When Steve Ballmer joined Microsoft he didn’t get a single company share. But now, his skyrocketing Microsoft holdings have made him richer than the company’s founder. The 68-year-old former Microsoft CEO squeaked by his onetime boss Bill Gates to become the sixth richest person in the world on Monday with a net worth of $157 […]
MIAMI — President Joe Biden probably won’t carry Florida in November. But he hopes the state serves as a warning to voters elsewhere about what could happen if he doesn’t win. Biden plans to denounce Florida’s policies, especially a six-week abortion ban taking effect next week, during a campaign event in Tampa on Tuesday. It’s […]
MADISON – A former state Supreme Court justice who spent more than $2 million in taxpayer dollars to review the 2020 election is now representing a group of supporters of former President Donald Trump in their effort to unseat the legislative leader who hired him to probe the last presidential election. Former state Supreme Court […]
The Senate is looking to spend. The first version of House Bill 1, a large one-time appropriations bill already passed in the House, proposed $1.8 billion in spending from the state’s Budget Reserve Trust Fund. The version unveiled Wednesday by Senate Appropriations & Revenue Chair Chris McDaniel, R-Ryland Heights, would clear a whopping $3.5 billion. […]
A Republican Kentucky lawmaker filed a bill Friday that would give all teachers and administrators in the state a one-time $2,000 payment in each of the next two fiscal years. House Bill 694, sponsored by State Rep. Chris Fugate, R-Chavies, also would provide all classified employees a single payment of $1,000 in each fiscal year. […]
Jan. 19—Because the city of Hamilton owned what started as a private landfill in the 1940s, it’s on the hook for part of the remediation efforts, which could cost upwards of $400,000. Pending City Council approval next month, Hamilton has plans to install an active methane gas collection system in an easement at the former […]
Citigroup (C) is in the middle of a complicated restructuring. It made it clear Wednesday that its fourth quarter earnings report Friday will be complicated, too. The giant New York-based bank said in a regulatory document it will take more than $3 billion in one-time reserves and expenses as part of those fourth quarter results. […]
Whoever coined the phrase “growth is inevitable” must certainly have had the city of Mansfield in mind. And it would appear the city has no plans to stop growing. “Our location, residents, and commitment to excellence, attract exceptional people, businesses, and partners,” Mayor Michael Evans said. To support that statement, the city of 82,000 is […]