Madeline Marr, Miami Herald MIAMI – Think back a long time ago, to a time when you literally couldn’t order anything popping into your head at 4am from your phone. The year was 1994, and Amazon’s founder, Jeff Bezos, was a nine-to-five year old, hard worker with a forward-thinker’s dream—an insanely lofty dream that had … Read more
Robert Chanick, Chicago Tribune CHICAGO — The soundtrack to the inaugural NASCAR Chicago Street Race, which is set to turn Grant Park into a pop-up racetrack over the Fourth of July weekend, will have more than screeching tires and roaring engines. In addition to 200-mile-per-hour racing cars, the two-day event will feature full-fledged concerts ranging … Read more
Emma Patch Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Brenna Williams, 28, of Fresno, Calif., has universal healthcare coverage, but when she started looking into fertility treatments to start a family, she was flattered by the out-of-pocket cost. So while some friends in her shoes began looking for a job at an American company that would offer to offset … Read more
Did Dr. Pangloss have a Ph.D. in economics? It seems so. in Voltaire CandideAnd Dr. Pangloss He declared himself the best of all possible worlds, despite the evidence around him. And sure enough, things are getting better, and the markets and media are increasingly in agreement, at least as far as inflation is receding. But … Read more
Steve Kelly One of Montana’s most cherished wildlife management areas is located on the chopping block. The Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks is now a full partner in the brutal war the logging industry is waging against nature. The FWP proposes to liquidate (machine record) approximately 1,500 acres of prime wildlife habitat in … Read more
RACINE – Gov. Tony Evers was in town Wednesday for a hearing with community leaders about programs in place to help those with mental health issues. The message from the community has been that the programs are there, but the needs are great and growing, and they could use additional funding to expand. Evers said … Read more
Knowing if you get paid fairly for the work you do is a puzzle shrouded in lack of information. However, that may change, and pay transparency could be the catalyst. It’s a growing trend for companies to disclose what drives an existing job or job opening – whether it’s voluntarily or because governments mandate it. … Read more
