Author: Ethan Johnson
Conceptual drawing of a new self-storage facility to be built in the Montpelier area of Hanover County. (Courtesy of Hanover County) Montpelier self-storage unit facility to be considered by Hanover Planning Commission Zoning requests related to a proposed self-storage facility in Montpelier are scheduled to go before the Hanover Planning Commission this week. Mile Branch Investments LLC and Lone Oak Land Co. are seeking zoning approval for a self-storage facility on Mountain Road near its intersection with West Patrick Henry Road. The project will be built on his 17-acre property next to Food Lion at 16615 Mountain Road. When fully…
The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments Monday morning in a potentially landmark case related to federal efforts to encourage social media companies to remove misinformation from their platforms. The lawsuit was filed in 2022 by the attorneys general of Missouri and Louisiana. It alleges that the federal government colluded with social media companies such as Twitter (now called X) and Facebook to suppress free speech. The attorney general alleges that the government specifically targeted conservative speech across a wide range of topics, from the effectiveness of vaccines to the integrity of the 2020 presidential election. Oral arguments…
Undergraduate student government leaders from all eight Ivy League schools and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology came together to discuss student leadership efforts on campus during a virtual event Sunday.This year's Ivy+ Student Government Conference is a new event sponsored by the Harvard Undergraduate Association, but it follows similar conferences in the past that brought together student leaders from across the university.Harvard University Dean Rakesh Khurana gave a welcome speech before student government leaders discussed initiatives at the school, including the Dartmouth Sleep Project and ideas to increase student civic engagement.Khurana said deans from Ivy+ schools held a similar meeting…
Gething also inherits controversy over the reduction of speed limits on many roads from 30mph to 20mph, the performance of the NHS and protests over subsidy reforms that require farmers to give back some of their land to nature. I'm here. The planned reforms will also see the number of MPs in the Welsh Assembly Senedd increased from 60 to 90. “There are likely to be changes to some lines,” Gething told the BBC Sunday program in one of his first interviews since taking office. But he has a more pressing task: to unite Welsh Labor. Gething only won 51.7…
A flurry of diplomatic activity over the past 10 days has made it clear that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's union-backed Liberal government fully supports the far-right Israeli government's looming onslaught against Rafah. The series of talks involving Prime Minister Trudeau and Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly followed a statement by the Biden administration in the US giving the Netanyahu government permission to proceed to the next stage of its genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (second from left) and his wife Sarah, from left, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Paris, Sunday, November 11, 2018.…
The Indian government has backed away from plans to require government approval before AI services go live. The plan, announced in early March, was touted as India grapples with what the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology describes as the “inherent fallibility or unreliability” of AI. But last Friday, the department issued a widely publicized update that removed the requirement for government permission and added obligations for AI service providers. New requirements for AI operations in India include labeling deepfakes, preventing model bias, and notifying users about model limitations. AI shops must also avoid producing and sharing illegal content and…
After extending the deadline for applications to run for a Student Government Association race, 44 candidates applied across all 60 spots. The deadline was extended twice — as no one applied to run for student body president. The first time SGA extended the deadline, the organization was not technically allowed to do so because it was done without an election amendment or approval from the Senate. Voting opens on PhoenixConnect at 8 a.m. Monday, March 18 and closes 5 p.m. Tuesday, March 19. Elon News Network asked each candidate what they hope to accomplish in their role if elected, as…
A dispute over border security funding threatens to force vast swaths of the federal government into a shutdown within a week as Congress and the White House struggle to reach an agreement on a long-term spending bill on Sunday.Funding for about 70% of the federal government (including the Departments of Defense, State, Homeland Security, IRS, and Transportation Security Administration) begins at 12:01 a.m. Saturday unless Congress takes action by then be done.A prolonged shutdown could have a knock-on effect on the government and economy. Two-thirds of IRS employees will face furloughs in the middle of tax filing season. Approximately 1.3…
Ignatieff/iStockphoto/Getty Images CNN — The Biden administration is welcoming six new countries to a U.S.-led agreement to crack down on phone hacking and spyware. The government continues to find new cases of U.S. government employees being targeted with technology deemed national security and counterintelligence threats, U.S. officials told CNN. “We are actively and intensively working to identify and further confirm the case of a U.S. government employee whose cell phone was targeted by commercially available spyware,” a National Security Council official told CNN. he said. A year ago, the Biden administration announced the number of U.S. government employees suspected or…
Robert's case was moot when he came to the Indianapolis eviction court where my students and I represented the tenant. His landlord was seeking to evict Robert for failing to pay his rent. But Robert had receipts to show otherwise. Lots of receipts. Robert, now in his 80s, had lived in the apartment for more than 20 years. When we questioned the landlord's attorney about this, he shrugged. “Okay, I'll dismiss this,” he said. “But anyway, his lease expires in three months and the new property owner has no intention of renewing it.” The attempt to evict Robert turned out…