Even months after tech company Dell pushed its strict return-to-office policy barring fully remote employees from promotions, its workers still refuse to come back to in-person work. Almost 50% of Dell’s full-time U.S. workforce and one-third of international employees have continued to work remotely, according to internal data from the company, Business Insider reported. Unless […]
Candidate vetting in Missouri was handed a victory in court Thursday. The result is that eight candidates, all registered Republicans running for office in rural Vernon County, will not be allowed to stay on an August primary ballot as Republicans. The candidates had refused to take a “moral values” survey and undergo other vetting by […]
Everyone in Japan could one day have the same surname unless its restrictive marriage laws change, according to a new study. But the country’s dwindling marriage rate could buck that trend and a rapidly declining population might render it moot entirely. Unlike most of the world’s major economies that have done away with the tradition, […]
DOOR COUNTY – Two candidates are running for Door County Branch 1 Circuit court judge to replace D. Todd Ehlers, who is not running for reelection after 24 years serving on the bench. Seeking the judgeship are Door County-based attorney Brett Reetz, who works primarily as a trial lawyer, and Jennifer Moeller, who has served […]
New Jersey could be next in line to join states that have passed new laws to address the learning loss caused during the COVID-19 pandemic and oversee reading remediation efforts. A bundle of bills, if passed, would create an Office of the Learning Loss Czar to liaison with schools and would require that students get […]
WASHINGTON ― Senate Republicans are in deep distress over whether to support a plan to fix the migrant crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border that includes key concessions they had demanded from Democrats months ago in exchange for approving new U.S. aid to Ukraine. The bipartisan legislation is expected to be unveiled as early as Friday, […]
Climate change might be keeping some people awake at night — it turns out it’s the same for mountain goats. Scientists in Italy have found rising temperatures are forcing mountain goats to live a more nocturnal lifestyle, making them more vulnerable to predators. A team of researchers from the University of Sassari in Sardinia and […]
DES MOINES, Iowa — Most likely Republican Iowa caucusgoers say they’ll vote for former President Donald Trump in the general election if he’s the GOP nominee, regardless of the candidate they’re supporting on caucus night. That is, except supporters of former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, with nearly half of them — 43% — saying they’d […]
WASHINGTON — A handful of moderate Democrats say they would be willing to save the new Republican House speaker, Mike Johnson, if hardline conservatives move to oust him from power as they did to his predecessor, Kevin McCarthy. “Yes, we would back him,” said one senior moderate House Democrat who has been speaking with colleagues […]
Audio captured Donald Trump pressuring election workers in Michigan, The Detroit News reported. The audio showed Trump and Ronna McDaniel telling the election workers they’d help them get lawyers. A Trump spokesperson said he was doing his duty as president to “ensure election integrity.” Former President Donald Trump pressured election workers in Michigan not to sign […]
Jayden Camarena, in Northern California, is contemplating blowing off the 2024 presidential election. Evan McKenzie, in battleground Wisconsin, is looking for any other candidate than the current front-runners. In Philadelphia, Pru Carmichael isn’t even convinced this race matters. These young voters live in different cities, work different jobs and have varying political beliefs. But among […]