“Council targets ‘luxury’ homes, War with Iran reaches far beyond Mideast, Senate thwarts bid to curb Trump’s war powers.”
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Today’s Front PageCouncil targets ‘luxury’ homesBy STEFAN VERBANO Hawaii Tribune-Herald The Hawaii County Council voted 5-1 on Wednesday to pass a measure creating a new residential property tax classification for luxury homes worth more than $4 million. The legislation, known as Bill 128, doesn’t state what the new, third-tier luxuryreal estate tax rate will be. According to the council members, that will be determined next month during county budget discussions. But presumably thenew rate will be higher than the tier-two residential…Read more War with Iran reaches far beyond MideastBy ERIC SCHMITT, HELENE COOPER, LARA JAKES and MICHAEL LEVENSON NYTimes News Service The 5-day-old war with Iran spread far beyond the Middle East on Wednesday as an American submarine torpedoed an Iranian navy ship off Sri Lanka and NATO air defenses shot down an Iranian ballistic missile that was heading toward Turkish airspace. The Iranian warship, the IRIS Dena, with a crew of180, sank in international waters in the Indian Ocean, more than 2,000 miles from Iran. The Sri Lankan navy rescued…Read more Senate thwarts bid to curb Trump’s war powersBy ROBERT JIMISON NYTimes News Service WASHINGTON – Republicans on Wednesday blocked a measure that would limit President Donald Trump’s power to continuewaging war againstIran without congressional authorization, turning back a bid by Democrats to insist that Congress weigh in on a sweeping and open-ended military campaign. The 53-47 vote against taking up themeasure was almost completely along party lines, reflecting a deep partisan divide on the Iran war as the Senate delivered the…Read more Download the Hawaii Tribune Herald App
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