Illinois State

Rock Island County, IL

Ohio State

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The Lantern

On Tuesday, licensed Ohio dispensaries began legally selling non-medical marijuana to consumers; however, the drug’s possession, growth and/or usage are still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus. Credit: Jefferee Woo/Tampa Bay Times/TNS [Original caption: Four citizen-led petitions with proposals to update Dallas’ charter hit the 20,000 valid signature threshold to make it on the Nov. 5 election ballot, including one that would ban police officers from arresting or citing people carrying less than four ounces of marijuana.] As of Tuesday, students 21 and older can now legally purchase marijuana in Ohio.

Dispensary sales of recreational marijuana began Tuesday; possession and usage still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus

Jacksonville, FL

Jacksonville Today

A historic marker could be erected to honor the victims of the racist mass shooting at the Dollar General store in Jacksonville’s New Town neighborhood nearly a year ago. If approved by the Jacksonville City Council, a marker would be installed at Kings Road and Canal Street on Aug. 25, a day before the first anniversary of the shooting, when a white gunman took the lives of three Black people.

Memorial considered to honor Dollar General victims

Colorado State

David Heitz

A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

Alabama State

Utz Brands plowed ahead with its plan to shrink its manufacturing network in Q2, part of a strategy to cut costs while focusing on distribution and market gains. The company sold two plants — in Michigan and Pennsylvania — to chip brand Our Home in April. Utz has shed at least six of its plants over the past several months through a mixture of closures and divestments, leaving it with eight current facilities.

Utz’s supply chain overhaul shrinks manufacturing network

South Carolina State

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Colleton County, SC

Explore Beaufort SC

Some beachgoers were in for a surprise this week when a bizarre looking prehistoric fish washed ashore in Colleton County along Edisto Beach at Edisto Beach State Park. It turned out to be an atlantic sturgeon.

Rare Atlantic sturgeon washes ashore on South Carolina beach

Unlocking Private Financing with World Bank Guarantee Platform. The world faces unprecedented challenges as developing nations grapple with the impacts of climate change, conflict, and pandemics. The stakes couldn’t be higher: these nations require an estimated $2.4 trillion annually from now until 2030 to fund critical infrastructure, healthcare, and education initiatives. Without these resources, millions risk being left behind, trapped in cycles of poverty and poor living conditions.

Unlocking Private Financing with World Bank Guarantee Platform

21Ninety

The gender pay gap has long been a fight for equality with women. Recent studies have found that women earned about 82 cents for every dollar men make in their jobs. The gap stretches even wider for Black women, earning about 70 percent of what white men make. Today, initiatives, like Hire Black Now, are… Continue reading Five High-Paying Jobs Black Women Need To Be Doing

Five High-Paying Jobs Black Women Need To Be Doing

Wyoming State

WyoFile

Two Sweetwater County lawmakers seeking re-election filed a defamation suit Thursday against a political action committee affiliated with the hard-line Wyoming Freedom Caucus over mailers that attack them over a vote they say never happened.

Lawmakers sue Wyoming Freedom PAC over Trump-ballot mailers

Georgia State

Charlotte, NC

Daily Coffee Press

Here we (could) go again.. After making a second landfall in South Carolina, Debby weakened to a tropical storm and now located close to Charlotte, North Carolina. Despite the downgrade, the storm remains a threat, bringing heavy rainfall and tornado watches across North Carolina. Tragically, Debby has claimed six lives, including two in Georgia. Although Debby will soon lose its tropical characteristics, the risk of flooding and tornadoes persists as it moves into other states.

NHC Monitors Potential New Storm That Could Threaten Georgia

Kentucky State

Northern Kentucky Tribune

Major changes to how real estate transactions are conducted are set to take affect this month that will effect how both sellers, and buyers, compensate their agents. On March 15, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) settled a lawsuit brought by home sellers regarding how broker commissions were handled. As a result of that settlement, the NAR will remove agent compensation amounts from Multiple Listing Services, provide detailed compensation information to buyers and sellers and attain a written agreement outlining that compensation structure.

Broker commissions on real estate transactions will look a lot different starting August 17

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J. Souza

According to cruise industry reports, the world's largest cruise ship is sailing well above 100% capacity, thanks to more beds being filled on recent sailings. Royal Caribbean’s newest flagship, the Icon of the Seas, is proving to be an unprecedented success, with occupancy rates far exceeding expectations.

The Largest Cruise Ship in the World is Sailing at 132% Capacity: How This is Even Possible

Siegwerk, one of the leading global providers of printing inks and coatings for packaging applications and labels, today announced its participation in Specialty Papers Europe 2024, a premier conference for the specialty paper and packaging industry, taking place on September 3-4, 2024, in Vienna, Austria. Siegwerk experts will be available...

Siegwerk to present new functional paper coatings at Specialty Papers Europe 2024

Gov. Andy Beshear sent a letter to Anne Milgram, administrator for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) on Wednesday, expressing his support of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ recommendation that the DEA ease restrictions on marijuana.

Gov. Andy Beshear pens letter to DEA in support of easing federal restrictions on marijuana

Louisiana State

Natrona County, WY

Houma, LA

A worker died Aug. 5 when the crane he was operating toppled at a wind farm construction site in remote Natrona County, state and local officials say. The victim, John William Hoffpauir, Jr., 55, of Houma, Louisiana, was working as a crane operator at the Cedar Springs wind energy construction site north of Casper and Glenrock under the control of Blattner Energy at the time of the accident. Hoffpauir was a Blattner Energy employee, a spokesperson for the company told WyoFile.

Worker killed in accident on wind energy construction site in Natrona County

The Associated Press

ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug 13, 2024-- FANUC America, a global leader in industrial automation and robotics, proudly announces the establishment of the FANUC Automation Endowed Scholarship Fund in collaboration with the SME Education Foundation. As the largest automation scholarship in SME Education Foundation history, this initiative will foster the next generation of skilled professionals in advanced manufacturing and automation. The SME Education Foundation operates as the philanthropic arm of SME, the national nonprofit organization dedicated to the advancement of manufacturing. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240813266410/en/ FANUC America offers Certified Education Training Programs at more than 1,600 universities, community/technical colleges, high schools and more throughout the Americas. (Photo: Business Wire)

FANUC America Establishes $1M Scholarship Fund with SME Education Foundation to Elevate Advanced Manufacturing Skills

Jersey City, NJ

Essex County, NJ

Morristown Minute

NEWARK, N.J. – Efrin Wade, a former correctional officer at Essex County Correctional Facility (ECCF), has admitted to accepting $14,000 in bribes to smuggle contraband, including tobacco and a cell phone, into the facility for inmates. The announcement was made today by U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger.

Correctional Officer Guilty of Smuggling Contraband: $14K in Bribes Accepted

Indiana State

Michigan State

CBS Detroit

(CBS DETROIT) — The Biden administration announced that $50 million will be awarded to six states with significant automotive communities to help convert manufacturing facilities to support the electric vehicle supply chain. The funding is made possible through the administration's Investing in America plan. It builds on the $1.7 billion awarded to 11 "shuttered or at risk" facilities in several states to bolster electric vehicle production. Michigan is one of the recipients and will get $18,406,420.45. The other states that will receive funding include: Ohio: $9,373,236.32 Indiana: $8,770,249.81 Kentucky: $4,876,458.57 Tennessee: $4,513,688.68 Illinois: $4,059,946.17 The allocations were determined after an April request for information on how small- and medium-sized...

Biden awards $50 million to support EV manufacturing in 6 states

California State

In a move to bolster its aerospace and defense services, specialty plastics processor Pexco is acquiring Precise Aerospace Manufacturing. California-based Precise Aerospace Manufacturing brings Pexco multiple capabilities, including:. Injection, compression, and transfer molding;. value-added assembly and contract manufacturing;. expertise in tight-tolerance custom molding of high-performance materials such as PEEK, Torlon,...

Pexco Adds to Plastics Molding Expertise with Precise Aerospace Manufacturing Buy

Washington, DC

Fortune

High school students at Title I schools will now be able to learn data analytics, receive college credit, and earn a Google certification—all for free. If you’re thinking about going to college to, say, pursue a degree in data science, here’s a statistic to listen to: college graduates make $1.2 million more, on average, during their lifetime than those who don’t.

Free college credits! Google and Howard University to train underrepresented high schoolers in data analytics

Denver, CO

No, pallet shelters for people experiencing homelessness don’t fold into caskets. It’s a question a reader posed one of the first times I wrote about pallet shelters. I find the pallet shelters to be more palatable than ice fishing tents. The Colorado Village Collaborative operates both micro-communities and the so-called Safe Outdoor Spaces with the tents. We all learned the tents are not safe when a fire roared through a CVC Safe Outdoor Space, destroying the compound quickly. Officials never disclosed a cause of the fire.

Opinion: No, pallet shelters for homeless in Denver, Aurora don’t fold into caskets

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New Upjohn Research Showing Which Economic Development Strategies Work Best

Tim Bartik, senior economist at the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, talks about distressed communities, employment trends in Rock Island and Scott Counties, economic development...

New Upjohn Research Showing Which Economic Development Strategies Work Best

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