OAKLAND — Nearly six months after Sheng Thao took office, she still owed tens of thousands of dollars to the campaign manager who had helped deliver her a victory. Long-established state law prohibits politicians from using public funds to finance election campaigns, but in newly released records, Thao’s top staffer said her boss had considered
The city of Gary continues to move forward with its jewel parks construction after the council approved the fund’s budget at its Tuesday meeting. Eight council members voted to approve salary and operating budgets for the city’s jewel parks construction funds and opioid settlement restricted fund. Parliamentarian Linda Barnes Caldwell, D-5th, voted against the budgets,
“These are not just numbers on a spreadsheet; they represent critical services and supports that directly benefit our most vulnerable students.” Subscribe to Clarion Ledger: Local journalists covering local stories Clarion Ledger journalists cover the important moments in Mississippi. Support local journalism by subscribing. Staff The U.S. Department of Education announced an immediate end to
President Donald Trump’s announcement of sweeping new tariffs triggered the worst day for stock markets in five years on Thursday, sending shockwaves across the nation and in Alabama. “When you dump over the apple cart, it’s totally expected to have major ramifications,” Retirement Systems of Alabama CEO David Bronner said Thursday in a statement. Stable
This picture taken on January 23, 2023 in Toulouse, southwestern France, shows screens displaying … More the logos of OpenAI and ChatGPT. ChatGPT is a conversational artificial intelligence software application developed by OpenAI. (Photo by Lionel BONAVENTURE / AFP) (Photo by LIONEL BONAVENTURE/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images In today’s hypercompetitive venture capital
Sarah Loesch | Farmers’ Advance EVANSVILLE — As Tri-State Food Bank volunteers and employees works to help feed underserved community members, they are also tasked with navigating the current ups and downs of federal funding. The latest hurdle is in a cancelation about $500 million as a part of the Commodity Credit Corporation aspect of
(WKBN) – The Ohio Department of Commerce’s Division of Unclaimed Funds has unveiled a new system aimed at making it easier and faster for Ohioans to search for and recover unclaimed funds. Read next: Boardman suspends small livestock permits to address bird flu Now, Ohioans can search for and claim funds directly on the website,
The smart money is dumbfounded. The most sophisticated investors in the world, members of the $4.5 trillion hedge fund industry, constantly scour the globe for new data to better inform their trading decisions and improve their models. But President Donald Trump’s tariff policies, which sent global markets reeling Thursday, have them scrambling to find relevant
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The letter was signed by Senators Edward J. Markey and Elizabeth Warren, along with members of congress from Massachusetts and Governor Maura Healey. In an interview, Markey said McMahon “just pickpocketed millions of dollars from neighborhood schools.” Some of those funds had already been earmarked by local officials for construction projects, including in New Bedford