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Trump’s threat to impose tariffs could raise prices for consumers, colliding with promise for relief WSOC TV [Video]
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Trump’s threat to impose tariffs could raise prices for consumers, colliding with promise for relief WSOC TV [Video]

If Donald Trump makes good on his threat to slap 25% tariffs on everything imported from Mexico and Canada, the price increases that could follow will collide with his campaign promise to give American families a break from inflation

Logan Airport braces for record Thanksgiving travel surge [Video]
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Logan Airport braces for record Thanksgiving travel surge [Video]

THE RAILS AND IN THE SKIES. MID-MORNING IN TERMINAL A AT LOGAN. ITS A TYPICAL TUESDAY, BUT PREPARATIONS ARE ALREADY UNDERWAY FOR WHAT COULD BE A RECORD BREAKING HOLIDAY TRAVEL SEASON. TOM. ITS GOING TO PUT A WAIT ON. WELL EXPLAIN WHAT THIS IS IN A MOMENT, BUT FIRST, HERES WHAT MASSPORT IS EXPECTING. WERE GOING TO SEE WE EXPECT ALMOST 1.2 MILLION PEOPLE TO COME THROUGH THE AIRPORT STARTING THIS FRIDAY THROUGH THE MONDAY AFTER THANKSGIVING. ITS AN UPTICK FROM WHAT WE SAW LAST YEAR AND EVEN OVER OUR RECORD YEAR OF 2019. ITS NOT JUST AIR TRAVEL. HIGHWAYS WILL ALSO BE CONGESTED. MASSDOT HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATOR JONATHAN GULLIVER SAYS THE BUSY WEEK ON THE ROADS BEGINS EARLIER THAN IT USED TO. WE EXPECT THAT MONDAY, STARTING AS EARLY AS 2 P.M., YOULL START SEEING MUCH MORE HEAVY TRAFFIC THAN USUAL. THAT WILL PEAK ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. SUNDAY AND MONDAY WILL BE BUSY WITH RETURN TRAVEL TO JUST IN TIME FOR THE HOLIDAY RUSH. MASSPORT IS PROMOTING THE NEW FLY LOGAN APP, WHICH INCLUDES A PARKING RESERVATION FEATURE SO YOU CAN BOOK AND PAY FOR PARKING IN ADVANCE. WELL MAKE SURE THE SCALE READS ZERO ONLY ON FIVE INSPECTORS. BRIAN OLIVER AND TOM BENSON FROM THE CITY OF BOSTON, INSPECTIONAL SERVICES ARE DOING AN ANNUAL TEST OF ALL THE SCALES AT LOGAN. SO THIS SCALE ACTUALLY PASSES TO MAKE SURE TRAVELERS ARE NOT OVERCHARGED. ISD COMMISSIONER TONYA DEL RIO HAS THIS ADVICE FOR ANYONE CHECKING A BAG ANY TIME OF THE YEAR. MAKE SURE, JUST LIKE IN A GAS PUMP, THAT THE SCALES MARKING ZERO WHEN YOU FIRST LOOK AT IT, BEFORE YOU PLACE YOUR BAGGAGE ON IT. IN ADDITION TO THAT, ISD RECOMMENDS THAT YOU WEIGH YOUR LUGGAGE ON ONE OF THE SATELLITE SCALES AROUND THE TERMINAL SO THAT YOU HAVE A BALLPARK IDEA OF WHAT YOUR BAGGAGE WEIGHS BEFORE YOU CHECK IN FOR YOUR FLIGHT. REPORTING LIVE IN LOGA

Water Street in Milwaukee could be redesigned [Video]
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Water Street in Milwaukee could be redesigned [Video]

TALKING ABOUT SOME BIG CHANGES HERE. SOME HUGE CHANGES TO SUCH A POPULAR AND BUSY STREET IN DOWNTOWN MILWAUKEE. WATER STREET AND THE IDEA IS FOR THEM TO MAKE IT SAFER FOR THOSE WALKING AND BIKING AND MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR BUS RIDERS. WATER STREET IN DOWNTOWN MILWAUKEE. THIS IS A REALLY A A HIGH TRAFFIC AREA. COULD SEE CHANGES. CITY LEADERS ARE LOOKING INTO REDESIGNING THE BUSY STREET BETWEEN PLEASANT AND KILBOURN TO SLOW DOWN VEHICULAR TRAFFIC, INCREASE WALKABILITY AND ENHANCE TRANSIT OPERATIONS. YOU KNOW, WERE LOOKING TO COMPLETELY REVISION THE STREET FROM WHAT IT IS RIGHT NOW. THEY ALSO WANT TO BETTER SUPPORT ECONOMIC GROWTH. THE CONCERN IS THAT WHATEVER THE WHATEVER THE DESIGN IS, IS THAT ITS A SUPPORTS THE YOU KNOW, THE LAND USES THAT ARE THERE NOW. THE FUTURE LAND USES THAT MAY COME UP AND ALSO IS SAFE, ESPECIALLY FOR PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC. THIS PROJECT FEATURES SEVERAL DESIGN OPTIONS, ONE WITH RIGHT SIDE BUS ONLY LANES, ANOTHER WITH A CENTER RUNNING BUS CORRIDOR. PEOPLE LIVING IN MILWAUKEE SHARING THEIR OPINIONS ON POST-IT NOTES. A MAIN CONCERN SAFETY CUT DOWN ON THE SPEEDING LIKE THEY WERE SAYING. THAT REALLY NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED TO ANY WAY THAT WE CAN BE ANY SAFER ON ANY DIVIDER OR ANYTHING. IT HELPS. KRISTEN. LIKE WE MENTIONED, THIS IS SUCH A POPULAR AREA. WHATS NEXT FOR THIS PROJECT? WELL, THIS IS EARLY ON IN A LENGTHY PROCESS FOR THIS REDESIGN OF WATER STREET. THE GOAL IS TO HAVE THE PREFERRED DESIGN BY MID TO LATE NEXT YEAR. HAVE ANOTHER MEETING FOR FEEDBACK ON TH

Hope Squad Maine holds ‘Love and Gratitude’ open house [Video]
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Hope Squad Maine holds ‘Love and Gratitude’ open house [Video]

Hope Squad Maine hosted a “Love and Gratitude” open house in Portland to inform the public about the group’s mission and the work done by its volunteers.Matt Brown, founder of the nonprofit organization, said Hope Squad Maine started as a simple idea to help people who are homeless.”I thought it was maybe me and one or two other friends in the Prius with a thing of hot chocolate and a bag of socks. I didn’t necessarily see beyond that if this could happen,” Brown said.But Brown wound up purchasing a retired ambulance and he and dozens of volunteers are able to offer tables of food and clothing. “They show you that they care and that you matter and that you’re important,” said Amber Lesperance, a volunteer with Hope Squad Maine. “I was on the streets of Portland for three and a half years, up until February of this recent year. So when Hope Squad started, I was receiving what they were providing.”Lesperance, who is now nine months sober, said getting to help those in situations she was once in is the perfect way to pay it forward for the help that she got.”It felt really, really good to be able to see them, know that they’re OK that they’re doing however that they may be doing offer some support and some advice, but also to be like a beacon,” she said. “If I can do it, you can do it.”Brown said the next few months will likely be some of the most active time for Hope Squad volunteers, especially as the temperatures get colder as winter approaches.”Wintertime is one of those times where people are going to need help 24 hours a day,” he said.Brown said Hope Squad is prepared to take on the challenges the colder months bring, especially with the help of other local nonprofits that are working side by side with his organization.”I definitely see us being out more, but in cooperation and in coordination with the other agencies that are out there. Not on an island,” Brown said. “We want to make sure we’re helping the wider community the best we can.”Hope Squad Maine is prepared to meet the challenges of the colder months with the help of other organizations.People who want to support Hope Squad Maine can learn how to donate or volunteer through the group’s Facebook page.