J.Q. Warnick, Jr., a former federal and county court at law judge in Lubbock who also served in numerous leadership capacities, is being remembered for his service to the city and legal community after he died May 26. He was 92. The Tahoka native was raised in Lubbock, graduating from Lubbock High in 1948 before […]
Tag: fairness
Sheriff Wainwright praises fairness of process that tried to remove him from office
May 20—PARIS — Oxford County Sheriff Christopher Wainwright made his first public statement Monday on his attempted ouster by the Oxford County Commission, thanking the governor and the judge, who conducted the hearing, and said he looked forward to working with a new board of county commissioners. “To Justice (Donald) Alexander, Governor (Janet) Mills and […]
Building fairness into AI is crucial – and hard to get right
Artificial intelligence’s capacity to process and analyze vast amounts of data has revolutionized decision-making processes, making operations in health care, finance, criminal justice and other sectors of society more efficient and, in many instances, more effective. With this transformative power, however, comes a significant responsibility: the need to ensure that these technologies are developed and […]
Yellen says ‘tax fairness,’ workforce funds key to Biden’s second-term agenda
By David Lawder CHICAGO (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden‘s second-term economic agenda will focus heavily on “tax fairness” that makes wealthy people and corporations pay more, and will likely revisit unrealized funding for child care and other workforce expansion programs, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Thursday. Yellen, who is in Chicago to tout […]
Poland is working on supplying more ammunition to Ukraine, but wants fairness
Poland’s new government is exploring ways to increase the production of ammunition and military equipment and is working on a new package of assistance for Ukraine. Source: Reuters, citing Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski in Davos, as reported by European Pravda Quote from Sikorski: “We are looking at all issues to do with Ukraine with […]