As Hurricane Ida slammed southeast Louisiana last August, 39-year-old Ben Toups and his wife rode it out in their Houma apartment. Toups said he didn’t evacuate because he’s lived through hurricanes all his life. But the Category 4 storm, packing 150-mph winds, was unlike any he had experienced. “For four hours straight, […]
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By KELVIN CHAN, AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Tech bosses face criminal prosecution if they fail to comply with proposed British rules aimed at ensuring people are safe online, the U.K. government said Thursday as it unveiled the draft legislation in Parliament. The ambitious but controversial online safety bill […]
Mayor’s pay hike proposal comes before May 3 primary Smyrna raises government pay by 8% Murfreesboro also boosts government pay by 7% County this year has a budget to support 1,634 employees Clarification: This story has been updated with information about the number of Rutherford County government jobs. Rutherford County […]
In 2019, Joshua Jarrett of Nashville engaged in a small-scale virtual currency staking enterprise using a home computer. Jarrett owned a few hundred thousand tokens in Tezos, a proof-of-stake (POS) platform that allows randomly selected users to generate new tokens by validating blockchain transactions. In essence, this staking process lets validators […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Democrats on Tuesday took their first step toward abolishing the private health insurance market in the nation’s most populous state and replacing it with a government-run plan that they promised would never deny anyone the care they need. But the proposal that cleared a legislative […]
With Daniel Lippman FIRST IN PI — CAPITOL COUNSEL STANDING UP PRACTICE FOR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPLEMENTATION: As K Street prepares to descend on federal agencies tasked with standing up new programs or doling out funding included in last year’s bipartisan infrastructure bill on behalf of clients, the lobbying firm Capitol Counsel […]