solar residential energy tax credit, reporting more than $20.5 billion in eligible solar property costs.Homeowners are converting it to solar for good reason. It certainly is an attractive outlook to cut down on your electricity bill or eliminate it completely. Especially if you live in areas with high utility costs, or in areas that require…
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – Norovirus outbreak was reported on a Dutch-American cruise ship on Sunday. The cruise line will be tracked this month by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Holland America Eurodam left Port Everglades on February 19th and will return to Florida on March 1st. Desantis to Andrew Tate: Florida “Not Where You’re welcoming” Trafficking Fees More than 80 passengers and crew members have been ill with norovirus on the ship, according to a CDC report. The report states that 79 of the 2,057 passengers, or 3.8%, are sick. The disease affects nine of the 834…
Q: Our homeowners association has decided to launch the vehicle instead of towing for various violations. Our community has a single car garage and space in front of the second car garage. Can the association and towing companies be at risk of lawsuits if both cars are in an emergency, if the booted ones and those trapped in the garage are trapped? – EricA: Community Associations can tow or launch your car if the association rules are permitted.That said, your community and its towing vendors must follow those rules.Also, depending on where you live, laws and regulations may hold towing…
I love dogs. I have a dog. I want to adorate all the dogs. And there are a lot of people like me. But that’s not the case.That said, the pub food at Barkhaven is surprisingly good. Not only do people who don’t love dogs, but there are the same rules inside the restaurant as others: service animals are the same) as well as Michelin Guide inspectors.Yes, really. That’s that good.Comfortable seating and fire holes around Orlando’s Balhaven Dog Bar provide a comfortable place to relax for both people and dogs. (Rich Pope/Orlando Sentinel)Outside, Barkhaven is just a heaven for…
Up before daylight, he’d barely slept, par for his course since prison, where he says he never managed more than four hours a night. Leo Schofield is pumped, pre-caffeine, he’s feeling triumphant.He’s gone from an anonymous prisoner desperate for anyone to listen to him, to today’s chance to address a crop of mostly third-year law students at the University of Florida.He’d gotten the blessing from his parole officer to leave his halfway house in Tampa for the day trip to Gainesville. He’d also seen and loved the poster promoting the event:Bone Valley: The wrongful conviction of Leo Schofield It included…
The president also said 25% tariffs in Canada and Mexico will come into effect on March 4th.President Donald Trump confirmed the true social social media platforms when tariffs will come into effect on China, Canada and Mexico on March 4th.An additional 10% collection on Chinese goods entering the US effectively doubles China’s existing 10% universal tariff rate to 20%.Illegal drugs are “still poured into our country at a level that is highly unacceptable by Mexico and Canada,” Trump wrote on February 27th.”We cannot allow this tragedy (of illegal drugs) to harm the United States, and therefore we cannot allow it…
AP Business Writer, Matt OttThe application for us rose to a height of three months last week, but remained within the same healthy range of the past three years.The Labor Bureau said Thursday that the number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose from 22,000 to 242,000 for the week that ends February 22. Analysts predicted 220,000 new applications would be submitted.The weekly application of unemployment benefits is considered a lieoff proxy.The four-week average, which equals some of the weekly volatility, rose from 8,500 to 224,000.Some analysts say they hope that government efficiency-ordered layoffs will appear in the reports in…
The president said, “I am eager to plant stars and stripes on the planet Mars. Would you like to sign up for that mission? What will happen to your body in the three years you will be gone?Rachel Saidler (University of Florida)With the US continuing to prioritize space travel, you might wonder why everyone wants to travel to Mars, and it is even ethical to expose humans to such extreme physiological conditions. The world is watching as Boeing Starliner astronauts remain stuck in space until at least March due to capsule malfunctions. Many questions have arisen about the impact of…
Director Francis Ford Coppola, actor Viola Davis, director Paul Feig and actor George Takei are among those who pay tribute to Gene Hackman after his death at the age of 95.”The loss of a great artist always causes both mourning and celebration. Gene Hackman is a great actor, stimulating and grand in his work and complexity, and I celebrate his presence and contribution.” – Francis Ford Coppola on Instagram.”It’s so bad. Gene was such an inspiration for many of us who love films. So many great roles. His performance in “The Conversation” alone changed the way I see acting and…
Associated Press Economics Writer Paul WisemanWASHINGTON (AP) — The US economy said it had not changed its initial estimate of fourth quarter growth in the last three months of 2024, supported by a year-end consumer spending explosion.The outlook for 2025 is clouded as President Donald Trump pursues a trade war, cuts in the federal workforce and massive deportation.The Commerce Department reported Thursday that GDP (production of national goods and services) had slowed from a 3.1% pace between July and September 2024.All of last year saw an economy 2.8% increase compared to 2.9% in 2023.Consumer spending progressed at a 4.2% rate…