Author: Ethan Johnson
As the child of Spanish-speaking parents, Fifth Ward resident Adriana Gomez has served as her parents' de facto translator since she was a child. When her father, Alvaro Gomez, owner of Al Gomez Landscaping, was struggling to comply with Evanston's 2023 leaf blower ordinance, she offered to help him and other local landscaping businesses, many of whom speak little or no English, work with city officials. “He needs the help of his children, who go to school here and understand the language, to overcome the challenges he faces in this city,” Adriana Gomez said. Evanston, April 2023 A ban on…
Google will invest $2 billion in Malaysia to open its first data center, the government announced on Thursday, making it the latest tech giant to pour money into the region in search of growth opportunities.The government said the funding would support 26,500 Malaysian jobs across a range of sectors including healthcare, education and finance, and comes days after Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim targeted investment of at least $107 billion in the semiconductor industry.In April, Anwar said he planned to build Southeast Asia's largest integrated circuit design park, offering incentives such as tax breaks and subsidies to attract global tech companies…
Add Google citation Google will invest $2 billion in Malaysia to set up its first data centre and “cloud region” there, the government announced on Thursday. “The Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry has secured a commitment from Google to invest RM9.4 billion to house its first Google data centre and Google Cloud… Add Google citation Google will invest $2 billion in Malaysia to set up its first data centre and “cloud region” there, the government announced on Thursday. “The Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry has received a commitment from Google to invest RM9.4 billion to set up Malaysia's…
To Minister for Foreign Affairs Yoko KamikawaOn May 20, International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Karim Khan applied to the court's judges for arrest warrants for three Hamas leaders – Yahya Sinwar, Mohammed Diab Ibrahim al-Masri (aka Deif), and Ismail Haniyeh – and two senior Israeli officials – Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant – for crimes allegedly committed after October 7, 2023, in connection with the ongoing Palestinian investigation.We, the undersigned Japanese NGOs, as an ICC Member State committed to a rules-based international order, urge Japan to protect the Court's independence and publicly condemn any attempts to intimidate or obstruct the…
By Doug Vaughn Victor This vote is a rare opportunity for residents to reassess our current form of county government. Of course, as you can see on the ballot, the government is not in favor of it. The ballot language focuses on costs, not opportunities, for residents. The reason the government is opposed is because the people have the power to take back some of the authority and power that they have taken from the government. Remember when commissioners tried to audit their local county elections and the Secretary of State said they didn't have the right to do so?…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Gov. Bill Lee has signed a bill that blocks local governments from enforcing Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPOs), despite his push for extreme risk protection orders ahead of the special session in 2023. ERPOs, commonly known as red flag laws, allow judges and police to temporarily confiscate guns if someone poses a risk of harm to themselves or others. The bill, which was signed into law by Governor Lee on May 28, “supervises all areas of legislation regarding extreme risk protection orders, except as otherwise provided by state law,” according to its text. However, a year…
The Australian government said on Thursday its Cyber Security Agency was “in negotiations” with US-based Ticketmaster Group after a group of hackers claimed to have accessed the personal information of 560 million customers. “The National Cyber Security Agency is working with Ticketmaster to investigate the incident,” a government spokesman said in a statement. well known… The Australian government said on Thursday its Cyber Security Agency was “in negotiations” with US-based Ticketmaster Group after a group of hackers claimed to have accessed the personal information of 560 million customers. “The National Cyber Security Agency is working with Ticketmaster to clarify the…
The one-stop, online hub built for Congress and the American public to access the latest official information on U.S. security, economic and humanitarian assistance to Ukraine was recently updated to display new features and an interactive dashboard that tracks completed and ongoing federal oversight projects, three senior officials told DefenseScoop. This marks the first official redesign for UkraineOversight.gov since it was launched in March by the Pentagon’s Office of the Inspector General in collaboration with IGs for the State Department and U.S. Agency for International Development. The website hosts a steadily growing arsenal of data and reporting from those three…
The Office of Personnel Management warned agencies last week that they should be vigilant against attempts to “slip” political appointees into competitive and senior management career positions in the federal government as election season approaches.In a memo to agency heads, OPM's Deputy Director for Meritocratic Systems Accountability and Compliance, Mark Lambert, and Deputy Director for Workforce Policy and Innovation, Veronica Hinton, addressed the controversial practice, which is legal, albeit with a strict set of regulations to ensure political appointees are qualified for the jobs they're meant to fill.”In this presidential election year, we remind agency heads of their need to…
In this episode of Money Metals Midweek Notes hosted by Mike Maharie, we take a closer look at how government actions affect the economy, the Federal Reserve's role in inflation, and the strategic importance of investing in gold and silver. Government incompetence or malice? Maherly begins by highlighting the inefficiencies and frustrations that result from government intervention, drawing comparisons to everyday experiences like going to the DMV or using Medicare. He questions whether government failures are the result of simple incompetence or malice, concluding that it's probably a mix of both. Inflation: Deliberate policy and incompetence Mahary emphasizes that inflation…