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Editor’s note: We’ll be updating this story daily throughout the summit.The annual ASU+GSV Summit kicked off in San Diego on Sunday, drawing thousands of leaders for a four-day event that focuses on delivering education and workforce skills at scale.This year’s theme is “Here Comes the Sun,” and new to the 2024 summit is a special AIR Show at ASU+GSV on AI revolution in education. The new event, which is free for attendees, takes place at the San Diego Convention Center on April 13–15 and features talks, performances and more that celebrate the ways artificial intelligence has been leveraged — from preschool through higher…
In a high-profile attempt to block the unionization of auto plants in their states, the governors of six southern states have said joining the United Auto Workers would threaten jobs and “the values by which we live.” Residents were warned.The Republican governors' joint statement was released a day before the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, is scheduled to vote on joining the UAW. It is the first of several factories targeted in the South by unions seeking membership in the UAW. Out of our Midwestern base.The governors of Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina and Texas said, “The reality is…
The Portland City Council is at odds with unions over health insurance benefits for city employees.What's at stake: If the city maintains all existing benefits and doesn't change its plans, the city's two health insurance plans available to employees will make the city's The cost will be $16.3 million more than last year.But the city council is currently considering controversial plans. It would lower benefits in these two schemes so that councils would only have to pay an 8% increase in costs compared to last year, rather than the 11.9% increase they would have to pay to maintain all existing…
Richmond-based last-mile delivery service taps US e-commerce growth Richmond-based last-mile delivery company UniUni has raised an additional US$50 million (CAD $69 million) in a Series C funding round. The company today announced that its oversubscribed Series C funding was led by DCM Ventures. This follows a $20 million Series B raise in December led by Celtic House Venture Partners and an earlier $40 million Series A round. UniUni provides delivery services to e-commerce companies and operates 50 sorting centers across North America, including Los Angeles, New York, Dallas, Miami, and Chicago. “In just a few years, UniUni has emerged with…
Richmond-based last-mile delivery service taps US e-commerce growth Richmond-based last-mile delivery company UniUni has raised an additional US$50 million (CAD $69 million) in a Series C funding round. The company today announced that its oversubscribed Series C funding was led by DCM Ventures. This follows a $20 million Series B raise in December led by Celtic House Venture Partners and an earlier $40 million Series A round. UniUni provides delivery services to e-commerce companies and operates 50 sorting centers across North America, including Los Angeles, New York, Dallas, Miami and Chicago. “In just a few years, UniUni has emerged with…
downward angle icon An icon in the shape of a downward facing corner. Former US President Donald Trump attends the second day of his criminal trial in New York on April 16, 2024. Justin Lane/Pool/AFP via Getty Images Seven jurors, three women and four men, were selected Tuesday in Trump's Manhattan hush money trial.Trump gave reporters a preview of his possible defense as he entered the courtroom.The former president blamed “an accountant.” Tuesday was the second day of jury selection in Donald Trump's Manhattan hush money trial, and the day began with the former president previewing his possible defense to…
BOSTON – Few things are inevitable: death, taxes and Caitlin Clark being selected No. 1 in the WNBA draft. The college basketball phenom will make $76,000 in the first year of his WNBA contract. This figure is less than what someone paid for her one of her basketball cards at auction house PWCC. It leaves fans stunned. “Honestly, it's embarrassing,” said Rachel Schladenhaufen, a college student who followed Clark's run to the Final Four. “These women are at the top of their game. This woman broke Stephen Curry's record, so she deserves to be paid more than $76,000.” “She already…
April 16, 2024 6:04 PM ET Seven jurors were seated in Trump's hush money trial.find out what happened today From CNN staff Seven people have been selected as jurors in the hush money trial against former President Donald Trump in Manhattan. The court was not in session Wednesday, and jury selection will continue Thursday until a panel of 12 New Yorkers and possibly six alternates are selected. But before anyone was seated Tuesday, jurors went through a questioning phase in which they were asked questions from the district attorney's office and Mr. Trump's lawyers. Trump was frequently seen flipping through…
by howard trickey Has been updated: 59 few seconds ago release date: 1 1 minute ago(Getty Images) On April 8, the Senate Education Committee held a hearing on adequate funding for education. Senator Loki Tobin invited me to testify about the state's constitutional obligation to adequately fund schools. My testimony focused on Justice Sharon Gleason's decision in Moore, which states that Article VII, Section 1 of the Constitution requires states to adequately fund schools; It said it could provide instruction that would give students “meaningful opportunities to achieve mastery” of the state's laws. standard. Senator Gary Stevens asked some insightful…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — A Knoxville mother started her own business after battling postpartum depression. Kimberly O'Neal started experiencing symptoms of postpartum depression after giving birth to her first son, Brayden. “I especially feel disconnected from the people around me. It can feel very depressing and I always tell my husband that I feel like I'm in this deep, dark hole that I'll never get out of.” “I've always said I feel like that,” she said. A 2018 CDC study found that 1 in 8 women who recently gave birth experience symptoms of postpartum depression. Knoxville woman dies after reporting…