Rick sharga The 2021 five-star conference and exhibition kicked off Sunday with the FORCE rally and the Five Star’s membership reception Federation of REO Certified Experts group. The session was organized by Continental Realtors and co-organized by RealtyTrac, including the EVP Rick sharga delivered the opening speech. Sharga, one of the nation’s most frequently cited […]
Biden’s economic plan faces a big hurdle
Beneath the rhetoric about inflation and deficits, business investment and family farms, tax rates and benefit levels lurks the volatile question of economic redistribution. The government’s attempts to do so spark intense resistance from those who are asked to pay and amorphous skepticism even from those who get through it. And whether the polls show […]
New Zealand slammed for abstaining in high seas mining vote
New Zealand has been criticized for abstaining from voting in favor of a moratorium on deep-sea mining in a global forum. Greenpeace Aotearoa made the criticism after the vote at the World Congress of the International Union for Conservation of Nature last week. Protesters demonstrate in front of a prospecting vessel in Taranaki Photo: Kiwis […]
Tom Still: Calling all start-ups: a conference can help companies connect with investors | Economic news
Wisconsin’s longest-running investor presentation event is the Wisconsin Early Stage Symposium. Either way since the 1980s, this conference gives entrepreneurs and start-ups the opportunity to tell their stories to investors. It has helped fuel notable success stories, with companies such as Promega, TomoTherapy, Mirus Corp., Sonic Foundry, Prodesse, NimbleGen, Nerites, Third Wave Technologies, Stratatech, PanVera, […]
Democrats push to overhaul healthcare programs for millions of people
Dental care for the elderly with health insurance. The end of the rock bottom prices on prescription drugs. New options for long-term home care. Coverage for low-income people excluded from Medicaid by ideological battles. These are just a few of the healthcare changes Democrats want to make with President Joe Biden’s massive “Build Back Better” […]
Our take: Congress gets its last and best chance for meaningful climate action
The world is running to the edge of a cliff and looking to the United States for how to act. The question is whether the obvious need for climate action is enough to convince our leaders to build a stronger, healthier future, or will we let the soil disappear under our feet? Or to make […]
“Justice for J6” rally participants criticize Republicans’ absence after organizer says some will speak out
Some attendees at the “Justice for D6” rally criticized Republican lawmakers for not speaking at Saturday’s event. Rally organizer former Trump campaign member Matt Braynard said members of Congress would speak at the event. The “Justice for J6” rally has shown its support for those arrested and charged in connection with the January 6 riots […]
Walla Walla High School Girls Shine at Mid-Columbia Conference Swimming and Diving Invitation | High school sports
KENNEWICK – The Walla Walla High School Women’s Swim and Dive Team competed on Saturday, September 18 in the Mid Columbia Invitational at the Kenneth Serier Pool. “It was cold and raining for most of the competition, but the student-athletes had incredibly positive attitudes and many of them set personal bests,” said Wa-Hi coach Nancy. […]
The organizer of the rally J6 thanks the participants for showing up despite the fact that the “clowns” said the event was a trap
The organizer of the “Justice for J6” rally to support the January 6 Capitol rioters thanked the few hundred participants for showing up on Saturday despite warnings from right-wing figures that the event was a government “trap” . Matt Braynard, the architect behind the DC rally on Saturday, addressed the roughly 500 people who showed […]
Atlanta and other US cities prepare for 2026 World Cup | Sports
ATLANTA – After being slowed down by the pandemic, the race between 17 U.S. cities to land a coveted location to host the 2026 World Cup is back. Two FIFA inspectors were in Atlanta on Friday to take a look at the 72,000-seat Mercedes-Benz Stadium, home of a record-breaking Major League Soccer team and the […]