Members of the U.S. Congress and state legislatures nationwide are overwhelmingly comprised of men. But in Nevada, a majority women state Legislature appears to be the new norm. Researchers at the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University last year released Rethinking Women’s Political Power , which shed light on the nuance of holding elected office and highlighted the work that needs to be done after the initial celebrations of gender parity end. “It’s not that influential to have a bunch of women in power if they are going to align themselves with patriarchy,” Leslie Turner, the co-director of the Mass Liberation Project Nevada, told the center at Rutgers, which conducted interviews between 2021 and 2023. “So I don’t necessarily consider that power,” she added. Or, as former Las Vegas Mayor Jan Jones Blackhurst opined to researchers, “It’s all about control.” The parties’ legislative caucuses “really don’t care whether they control with men or women.” “Progress is not inevitable.” So began a statement the center released after former President Donald Trump secured a second term by defeating Vice President Kamala Harris last month. “We have too often seen that people see these milestones and they think, ‘We’re good,’” Kelly Dittmar, the center's director of research, told the Nevada Current . “In the context of Nevada, (the presidential election) is a good reminder that you cannot assume that once you’ve achieved a milestone that, without any effort, we will either progress further or even maintain that progress.” In 2016, Nevadans supported making Hillary Clinton the first woman president. In 2020, they backed Joe Biden and Harris as the first woman vice president. But this year, Trump won Nevada with 50.59% of the vote, compared to Harris’s 47.49%. “Nevada has elected a record number of women. You’re not going to say Jacky Rosen is going to lose just because she was a woman, right? There were other factors that were at play, and I think that’s true at the presidential level,” said Dittmar. She continued, “What the election did show us is that this country is very willing to elect somebody who’s openly misogynistic and racist.” But they did that while also supporting women like Rosen, who defeated Republican challenger Sam Brown, and other women further down the ballot. In 2019, Nevada became the first state with a majority woman legislature, and it has now maintained its female majority for three election cycles. Arizona in 2023 joined the Silver State in having achieved a woman majority, but is now at 50-50 parity. Colorado also is at parity. A handful of other states are nearing parity, according to a tracker maintained by the Rutgers center. Both chambers of the Nevada State Legislature are about 60% women. The Senate will be composed of 13 women and eight men, while the Assembly will have 25 women and 17 men. In the Assembly, where each of the 42 seats are up every two years, women could theoretically have won three-fourths of seats if every woman running had won. That outcome was unlikely because several of the women were running in districts where their party has an extreme partisan disadvantage. But their presence is also noteworthy, said Dittmar, because it normalizes women being on the ballot. Several women gave incumbent men a run for their money this year. In Nevada State Assembly District 12, Democratic incumbent Max Carter defeated Republican challenger Nancy Roecker by fewer than 300 votes, or less than 1% of votes. Some of this year’s most high-profile and competitive state legislative races featured two women running against one another: Democratic Assemblywomen Elaine Marzola and Selena La Rue Hatch both successfully fended off women challengers. Democratic state Sen. Dallas Harris lost re-election to Republican Lori Rogich. Nevada should be celebrated for being the first state to achieve a majority woman state legislature, said Dittmar, but as gender parity becomes its new norm, the conversation about women and power needs to go beyond raw numbers. “What is the political ecosystem in which these milestones are achieved, in which women are high — or low — in representation?” she asked. Former Nevada State Assembly Speaker Barbara Buckley told the Rutgers center women need to be in decision-making roles: “That is the whole keg. It’s not just to be in the body. It’s not to be freshmen. It’s to be in leadership.” In 2007, Buckley, a Democrat, became the first woman to serve as speaker of the Nevada State Assembly. (That position is currently held by a man, Democratic Assemblyman Steve Yeager, who was reelected to the leadership role by his caucus this month. But a woman, Democratic state Sen. Nicole Cannizzaro, serves as the Senate majority leader.) State Sen. Rochelle Nguyen, a Democrat whose appointment to a vacant seat in 2019 helped push the Legislature into having a woman majority, also highlighted the importance of women in leadership roles, saying the presence of women was more acutely felt when they began serving as committee chairs. Legislative leaders and committee chairs control what bills receive hearings or advance for chamber floor votes. Seven of the 10 Senate committees during the next legislative session will be chaired by women. Top caucus positions are also held by women: Alongside Cannizzaro, state Sen. Marilyn Dondero Loop will serve as president pro-tempore, state Sen. Roberta Lange as assistant majority leader, and state Sen. Melanie Scheible as chief majority whip. Two men, state Sens. Fabian Doñate and Senator Skip Daly, will serve as deputy majority whips. On the other side of the Legislative Building, the Nevada Assembly Democrats have not yet announced leadership roles beyond Yeager, but they are expected to reflect the majority women Democratic caucus there. In 2023, women chaired nine of the 10 Assembly committees. Dittmar believes the Rutgers center's conversations with women in Nevada affirmed that “when you think about political institutions that are gendered, that are racialized, that are classed, those roots of biases and inequities don’t resolve themselves simply by having 50% women or greater racial and ethnic diversity.” Cecia Alvarado, a Democratic political consultant, told the center she feels Latina elected leaders do not automatically feel empowered to advocate for their communities because “if they do, they may get kicked out.” “I think there’s a sense also [that] they are limited on what they can do, how vocal they can be if they want to stay in office, if they want to move up in leadership positions,” she said. “Whenever they are willing to speak up [on] something that ... may create disagreement with others, they have to first ... [ask], ‘Would you have my back if they try to primary me? Would you help me?’ And again, it goes back to the validation [of] ‘Who is going to be there for me if I do speak up about this?’” The Legislature does not operate within a vacuum. The Nevada State Legislature is less powerful than many state legislatures because it meets only every other year for 120 days. Many within the state consider the Clark County Commission to be the most powerful political body. That seven-member board does not currently have gender parity, though it has in past years. The Commission currently has one woman on it, longtime Democratic lawmaker Marilyn Kirkpatrick, though that will change to two once Commissioner-elect April Becker, a Republican, is sworn in. No woman has ever served as governor of the Silver State. Nevada’s U.S. Rep. Dina Titus, a Democrat, got closest, losing by 4 percentage points to Republican Jim Gibbons in 2006. Becky Harris, a former Nevada state senator and chair of the Gaming Control Board, told researchers she agreed with the sentiment that, because legislatures are a collective akin to team sport, “real progress” can’t happen until more women are executives. “Until you are the final and sole decision-maker, women can be in legislatures and that’s a wonderful thing — I don’t want to minimize that — but the true power lies in the executive,” said Harris. Women have held top positions in organized labor. The Culinary Union was headed by a woman secretary-treasurer, Geoconda Argüello-Kline, for a decade before she retired in 2022. But the gaming industry is dominated by men, many of them making exorbitant amounts of money. An American Gaming Association report from 2023 found men held 70% of executive-level and senior level management positions in the industry. One 2021 analysis of registered lobbyists in Nevada found that 41% were women. But several women told the center the political industrial complex is not as diverse as it could or should be. Megan Jones, a Democratic political consultant, described the lobby corps as “still largely dominated by white men because corporations are still dominated by white men and those lobbyists are comfortable hiring people that look like them and people that talk like them and people that act like them.” That impacts policy discussions, she suggested, referencing a 2019 bill mandating that employees at businesses with 50 or more workers earn a total of 40 hours (five standard work days) of paid leave annually . Added Jones, “I think [it] puts our female-majority legislature in a strange spot because [women legislators] are then not taken as seriously on the policy front or they are [viewed as] too progressive because they are advocating for two weeks of paid leave instead of one or whatever it is, right? That is a real argument that we had in the legislature with a female majority saying we want paid leave, and the corporate white lobbyists are like, ‘Why?’” Originally published on nevadacurrent.com , part of the BLOX Digital Content Exchange . Stay up-to-date on the latest in local and national government and political topics with our newsletter.Ready for prime time?
St. Johns County Invests $21 Million in Workforce Development, Partners with Local and Federal EntitiesIndia's former prime minister Manmohan Singh, architect of economic reforms, dies at 92
Crown CEO Issues Update Letter to ShareholdersDETROIT (AP) — For a second time, a Delaware judge has nullified a pay package that Tesla had awarded its CEO, Elon Musk, that once was valued at $56 billion. On Monday, Chancellor Kathaleen St. Jude McCormick turned aside a request from Musk's lawyers to reverse a ruling she announced in January that had thrown out the compensation plan. The judge ruled then that Musk effectively controlled Tesla's board and had engineered the outsize pay package during sham negotiations . Lawyers for a Tesla shareholder who sued to block the pay package contended that shareholders who had voted for the 10-year plan in 2018 had been given misleading and incomplete information. In their defense, Tesla's board members asserted that the shareholders who ratified the pay plan a second time in June had done so after receiving full disclosures, thereby curing all the problems the judge had cited in her January ruling. As a result, they argued, Musk deserved the pay package for having raised Tesla's market value by billions of dollars. McCormick rejected that argument. In her 103-page opinion, she ruled that under Delaware law, Tesla's lawyers had no grounds to reverse her January ruling “based on evidence they created after trial.” On Monday night, Tesla posted on X, the social media platform owned by Musk, that the company will appeal. The appeal would be filed with the Delaware Supreme Court, the only state appellate court Tesla can pursue. Experts say a ruling would likely come in less than a year. “The ruling, if not overturned, means that judges and plaintiffs' lawyers run Delaware companies rather than their rightful owners — the shareholders,” Tesla argued. Later, on X, Musk unleashed a blistering attack on the judge, asserting that McCormick is “a radical far left activist cosplaying as a judge.” Legal authorities generally suggest that McCormick’s ruling was sound and followed the law. Charles Elson, founding director of the Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance at the University of Delaware, said that in his view, McCormick was right to rule that after Tesla lost its case in the original trial, it created improper new evidence by asking shareholders to ratify the pay package a second time. Had she allowed such a claim, he said, it would cause a major shift in Delaware’s laws against conflicts of interest given the unusually close relationship between Musk and Tesla’s board. “Delaware protects investors — that’s what she did,” said Elson, who has followed the court for more than three decades. “Just because you’re a ‘superstar CEO’ doesn’t put you in a separate category.” Elson said he thinks investors would be reluctant to put money into Delaware companies if there were exceptions to the law for “special people.” Elson said that in his opinion, the court is likely to uphold McCormick's ruling. Experts say no. Rulings on state laws are normally left to state courts. Brian Dunn, program director for the Institute of Compensation Studies at Cornell University, said it's been his experience that Tesla has no choice but to stay in the Delaware courts for this compensation package. The company could try to reconstitute the pay package and seek approval in Texas, where it may expect more friendlier judges. But Dunn, who has spent 40 years as an executive compensation consultant, said it's likely that some other shareholder would challenge the award in Texas because it's excessive compared with other CEOs' pay plans. “If they just want to turn around and deliver him $56 billion, I can't believe somebody wouldn't want to litigate it,” Dunn said. “It's an unconscionable amount of money.” Almost certainly. Tesla stock is trading at 15 times the exercise price of stock options in the current package in Delaware, Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas wrote in a note to investors. Tesla's share price has doubled in the past six months, Jonas wrote. At Monday’s closing stock price, the Musk package is now worth $101.4 billion, according to Equilar, an executive data firm. And Musk has asked for a subsequent pay package that would give him 25% of Tesla's voting shares. Musk has said he is uncomfortable moving further into artificial intelligence with the company if he doesn't have 25% control. He currently holds about 13% of Tesla's outstanding shares.
A New York woman whose grandparents went missing 44 years ago said on Friday their disappearance haunted her for decades, but the recent discovery of what could be their car submerged in a Georgia pond has her family believing the mystery may soon be solved, according to NBC News . “I never went a day without worrying or thinking about if they had a terrible ending to their life,” Christine Heller Seaman, 60, of Manhattan, said about her grandmother Catherine Romer, who was married to Charles Romer. The couple was reported missing in April 1980. “For years and years, we didn’t hear anything. ... It’s something that you held with you every single day of your life ... if they were tortured or harmed,” Seaman told NBC News on Friday in a phone call. Charles Romer, a retired oil executive, and his wife, vanished along with their 1978 Lincoln Continental while traveling home from Miami Beach, Florida. At the time, law enforcement expressed concerns about potential foul play against the couple from Scarsdale, New York, partly because Catherine Romer was wearing approximately $81,000 worth of jewelry. They had checked into a Holiday Inn in Brunswick, Georgia, where hotel employees grew concerned that their bed had not been slept in and reported them missing. But decades later, answers appear to be emerging from a Georgia pond. One human bone was discovered in the submerged Lincoln Continental on Nov. 22, according to a Saturday statement from the Glynn County Police Department . “The vehicle is similar to the description of a vehicle that Charles and Catherine Romer were believed to be driving,” the police department said in the statement posted to Facebook. The car was found in a pond between the Royal Inn Hotel and Interstate 95 on New Jesup Highway in southeast Georgia, police said, adding that the agency is collaborating with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Seaman said a detective informed her family that along with a femur found in the Continental, personal belongings such as jewelry and a license plate bearing the couple’s initials were also discovered in the car. Lawton Dodd, a spokesperson for Glynn County police, said on Friday the human remains have not been identified as belonging to either of the Romers, and the vehicle has not been determined to belong to the couple. Dodd declined to elaborate. Although a positive identification or identifications are not expected for months, Seaman said the developments have led her family to believe the couple died in some kind of accident rather than falling victim to a vicious crime. Seaman, who spoke from Scotland, said she and her family enjoyed Thanksgiving and reminisced about their missing relatives. “The whole family just shared stories about them. It was a happy time because of this resolve we’re feeling,” Seaman said. “It sort of gave us permission to celebrate their lives and talk about the fun memories without the feeling of dread, sorrow and sadness.” Seaman said she was only 15 when her grandmother and her step-grandfather — Charles was Catherine’s second husband — vanished. She still remembers the look on her dad’s face after he spoke to a detective in Georgia who told them the couple was missing. “We saw his face and he said, ‘Something is very, very wrong.’” Seaman explained that her father was his mother’s only child and he had not heard from her, which was unusual. Seaman described her grandmother as the “life of the party” who was very close to Seaman and her eight sisters. Catherine Romer loved thoroughbred racing and enjoyed traveling with her granddaughters, introducing them to new foods and restaurants, Seaman said. “She was like the celebrity of our house. She was always visiting us. She was very much part of our upbringing,” she said. “She made everyone feel like her favorite child — her favorite granddaughter.” Seaman called Charles Romer a “lovely and generous man.” She expressed gratitude toward investigators and a diving team from Florida, the Sunshine State Sonar team, that found the submerged Continental. “We’re all in shock, but ... we have this gratitude for the people that hunted this whole mystery down,” Seaman said. “People who don’t know us and we’re not related to and are perfect strangers would go to extensive measures to find answers and ... help give a family peace of mind and resolve.” This article originally appeared on NBCNews.com . Read more on NBC News:
Kingsview Wealth Management LLC reduced its stake in shares of Tyson Foods, Inc. ( NYSE:TSN – Free Report ) by 25.6% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 5,034 shares of the company’s stock after selling 1,735 shares during the period. Kingsview Wealth Management LLC’s holdings in Tyson Foods were worth $300,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period. A number of other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Comerica Bank boosted its position in shares of Tyson Foods by 23.1% in the first quarter. Comerica Bank now owns 74,665 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,385,000 after purchasing an additional 14,033 shares during the period. Swedbank AB bought a new position in Tyson Foods in the 1st quarter worth $8,255,000. Cetera Investment Advisers increased its stake in Tyson Foods by 639.4% in the 1st quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 92,815 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,451,000 after buying an additional 80,262 shares in the last quarter. Cetera Advisors LLC raised its holdings in Tyson Foods by 149.2% during the first quarter. Cetera Advisors LLC now owns 19,083 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,121,000 after acquiring an additional 11,425 shares during the period. Finally, DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale lifted its position in shares of Tyson Foods by 1.8% in the first quarter. DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale now owns 55,994 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,270,000 after acquiring an additional 975 shares in the last quarter. 67.00% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors. Tyson Foods Stock Up 0.9 % Shares of NYSE TSN opened at $64.52 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 2.04, a quick ratio of 0.95 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.52. Tyson Foods, Inc. has a 12-month low of $46.51 and a 12-month high of $66.88. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $60.41 and its 200-day moving average price is $60.02. The stock has a market capitalization of $22.96 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.67, a P/E/G ratio of 0.97 and a beta of 0.78. Insider Buying and Selling at Tyson Foods Wall Street Analyst Weigh In TSN has been the topic of several recent analyst reports. StockNews.com raised Tyson Foods from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, August 6th. Bank of America lowered their target price on shares of Tyson Foods from $65.00 to $62.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, October 15th. BMO Capital Markets raised their target price on shares of Tyson Foods from $60.00 to $62.00 and gave the company a “market perform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, November 13th. Barclays boosted their price target on shares of Tyson Foods from $72.00 to $76.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Monday, September 9th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price objective on shares of Tyson Foods from $61.00 to $63.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Tuesday, August 6th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, six have given a hold rating and two have given a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $60.67. Read Our Latest Stock Analysis on TSN Tyson Foods Company Profile ( Free Report ) Tyson Foods, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a food company worldwide. It operates through four segments: Beef, Pork, Chicken, and Prepared Foods. The company processes live fed cattle and hogs; fabricates dressed beef and pork carcasses into primal and sub-primal meat cuts, as well as case ready beef and pork, and fully cooked meats; raises and processes chickens into fresh, frozen, and value-added chicken products, including breaded chicken strips, nuggets, patties, and other ready-to-fix or fully cooked chicken parts; and supplies poultry breeding stock. Read More Receive News & Ratings for Tyson Foods Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for Tyson Foods and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .
NoneNASSAU, Bahamas — Justin Thomas was long off the tee and made a few long putts on the back nine to overtake Scottie Scheffler with a 6-under 66 and build a one-shot lead Saturday over golf's best player going into the final round of the Hero World Challenge. Thomas is trying out a 46-inch driver — a little more than an inch longer than normal — that he previously used for practice at home to gain speed and length. He blasted a 361-yard drive to 8 feet on the par-4 seventh hole and led the field in driving distance. But it was a few long putts that put him ahead of Scheffler, who had a 69. Thomas was on the verge of falling two shots behind when he made an 18-foot par putt on the par-3 12th hole. On the reachable par-4 14th, he was in a nasty spot in a sandy area and could only splash it out to nearly 50 feet. He made that one for a most unlikely birdie, while behind him Scheffler muffed a chip on the 13th hole and made his lone bogey of a windy day. Scheffler never caught up to him, missing birdie chances on the reachable 14th and the par-5 15th. Thomas hit his approach to 3 feet for birdie on the 16th after a 343-yard drive. Scheffler made an 18-foot birdie putt on the 16th to close within one. Scheffler missed birdie chances on the last two holes from the 10-foot and 15-foot range, while Thomas missed an 8-foot birdie attempt at the last. "I had a stretch at 13, 14, 15 where I felt like I lost a shot or two there, but outside of that I did a lot of really good things today," Scheffler said. Thomas hasn't won since the 2022 PGA Championship at Southern Hills, and a victory at Albany Golf Club wouldn't count as an official win. But the two-time major champion has made steady progress toward getting his game back in order. "I'm driving it great. I've had a lot of confidence with it," Thomas said of his longer driver. "I feel like I've been able to put myself in some pretty good spots going into the green. I'm still not taking advantage of some of them as much as I would like, but that's golf and we're always going to say that." Thomas was at 17-under 199 and will be in the final group Sunday with Scheffler, who is trying to end his spectacular season with a ninth title. Tom Kim put himself in the mix, which he might not have imagined Thursday when he was 3 over through six holes of the holiday tournament. Kim got back in the game with a 65 on Friday, and then followed with 12 birdies for a 62. He had a shot at the course record — Rickie Fowler shot 61 in the final round when he won at Albany in 2017 — until Kim found a bunker and took two shots to reach the green in making a double bogey on the par-3 17th. Even so, he was only two shots behind. Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley (68) was four back. "Feel like I've been seeing signs of improvement, which is what you want and that's all I can do," Thomas said. "I can't control everybody else or what's going on, I've just got to keep playing as good as I possibly can and hope that it's enough come Sunday." Get local news delivered to your inbox!
ATHENS, Ohio (AP) — AJ Clayton scored 16 points as Ohio beat Robert Morris 84-68 on Saturday. Clayton had seven rebounds for the Bobcats (3-5). Victor Searls scored 14 points and added seven rebounds. Jackson Paveletzke and Aidan Hadaway both scored 11 points. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings.
S Korean President’s impeachment fails as his ruling party boycotts voteOlive Garden responds after diner claims to find 'letters' on breadstick: 'We are concerned to see this'Thomas uses big drives and putts to hold lead in Bahamas
Exclusive-Trump may cancel US Postal Service electric mail truck contract, sources say - MSNA judge has once again rejected Musk's multi-billion-dollar Tesla pay package. Now what?
Ohio secures 84-68 win against Robert MorrisHOUSTON (AP) — An elaborate parody appears to be behind an effort to resurrect Enron, the Houston-based energy company that exemplified the worst in American corporate fraud and greed after it went bankrupt in 2001. If its return is comedic, some former employees who lost everything in Enron’s collapse aren’t laughing. “It’s a pretty sick joke and it disparages the people that did work there. And why would you want to even bring it back up again?” said former Enron employee Diana Peters, who represented workers in the company’s bankruptcy proceedings. Here’s what to know about the history of Enron and the purported effort to bring it back. Once the nation’s seventh-largest company, Enron filed for bankruptcy protection on Dec. 2, 2001, after years of accounting tricks could no longer hide billions of dollars in debt or make failing ventures appear profitable. The energy company's collapse put more than 5,000 people out of work, wiped out more than $2 billion in employee pensions and rendered $60 billion in Enron stock worthless. Its aftershocks were felt throughout the energy sector. Twenty-four Enron executives , including former CEO Jeffrey Skilling , were eventually convicted for their roles in the fraud. Enron founder Ken Lay’s convictions were vacated after he died of heart disease following his 2006 trial. On Monday — the 23rd anniversary of the bankruptcy filing — a company representing itself as Enron announced in a news release that it was relaunching as a “company dedicated to solving the global energy crisis.” It also posted a video on social media, advertised on at least one Houston billboard and a took out a full-page ad in the Houston Chronicle In the minute-long video that was full of generic corporate jargon, the company talks about “growth” and “rebirth.” It ends with the words, “We’re back. Can we talk?” Enron's new website features a company store, where various items featuring the brand's tilted “E” logo are for sale, including a $118 hoodie. In an email, company spokesperson Will Chabot said the new Enron was not doing any interviews yet, but that "We’ll have more to share soon.” Signs point to the comeback being a joke. In the “terms of use and conditions of sale” on the company's website, it says “the information on the website about Enron is First Amendment protected parody, represents performance art, and is for entertainment purposes only.” Documents filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office show that College Company, an Arkansas-based LLC, owns the Enron trademark. The co-founder of College Company is Connor Gaydos, who helped create a joke conspiracy theory that claims all birds are actually surveillance drones for the government. Peters said that since learning about the “relaunch” of Enron, she has spoken with several other former employees and they are also upset by it. She said the apparent stunt was “in poor taste.” “If it’s a joke, it’s rude, extremely rude. And I hope that they realize it and apologize to all of the Enron employees,” Peters said. Peters, who is 74 years old, said she is still working in information technology because “I lost everything in Enron, and so my Social Security doesn’t always take care of things I need done.” “Enron’s downfall taught us critical lessons about corporate ethics, accountability, and the consequences of unchecked ambition. Enron’s legacy was the employees in the trenches. Leave Enron buried,” she said. This story was corrected to fix the spelling of Ken Lay’s first name, which had been misspelled “Key.” Follow Juan A. Lozano on X at https://x.com/juanlozano70ANN ARBOR, Michigan (AP) — Michigan defensive lineman Kenneth Grant is skipping his final college season to enter the NFL draft. Grant, a key part of the Wolverines' 2023 national championship team, announced his decision Thursday on X, formerly known as Twitter. Fellow Michigan interior lineman Mason Graham had already declared for the draft. Both are projected as likely first-round picks. The 6-foot-3, 339-pound Grant was a third-team Associated Press All-American. He had 32 tackles, 6 1/2 tackles for loss and a pair of fumble recoveries. Grant helped Michigan upset Ohio State in the Big Ten regular-season finale, making four tackles. Cornerback Will Johnson and tight end Colston Loveland have also declared for the draft leading up to Michigan's game against No. 11 Alabama in the ReliaQuest Bowl. ___ Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here . AP college football: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-football The Associated Press
Jacksonville St. will go head-to-head with Western Kentucky in the 2024 Conference USA championship game on Friday. College football fans will be feeling a sense of deja vu, as these two teams just crossed paths on Saturday. The Hilltoppers earned a narrow 19-17 victory over the Gamecocks, but it's never easy beating the same team twice in one season. WATCH: Jacksonville St. vs. Western Kentucky LIVE on Fubo Both teams finished the regular season with 8-4 overall records, but the Gamecocks' strong 7-1 conference record will give them home-field advantage in this contest. The Sporting News has everything you need to know about Jacksonville St. vs. Western Kentucky, including TV and streaming information for the game. What channel is Jacksonville St. vs. Western Kentucky on today? TV channel: CBS Sports Network Live stream: Fubo Jacksonville St. vs. Western Kentucky will air on CBS Sports Network. Cord-cutters can stream the game on Fubo . For a limited time, you can get your first month of Fubo for as low as $49.99, a $30 savings. Stream ESPN, ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC and 200-plus top channels of live TV and sports without cable. (Participating plans only. Taxes and fees may apply.) Jacksonville St. vs. Western Kentucky start time Date: Friday, Dec. 6 Time: 7 p.m. ET | 6 p.m. CT Jacksonville St. vs. Western Kentucky will kick off at 7 p.m. ET on Friday, Dec. 6. The game will be played at AmFirst Stadium in Jacksonville, Ala. Jacksonville St. vs. Western Kentucky radio station Radio channel: SiriusXM channel 202 You can listen to Jacksonville St. vs. Western Kentucky live on SiriusXM . Coverage will be available on channel 202. Get SiriusXM for free for your first month. Listen to live NBA, NFL, MLB and NHL games, plus NASCAR, college sports and more. Stay updated with all the news and get all the analysis on multiple sport-specific channels. Jacksonville St. football schedule, results 2024 Date Opponent Time (ET)/Result Aug. 29 vs. Coastal Carolina L, 55-27 Sept. 7 at Louisville L, 49-14 Sept. 14 at Eastern Michigan L, 37-34 (2OT) Sept. 21 vs. Southern Miss W, 44-7 Oct. 4 at Kennesaw State W, 63-24 Oct. 9 vs. New Mexico State W, 54-13 Oct. 23 vs. Middle Tennessee W, 42-20 Oct. 30 at Liberty W, 31-21 Nov. 9 at Louisiana Tech W, 44-37 (OT) Nov. 16 vs. Florida International W, 34-31 Nov. 23 vs. Sam Houston W, 21-11 Nov. 30 at Western Kentucky L, 19-17 Dec. 6 vs. Western Kentucky 7 p.m. Western Kentucky football schedule, results 2024 Date Opponent Time (ET)/Result Aug. 31 at Alabama L, 63-0 Sept. 7 vs. Eastern Kentucky W, 31-0 Sept. 14 at Middle Tennessee W, 49-21 Sept. 21 vs. Toledo W, 26-21 Sept. 28 at Boston College L, 21-20 Oct. 10 vs. UTEP W, 44-17 Oct. 16 at Sam Houston W, 31-14 Oct. 30 vs. Kennesaw State W, 31-14 Nov. 9 at New Mexico State W, 41-28 Nov. 16 vs. Louisiana Tech L, 12-7 Nov. 23 at Liberty L, 38-21 Nov. 30 vs. Jacksonville St. W, 19-17 Dec. 6 at Jacksonville St. 7 p.m. Related Links Full college football schedule 2024 Big Ten football news and rumors SEC football news and rumors Big 12 football news and rumors If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation. Learn more >
CONWAY, S.C. (AP) — Joshua Meo and Jordan Battle both scored 13 points as Coastal Carolina beat South Carolina Upstate 73-51 on Saturday. Meo shot 4 for 7 (2 for 3 from 3-point range) and 3 of 6 from the free-throw line for the Chanticleers (3-4). Battle went 6 of 10 from the field (1 for 3 from 3-point range). Noah Amenhauser shot 5 of 7 from the field and 2 for 3 from the line to finish with 12 points. The Spartans (2-8) were led in scoring by Brit Harris, who finished with 12 points and two steals. Karmani Gregory added 11 points and two steals for South Carolina Upstate. The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar .
Election chaos is engulfing Romania and no one saw it comingWarriors predicted to trade Jonathan Kuminga for Trail Blazers' $208 million duo | Sporting News
BTO Stock Hits 52-Week High at $39.1 Amid Strong Yearly GrowthA few years back, I wrote an article about burning bush, Euonymus alatus, being named an invasive plant in Pennsylvania. Growers were given a couple of years to sell their stock, but weren’t allowed to produce them after that. As of January, you will no longer be able to purchase burning bushes in Pennsylvania, but they will still be available in other states. In the 1800s, the shrubs were brought over from Eastern Asia to help with soil erosion. What we discovered 150 years later is that the bushes produce berries in the spring, which the birds consume. One of the favorite things for birds to do is have a bowel movement — several times a day. One of their prime locations for this is on one of my patio chairs. They feel that it is their personal porta potty. My wife really enjoys going out every day and scrubbing that chair. Thanks to her, we do not have any wild burning bushes popping up on our patio. I haven’t spotted any in our woods either, and I’ve had this plant for more than 20 years. Burning bush has a blazing red fall color, which people seem to enjoy. They are very hardy and even survived over winter out of the ground, when I failed to get the bare root one that I had dug up replanted before winter set in. I finally got it planted in the spring, and it has done fine ever since. So, does this mean that we have to say bye-bye to the burning bush? Well, not exactly. Leave it up to Dr. Tom Ranney and his staff at the Mountain Horticultural Crops Research Station in North Carolina to come up with a seedless burning bush. The name of the new bush is Fire Ball Seedless, not to be confused with the regular Fire Ball that does produce seeds. Fire Ball Seedless gets 5 to 7 feet tall and wide. It will grow fine in any type of soil, unless it is soggy and wet all the time. They will do best in an area that gets full to part sun. Story continues below video Small green sterile flowers appear in the spring, but most people never notice them. This new variety will probably have to go through a lot of red tape before it is available in Pennsylvania, but maybe not. It is available from most seed catalogs. Trimming the burning bush is best done in late winter or early spring. I told a friend that I would trim her shrub, but never got around to it. Unfortunately, she passed away and the family sold the house. The new owners don’t know that I exist, so maybe they will have it done professionally. There are three plants that make up that huge bush. When pruning them to shape, try not to cut the thick stems unless it is absolutely necessary. This deforms the shrub. I don’t want to brag, but my snapdragons are still doing beautifully even though it’s December. They didn’t impress me during the warm summer months, but have done great since Labor Day. They don’t match my Christmas wreath very well, but I don’t care. Most of my neighbors have their houses fully decorated, but not me. I always remember the recommendation of my boss Tom Weingartner, about decorating the front of his house. He had a nail on the side of his front door. When the Christmas season rolled around, he got out his wreath and hung it on that nail. When the season was over, he removed the wreath. That might have changed after Louann came along. I will stick to his original plan and sit back and watch the neighbors freeze to death while taking their decorations down. I may offer them a cup of hot cocoa. Make your space a green space.
