The Alaska Department of Revenue is set to send out Permanent Fund Dividend checks to eligible residents who have yet to receive their payments from the program in 16 days. The state will send out checks on Feb. 15 to eligible Alaskans who have the “Eligible-Not Paid” status by Feb. 7 and have not received his or her check for 2023 […]
Consumer confidence in January is the highest it has been in two years, which is good news for the economy as the Federal Reserve works to bring down inflation and avoid a recession. The Conference Board’s consumer confidence index rose to 114.8 in January, up from a revised 108 from the month before, the group announced on Tuesday. That is […]
President Joe Biden has decided how to respond to what his administration describes as an Iran-sponsored drone strike on a U.S. base in Jordan that killed three U.S. service members and injured many more. “Yes,” Biden told reporters Tuesday on the White House South Lawn when asked if he had reached a decision. Amplifying statements […]
Monthly payments of $528 started going out to small businesses and entrepreneurs in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in January, and the next round of payments will be sent in 16 days. The Guaranteed Income to Grow Ann Arbor, a two-year guaranteed income pilot program led by the University of Michigan’s Poverty Solutions team, selected 100 participants […]
The International Skating Union announced on Tuesday the United States would be elevated to the gold medal in the team figure skating event for the 2022 Winter Olympics after Russian skater Kamila Valieva was disqualified for doping violations. The ISU’s amended results come a day after the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled that Valieva […]
Hedge fund manager Bill Ackman is wading further into the conversation about Harvard University‘s governance, backing four outsider candidates to bring “fresh blood and new perspectives” to the Board of Overseers. Ackman, who holds a B.A. and M.B.A. from the school, threw his support behind a coalition of insurgent candidates running for the Board of […]
E. Jean Carroll claimed Monday night that she and her lawyers would be going on a shopping spree with the $83.3 million she won from her case against former President Donald Trump. Carroll, a former advice columnist for Elle magazine, was asked in an interview what she is planning to do with the money she […]
South Dakota‘s requirement that a person must live in a “permanent dwelling” to be eligible to vote in the state has been revoked by the House State Affairs Committee. Last week, the state Senate approved SB17 in a 31-2 vote that would remove a 30-day residency requirement before being able to register to vote. The […]
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) said Tuesday that his wife was admitted to the hospital following a car wreck in Alabama on Monday. Manchin said the crash happened after Gayle Manchin, the co-chairwoman of the Appalachian Regional Commission, and her colleague Guy Land left the airport in Birmingham for a work event. The senator said in […]
An Indiana man will face no charges after he fatally shot another man who attacked him and at least one woman in a “fit of rage.” The Washington County Prosecutor’s Office announced Monday that it would not file charges against Blake Henry, 24, for the death of Jacob Mitchell, 29, according to a report. Authorities […]
