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TL/DR - The Grand Rapids Planning Commission has recommended changes to the city’s zoning ordinance to address a critical housing shortage. Among the proposed amendments are the permitting of accessory dwelling units with single and two-family dwellings, raising the number of unrelated occupants allowed in the same housing unit from four to six,…

TL/DR - The article provides a comprehensive list of President Biden's accomplishments to date, citing sources such as whitehouse.gov and DailyKos.com. The list, arranged by topics like economy/employment, cost of living, healthcare & costs, student loan debt, climate/environmental protections, reproducive freedom, COVID relief,…

TL/DR - Hundreds of families in San Diego were rendered homeless within hours due to a meteorological phenomenon known as "training" that caused a storm to dump three or four times the predicted one inch of rain. Neighborhoods in Southeast San Diego were hit hard by the ensuing flash flood, with residents scrambling to rooftops in an effort to…

TL/DR - The Supreme Court is expected to rule on the Chevron doctrine, a legal tool that allows courts to give leeway to agencies' interpretations of their authority under ambiguous statutes, by early summer. Many believe the court will revoke the doctrine, which would impact the Biden administration's ability to defend the Inflation Reduction…