American householders rage towards property taxes, Mike Tomlin takes us inside his “Minecraft” metropolis, and extra.
It seems former Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin has been moonlighting as an city planner—at the least in Minecraft. After spending 12 years quietly constructing an elaborate block metropolis within the in style online game, he’s lastly giving the web a tour. The primary installment of his YouTube sequence covers the whole lot from waterfront resorts to residences with built-in aquariums. Nevertheless it’s his consideration to the little issues that reveals a surprisingly severe method to design. (Dwell)
You purchased the home. So why are you continue to paying for it? That’s the query driving America’s newest tax revolt. As Individuals’ median annual property-tax invoice climbed 25 p.c between 2019 and 2024, proposals to slash or get rid of property taxes have gained traction in additional than two dozen states. However right here’s one other query: What precisely are your property taxes paying for? (Politico)
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks about his proposal for Florida to grow to be the primary state toabolish property taxes throughout a information convention on the Florida REALTORS headquarters inOrlando, Florida, on March 31, 2025.
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In summer season of 2023, staff at Snøhetta narrowly voted towards unionizing, marking the primary time in 50 years a personal sector agency had proposed such a vote, says Architectural Employees United. A yr later, Bernheimer Structure in New York ratified an settlement to unionize, making it the primary association of its variety in 80 years. Now, Dattner Architects, one other New York agency, is mounting a union drive of its personal. Right here’s the place issues stand with the hassle. (The Architect’s Newspaper)
Los Angeles got down to get rid of site visitors deaths by 2025. Although its efforts have been trending in the best course since a spike in 2022, the town nonetheless recorded 290 fatalities that yr. Now, a 26-year-old regulation pupil is taking pedestrian security into his personal fingers. Jonathan Hale leads Folks’s Imaginative and prescient Zero, a 150-person volunteer group that has been illegally portray crosswalks at harmful intersections throughout L.A. He’s already been arrested as soon as, however with metropolis officers gradual to behave, the group has no plans to place down the paint. (Los Angeles Instances)
Apparently, “breakfast included” simply does not lower it anymore. Luxurious resorts are upping their amenity recreation with VIP entry to the world’s greatest sporting occasions and the athletes that compete in them. Assume rallying with Andy Roddick, browsing with the professionals, and coveted courtside seats. See which resorts are getting in on the motion. (Condé Nast Traveler)
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