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Truth and Politics in the Age of Post-Truth

Get E-International Relations delivered to your inbox, free of charge. As you sign up, consider becoming a paid subscriber, or make a donation, to support our work. Subscribe This is an excerpt from Global Politics in a Post-Truth Era. You can download the book free of charge from E-International Relations. The term post-truth is by now so ubiquitous in describing the state of politics in the Western world and even beyond that the most pressing issue of the day appears to be about making democracy work in the era of post-truth rather than questioning the normalisation of the term itself in the first place. The critical turning point appeared to have occurred in 2016 when the term was chosen by the Oxford English Dictionary as ‘The Word of the Year.’ On its website, the Dictionary notes the transformation of post-truth from ‘being a peripheral term to being a mainstay in political commentary and connects ‘the spike in frequency’ directly with the Brexit referendum in the United Kingdom and the election of Donald J. Trump in the United States – both occurring in 2016. Paired with the noun ‘politics,’ post-truth is defined as an adjective ‘relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief.’ The Oxford English Dictionary traces the first use of the term to a 1992 essay in The Nation by the playwright Steve Tesich as he reflected on the 1980s Iran-Contra scandal and the 1990–91 Gulf War: We are rapidly becoming prototypes of a people that totalitarian monsters could only drool about in their dreams. All the dictators up to now have had to work hard at suppressing the truth. We, by our actions, are saying that this is no longer necessary, that we have acquired a spiritual mechanism that can denude truth of any significance. In a very fundamental way we, as a free people, have freely decided that we want to live in some post-truth world (Tesich 1992, 13; emphasis added). He then continued, The Gulf War is over but the war at home goes on. The gulf between rich and destitute widens – between those of us who live in a modern post-industrial nation and those of us who live in the Third World countries of our inner cities. The present administration’s response to this internal crisis has shifted from benign to malignant neglect. The current levels of misery and decomposition of our cities and the economic gulags of our ghettos are acceptable. Since there is only so much hope to go around, there is a freeze on hope. The have-nots have now been reclassified as never-will-haves (Tesich 1992, 13). In the context of Tesich’s essay, truth includes both facts, as in what happens, and ‘moral absolutes,’ as in the ‘self-evident truths mentioned in our Constitution’ (Tesich 1992, 14). Together, these two notions of truth entail the obligation to both act and react. The two passages cited above show that even in the early post-Cold War years, Tesich was already deeply concerned that the American people are neither prepared to act on truth nor react to truth that is disconcerting, or what he calls ‘bad news’ (Tesich 1992, 12). Accordingly, Tesich’s insight as captured by the term post-truth is not that truth is irrelevant to what we know, but rather it is irrelevant to how we act. In contrast, ‘post-truth politics,’ as defined by Oxford as a term that pitches ‘objective facts’ against ‘emotion and personal belief’ such that the latter appears to have overtaken the former in shaping ‘public opinion’ and thereby, democratic politics. When Tesich’s post-truth politics and its current usage are juxtaposed, the two are in fact not identical in terms of what truth is and how it relates to politics. Against such consideration, this chapter provides a critical survey of selected historical events and theoretical considerations for the purpose of gaining a more nuanced understanding of the relation between truth and politics. Truth and Language One notable impact of post-truth politics is that language is being overtly deployed as a political weapon not only by politicians and those in power, but among the general population. It seems that once facts are irrelevant to the validity of what is being said, language becomes the platform for an all-out political contest in which what is said is no more than an act of will expressed as an assertion of power and/or an exercise in defiance. As early as in the writings of Thucydides (460–400 BCE), the vulnerability of logos – which is the human capacity for rational discourse in tumultuous times – was already noted. Thucydides belonged to a school of Greek thought which maintained that language is conventional and that the association between name and things is a result of ‘human use and habit’ rather than ‘nature or divine dispensation’ (Connor 1984, 99). The conventional nature of language means that it is incapable of providing its users with any independent criteria for judgement. In Thucydides’ study of the Peloponnesian War (431–405 BCE), the subversion of logos as seen in the manipulation of language was introduced through his account of the civil war in Corcyra (Thucydides 1972, 236-245). The war first broke out in 427 BCE between the pro-Athenian democratic faction and the pro-Spartan oligarchic faction before it spread to the rest of the Greek world. There was a general breakdown of law and order, resulting in extreme violence and death. Language underwent changes that were reflective of the events of the time. The English philosopher Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679) translated Thucydides’ description of the situation as follows: The received value of names imposed for signification of things, was changed into arbitrary. For inconsiderate boldness, was counted true-hearted manliness: provident deliberation, a handsome fear: modesty, the cloak of cowardice: to be wise in everything, to be lazy in everything... he that had been so provident as not to need to do the one or the other, was said to be a dissolver of society, and one that stood in fear of his adversary. In brief, he that could outstrip another in the doing of an evil act, or that could persuade another thereto that never meant it, was commended (Hobbes 1839–1845, 8: 348; Thucydides 1972, 242-243). What concerned Thucydides most was that the meanings of words are no more than linguistic conventions that require logos to support them. The Corcyrean civil war was a reminder that such capacity cannot be assumed. This is why history understood as an authentic account of what happens matters. Guided by logos, the historian’s task is ‘the search after truth’, which is established through ‘the absence of the fabulous,’ including ‘the rejection of myth and unverifiable stories’ (de Jonge 2017, 2). Thus, history plays an important role in facilitating the stability of language – without which distinctions and judgements cannot be rendered communicable. Just like Thucydides, Hobbes was a nominalist who subscribed to the view that there is no inherent meaning to words. Hobbes’ state of nature, where there is no common authority, is precisely one in which distinctions cannot be made. As Hobbes put it, there is ‘no Mine and Thine distinct’ nor is there distinction between ‘the notions of Right and Wrong, Justice and Injustice’ (1968, 188; emphasis in original). This is clearly an unsustainable condition for everyone. Behind Hobbes’ famous words that life in the state of nature is ‘solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short’ is his uncompromising argument for the ‘Leviathan’, which is described by the late American political theorist, Sheldon Wolin (1922–2015), as the ‘sovereign definer’ (Hobbes 1968, 186; Wolin 2004, 238–243). Accordingly, the social contract is importantly a ‘linguistic contract’ that binds all parties to ‘general names agreed upon’ (Peters 1979, 125; Hobbes 1968, 111). Through Thucydides and Hobbes, we can identify a line of thinking that sees politics as a contestation over the use of language, which is based on shared conventions and norms. Thus understood, politics is not a collective quest for the true nature of our being or an epistemological exercise in pursuit of true knowledge. Rather, politics is about humans living with one another by finding a shared language to communicate with one another on matters that affect them all. Truth is in that sense contingent on what is being said as opposed to setting the standard for it. In other words, truth is the embodiment of shareability among us. While truth as such ensures the viability of a political entity, truth by no means represents a normative standard to adjudicate among contesting actors in what they say, let alone in what they do. During Thucydides’ times, ancient China was also experiencing a tumultuous time as the ruling Zhou dynasty deteriorated into the period of the Warring States (481–221 BCE). This was when the rulers of Zhou no longer presided over the territories brought under its control through conquest. Instead of professing allegiance to the Zhou royalty, the lords of these territories became kings themselves to rule over their own land. The period was one marked by endless military campaigns as each of the seven major states aimed to conquer the rest (Lewis 1999). Yet, the period was also known for its intellectual vibrancy as different thinkers challenged the restoring of order among these warring states – including offering ideas and advice to rulers on good governance. Among these thinkers was Confucius (551–479 BCE). His thought, which came to be known as Confucianism, went on to become the state ideology of China from the Han dynasty (206 BCE–222 CE) until the end of the Qing dynasty in 1911 when China became a republic. The founding text of Confucianism was the Analects, which is a collection of dialogues between Confucius and his students as recorded by them. One key concept Confucius advanced is the ‘rectification of names’. Though the term only appears in one exchange in the Analects, it is considered a major aspect of Confucius’ thought. Generations of Confucian scholars from past and present, including Western academics, have debated over its interpretation (Makeham 2003). The passage in question reads as follows: Zi Lu said: ‘The monarch of the state of Wei wants you to govern the country, what is the first thing you plan on doing?’ Confucius said: ‘First it is necessary to rectify the names.’Zi Lu said: ‘Is that really what has to be done? You are being too pedantic, aren’t you now? How will you rectify these names?’Confucius said: ‘Zhong You, you are too unrefined. A gentleman, faced with a matter that he does not understand, takes a skeptical attitude. If names are not correct, one cannot speak smoothly and reasonably, and if one cannot speak smoothly and reasonably, affairs cannot be managed successfully. If affairs cannot be managed successfully, rites and music will not be conducted. If rites and music are not conducted, punishments will not be suitable. And if punishments are not suitable, the common people will not know what to do. So, when the gentleman uses names, it is necessary to be able to speak so that people understand. If one can say it, one can definitely do it. A gentleman should not be careless with words’ (Analects 13:3 in Cao 2016, 148). This translation is offered by the contemporary philosopher Cao Feng. As Cao notes, the passage is what started the whole debate over ‘exactly what kind of names did Confucius... wish to rectify’ (Cao 2016, 148). Of the three major groups of interpretation examined by Cao, beginning with classical Confucian scholarship, one is arguably the most influential and certainly most pertinent to the issue of language and politics. This is the interpretation that was first associated with the Neo-Confucian master, Zhu Xi (1130–1200), who argued that the ‘rectification of names is simply the rectification of politics’ (Cao 2016, 149). Within this interpretive framework, rectification has the dual functions of correction and prescription by ensuring that predetermined hierarchical roles are strictly adhered to through following ‘the system of rites and propriety’ (Cao 2016, 151). In addition, the rectification of names entails ‘using names to rectify actuality’ (Cao 2016, 151). Yet Cao rejects this whole body of interpretive works by arguing that these were ideas developed later. Instead, Cao suggests the following: The original meaning of Confucius’ rectification of names may, then, be quite simple. Confucius did not mean to establish a concrete, normative system of “names”; rather, Confucius was simply the first person in history to realize or remark upon the importance of language in politics. As a politician, he noticed and foresaw the impact that the indeterminacy, ambiguity, and arbitrariness of names would have on politics. Confucius recognized the political consequences of language’s not accurately expressing meaning or not being accurately received by people. He realized the great role that names, as a means of distinguishing right and wrong and establishing norms, could play in society and politics (Cao 2016, 168). Scholarly debates aside, Cao’s view has the advantage of identifying an interpretation of this controversial exchange in the Analects that enables its readers to extrapolate from it the observation that the meaning of words depends as much on their users as on their interpreters; neither of which can be predetermined. Accordingly, a good ruler is someone who can speak without ambiguity to his subjects and make good his words through actions. Stated differently, Cao’s view on what concerned Confucius then, who was living through times of protracted political upheaval, is that language is an indispensable political tool for those in power and can be deployed by both good and bad rulers alike. To sum up, this historical survey shows that politics as a war of words is by no means a distinctive marker of contemporary politics nor the Western world. Be it ancient or current, east or west, language is subject to manipulation to serve political purposes and when there is an outright war of words that defies existing norms, it is indicative of a political situation in which people no longer share a language and truth becomes irrelevant. Accordingly, political order entails stability in language use. Truth and Politics As previously noted, current use of the term post-truth as an adjective to the term ‘politics’ suggests that once there was a time when politics aligned with truth. Indeed, if we start with Plato’s Republic as the key founding text of Western political thought, we see that the ideal polis (city-state of ancient Greece) is where truth and politics converge, and justice is achieved. Written around 380 BCE when Athens was still coping with its defeat by the Spartans in the Peloponnesian War, the Republic is a defence of the rule of the ‘philosopher king’, defined as someone who is ‘guided by the truth’ and is ‘always and in every way’ in pursuit of the truth (Plato 1974, 490a). For Plato, truth converges with virtues and hence, letting the philosopher take charge of politics is to let the wisest and the most virtuous lead the less wise and the less virtuous even if it requires compulsion (Plato 1974, 499b). In Plato’s words, ‘…until the philosophers attain power in a city there will be no respite from evil for either city or citizens…’ (Plato 1974, 501e). The uncompromising rule of philosopher-kings is made palatable by the claim that we are all ‘earth- born brothers’ with random mixtures of gold, silver, bronze and iron, but only the gold can rule (Plato 1974, 414–415). Understandably, academic debates over the interpretation of Plato’s Republic revolve around the question of whether truth as attained in philosophy can be realised in politics as action and whether such a connection is even desirable. Without getting into the details of these scholarly exchanges, I suggest that they all share the concern that truth acquired through the rigorous process of philosophical reasoning is not without problem when applied to the real world of living humans. This is because not all humans are philosophers – and indeed, in Plato’s view, not everyone is capable of becoming a philosopher given the protracted and arduous training that one needs to endure to become one. Hannah Arendt (1906–1975), a highly influential political philosopher of the twentieth century, notes that ‘Plato was the first to introduce the division between those who know and do not act and those who act and do not know’ and that such a separation has remained ‘at the root of all theories of domination’ (Arendt 1958, 223, 225). What Arendt points out in this remark is not the gap between theory and practice, but rather that Plato provides the normative ground for those who know the truth to tell those who do not know what to do. Arendt herself took on the challenge of understanding the relationship between truth and politics through her analysis of Nazism and Stalinism. Arendt’s insight, which was controversial when The Origins of Totalitarianism was published in 1951, was to identify Nazism and Stalinism as representative of a new form of political rule – totalitarianism – making it distinct from ‘other forms of political oppression... such as despotism, tyranny and dictatorship’ (Arendt 1973, 460). Arendt defines totalitarianism as a self- contained system of ideas driven by their ‘logic’ and marked by a mode of reasoning called ‘ideological thinking.’ Ideological thinking as such is a distinctive form of political reasoning defined by three characteristics. First, ideological thinking claims to provide a ‘total explanation’ of all historical happenings, encompassing the past, the present, and the future. Second, while ideological thinking is an attempt to account for ‘factual reality’ in its totality, this mode of thinking is paradoxically divorced from reality and experience. This is because experience, being rooted in specificity, is clearly limited in its claim to totality. It follows that as its third characteristic, ideological thinking aims to emancipate thought from the limitation imposed by experience through a ‘specific method of demonstration.’ The method involves arranging facts into an ‘absolutely logical procedure’ that starts from an ‘axiomatically accepted premise’. It is, in short, a ‘process of deduction from a premise’ – which is the only possible movement in the realm of logic that leads to one definitive conclusion. This is how the ‘logicality of ideological thinking’ provides the basis for total explanation and the ‘principle of action’ for totalitarian movement (Arendt 1973, 468–474). Stated differently, totalitarianism is a form of uncompromising idealism that exists in one’s head irrespective of shared reality as experienced. It is the perverse form of what Arendt later refers to as ‘rational truth’, which is the product of the ‘speculative mind’ that belongs to philosophy, mathematics and the sciences. The ‘speculative mind’ is the mind working on its way to generate axioms and theories by relying on the cognitive capacity of the human brain (Arendt 1977, 231). The presence of others has no bearing whatsoever on rational truth. In contrast, ‘factual truth’ is what happens when humans are ‘living and acting together’ (Arendt 1977, 231). Factual truth is therefore particular and temporal by definition. But more importantly, factual truth is ‘political by nature’ because it can only be validated in the context of the human community (Arendt 1977, 238). In other words, factual truth is about humans in their plurality rather than in their singularity. For factual truth to be sustainable, we need what Arendt calls ‘common sense’ – understood as ‘community sense’ (Arendt 1982, 72). There is also another distinction about truth that Arendt makes which is pertinent to understanding how totalitarianism works. The issue is whether the so-called totalitarian ideology is simply an unnecessarily cumbersome way of saying that it is an all-round and polished lie. Here, Arendt calls totalitarian ideology the ‘modern lie’ – in contrast to the ‘traditional lie’. The latter is restricted by two conditions: that it is a lie about the ‘particulars’ and that it deceives only the ‘enemy’ – which means that the liar is not engaged in self- deception. The modern lie, however, involves a ‘complete rearrangement of the whole factual texture’. It also intends to deceive everyone alike, to the extent that those who initiate the lie eventually ‘fall victims to their own falsehood’ (Arendt 1977, 249–254). This distinction between the traditional and modern lie is important. It indicates that not only is totalitarianism a lie, but the lie is in fact too big to fit into the standard meaning of the word. To tell a lie from truth, we need a common standard. In the case of a traditional lie, the common standard is precisely ‘the fabric of factuality’. As such, a lie always appears as a ‘tear’ to that fabric. Yet, modern lies require making a surrogate reality with a completely different context for facts to fit ‘without seam, crack, or fissure, exactly as the facts fitted into their original context’. Arendt notes that as long as those who concoct the surrogate reality are prepared to engage in self- deception to ‘create a semblance of truthfulness’, there is nothing to prevent ‘these new stories, images, and non-facts from becoming an adequate substitute for reality and factuality’ (Arendt 1977, 253–254). Totalitarianism therefore requires a person to stand outside of the system itself in order to make sense of it. Arendt points out that it is futile for us to argue with (for example) a Nazi or a Stalinist on race or class. To confront totalitarianism requires more than just a confrontation with specific facts. It is a more fundamental confrontation between reality as experienced and its total rejection. This means that Nazism and Stalinism are more than radical ways of conducting racial conflict or class struggle. Rather: Totalitarian politics – far from being simply antisemitic or racist or imperialist or communist – use and abuse their own ideological and political elements until the basis of factual reality, from which the ideologies originally derived their propaganda value– the value of struggle, for instance, or the interest conflicts between Jews and their neighbours – have all but disappeared (Arendt 1973, xv). Accordingly: The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction (that is, the reality of experience) and the distinction between true and false (that is, the standards of thought) no longer exist (Arendt 1973, 474). Who then is the ‘ideal subject’ of totalitarianism? Although there is a revival of interest in Arendt’s observation on truth and politics since the onset of post- truth politics, not enough has been said about her reply to the question (Hyvönen 2018; Klinkler 2018; Lee 2019; Zerilli 2020). Yet if we take a look at Arendt’s portrait of this ideal subject, her view is even more pertinent to our current challenge. As a self-contained system of ideas that is detached from experience, totalitarian thinking offers consistency in ways that reality cannot. Arendt notes that this kind of consistency is especially appealing to those who have lost a sense of bearing in the world (Arendt 1973, 353). They constitute what she calls the ‘masses’. The ‘mass man’ is thus a highly isolated and atomised individual, who is ‘obsessed by a desire to escape from reality’ (Arendt 1973, 318, 352). In his ‘essential homelessness’ the mass man can ‘no longer bear its accidental, incomprehensible aspects’ (Arendt 1973, 352). This longing for escape from reality is a ‘verdict against the world’ in which one is ‘forced to live’ but ‘cannot exist’ (Arendt 1973, 352). Such a situation is ripe for the ‘revolt of the masses’ against ‘common sense,’ which is ‘the result of their atomisation, of their loss of social status’ and with it, the ‘whole sector of communal relationships in whose framework common sense makes sense’ (Arendt 1973, 352). In short, the masses are people who are considered to be ‘superfluous or can be spared … [who] cannot be integrated into any organisation based on common interest’ (Arendt 1973, 311). Whether one agrees with Arendt’s analysis of the social conditions in the interwar years that led to the formation of the ‘masses’, her portrait of the ‘mass man’ is a powerful account of what can happen to an individual who has become disposable to the society that they used to belong to. Hand in hand with this phenomenon is indeed the collapse of ‘common sense’ that leaves the dislodged individual scrambling for reconnection. By offering the masses a substitute reality validated by the ‘logic of an idea’ rather than by experience, totalitarianism makes it possible for them to live in a world where there is no condition of plurality. Between ‘facing the anarchic growth and total arbitrariness of decay’ and ‘bowing down before the most rigid, fantastically fictitious consistency of an ideology’, the masses will likely ‘choose the latter’ (Arendt 1973, 352). A world created by ideology, then, is more attractive to the masses not because ‘they are stupid and wicked, but because in the general disaster this escape grants them a minimum of self- respect’ by conjuring up ‘a lying world of consistency which is more adequate to the needs of the human mind than reality itself’ (Arendt 1973, 353). Moreover, it is precisely this ability to guarantee consistency that makes it possible for the leaders of totalitarian movements to demand ‘total, unrestricted, unconditional and unalterable loyalty of the individual member’ (Arendt 1973, 323). While this chapter is not a study of the social factors that led to specific contemporary developments such as the result of the Brexit referendum or the election of Donald Trump in 2016, Arendt’s ‘mass man’ seem to have found their counterparts among the supporters of Brexit and Trumpism. Studies of voters’ profiles in both events point to a disproportionate share of supporters from white male lower income backgrounds without university educations. These are individuals who have either already lost their jobs to globalisation or who are at high risk of losing their job with very little capacity to be retrained for the twenty-first century market economy of advanced industrialised states (BBC 2016; Pew Research Center 2018). In short, these displaced workers are part of the tapestry forming the modern equivalent of Arendt’s ‘mass man’ – ready to be the recruits of totalitarianism. Conclusion If we step back to take a more comprehensive approach to the relationship between truth and politics, both historically and theoretically, it is not so obvious that 2016 is a defining moment. From ancient China and ancient Greece to our so-called post-truth age, the indeterminacy of language appears to be a persistent political challenge. Language is always open to manipulation by its users to serve power. Nonetheless, the tendency these days is to single out the ubiquity of social media and the proliferation of Internet platforms as the incubator for the countless cyberwars of words that in turn fuel the real world of politics. In this context, language is no longer the conveyor of objective facts and accurate information, but rather the medium for expressing subjective opinions and feelings, as captured by the Oxford Dictionary’s definition of the term ‘post-truth politics’. In contrast, the historical approach used in this chapter shows that it is in fact too easy to point the figure at the Internet and digital communication for the political challenge that we face today. What is being suggested here is that with or without the Internet, language, be it used to convey facts or emotions, is simply a tool for communication that humans have invented. While language per se cannot adjudicate what is true or not true, what is right or wrong, it embodies such capacity when language is a shared norm. That shared norm cannot be sustained without some semblance of cohesion in any given community. Any war of words, irrespective of its platform, is indicative of the breakdown of such cohesiveness. Returning to the original context in which the term post-truth politics was first used by Steve Tesich helps to identify the important distinction between truth as the standard for knowledge and truth as the standard for action. The two do not necessarily coincide. Placed in the context of the history of political thought, this distinction is in fact at the heart of Plato’s Republic. Yet when the philosopher as the quintessential bearer of truth becomes king, the polis that he rules over is far from the ideal of a just state that it purports to be. Instead, it is one that is held together by lies and coercion. What Arendt reveals through her study of Nazism and Stalinism is that it is dangerous for the kind of truth that philosophy generates – ‘rational truth’ – to become the guide to politics. Politics guided by rational truth can only be uncompromising and follows a logic of its own that cannot afford the ambiguity and indeterminacy of reality as lived experiences of humans. A world of post-truth politics can be an opportunity for a new kind of politics if it is indeed about dismantling the idea that truth is the ideal that politics should strive for. 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Sep 15 • 11:13 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

DOH holds in-person town hall on Bronx Legionnaires' cases

"Remember, there are 24 total cooling towers in this area that we are concerned about," New York City Health Commissioner Dr. Alister Martin said.

Sep 15 • 10:22 PM EDT • Health • ny1.com

Proposed business-tech park in northwest Surprise draws support, concerns over growth

A proposed business-tech park in one of Surprise's fastest-growing areas is moving through the city's approval process.

Sep 15 • 8:28 PM EDT • Business • abc15.com

Boise targets five areas for housing and business investment

Boise has nominated five areas for Opportunity Zone status, which could encourage private investment in housing, businesses and redevelopment through federal tax benefits.

Sep 15 • 6:59 PM EDT • Business • kivitv.com

Topeka business leaders head to Hall of Fame

Topeka-area business leaders are headed to the Hall of Fame.

Sep 15 • 5:58 PM EDT • Business • wibw.com

Rural Health Transformation Program announces $1.25 million to expand school-based health centers

The North Carolina Rural Health Transformation Program will spend $1.25 million on school-based health centers in rural areas. Gov. Stein and NCDCHHS said this will improve health and academic outcomes for over three million people.

Sep 15 • 5:30 PM EDT • Health • ednc.org

Santa Cruz County business filings: Week of Sept. 15

Businesses operating in Santa Cruz County must register with the county clerk. Lookout Santa Cruz reviews the public filings from local businesses to report on new businesses starting in the area.

Sep 15 • 2:11 PM EDT • Business • lookout.co

Moyes wants to see 'Everton DNA'

David Moyes wants to see "Everton DNA" as the Toffees look to battle through this period where they lack numbers in forward areas. The Toffees were left disappointed after failing to land a new striker with the club not executing on attempts to bring in Monaco forward Folarin Balogun and Manchester United's Joshua Zirkzee.

Sep 15 • 2:03 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

5th annual Tri-City Latino Parade returns to Columbus area. What to know if you go

The parade is a showcase of regional Latino identity, with participants representing multiple countries and community groups.

Sep 15 • 1:21 PM EDT • Entertainment • ledger-enquirer.com

5 things to do this week in Greenville

See our curated list of upcoming and ongoing arts, culture and entertainment events in the Greenville area. Send us your events at greenville@postandcourier.com.

Sep 15 • 11:15 AM EDT • Entertainment • postandcourier.com

SBA approves 31 Iowa small business loans in August

Three businesses across the Quad Cities region are among 31 Iowa small businesses approved for loans last month by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). In its monthly report, the SBA announced it backed 31 loans totaling $21,807,400 in August from participating lenders using its two largest lending programs. The QC area businesses and loan […]

Sep 15 • 11:04 AM EDT • Business • quadcitiesbusiness.com

Amazon warehouse in Romeoville sold to California investor

The deal offers a glimpse at how much investors will pay for revenue certainty in the Chicago-area industrial market.

Sep 15 • 10:41 AM EDT • Business • chicagobusiness.com

Naperville All Abilities Fair celebrates disability representation in business

The event hosted businesses both owned and operated by, and created for, individuals with disabilities in the Naperville area.

Sep 15 • 10:13 AM EDT • Business • nctv17.org

How Philly-area businesses use employee bonuses to reward performance

Companies like Chickie's and Pete's and Werner Bus Lines use extra pay to incentivize employees to help the business do well, Gene Marks writes.

Sep 15 • 9:01 AM EDT • Business • inquirer.com

New Programs Support Hispanic Business Owners During Hispanic Heritage Month

The Pennsylvania Metropolitan Area Hispanic Chamber of Commerce is offering grants, English classes and roundtable conversations for entrepreneurs.

Sep 15 • 8:57 AM EDT • Business • pittsburghmagazine.com

Has dark matter been found? Bay Area scientists analyze signal deep underground

A single unexplained particle interaction has Bay Area scientists investigating a tantalizing possibility: a direct detection of dark matter, the mysterious substance thought to make up most of the universe’s matter.

Sep 15 • 7:00 AM EDT • Science • mercurynews.com

Liverpool confirm agreement to sign special midfielder

Liverpool have confirmed an agreement to sign an exciting midfielder. The midfield is a really tricky area for Andoni Iraola to figure out at the moment.It doesn't feel like he quite has the right pro...

Sep 15 • 6:15 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Big Seattle-area residential brokerage expands Eastside footprint with acquisition

Realogics Sotheby's International Realty expands its Eastside presence with the acquisition of Marketplace, growing its agent count to 374 across the Seattle region.

Sep 15 • 2:00 AM EDT • Business • bizjournals.com

Bay Area sports calendar, Sept. 15-16

Lawrence Butler and the A's will face the Rays at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday. (NBCSCA)

Sep 15 • 1:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

BRAVO TO BUSINESS: 25 Area Businesses Up For E.C. Chamber Awards

The Eau Claire Area Chamber of Commerce’s annual business awards event, Bravo to Business, will celebrate its sixth year from 4:30-9pm on Thursday, Nov. 5, at the Florian Gardens Conference Center (2340 Lorch Ave., Eau Claire). There, the winner of each of Bravo to Business’s five categories –

Sep 15 • 1:00 AM EDT • Business • volumeone.org

UH researchers awarded $3.6M to study legacy pollution, health risks

Researchers will test for lead, arsenic, dioxins and “forever chemicals,” focusing on areas near former sugarcane lands.

Sep 14 • 11:39 PM EDT • Health • hawaiinewsnow.com

Vice President JD Vance rallies Kansas Republicans during Olathe visit

Vice President JD Vance rallied supporters and Republican officials in Olathe, Kansas, on Monday, his second visit to the Kansas City area in four months. Much like his May appearance

Sep 14 • 10:45 PM EDT • Entertainment • thederrick.com

Chico to open two entertainment zones allowing public drinking starting Friday

Chico is preparing to open two new entertainment zones that will allow people 21 and older to legally carry alcoholic drinks in designated public areas such as

Sep 14 • 8:31 PM EDT • Entertainment • krcrtv.com

Pokeworks celebrates 5 years of business in Southlake

The Pokeworks in Southlake recently celebrated its 5 year anniversary. The Southlake store has been continuously growing over the years and regularly ranks in the top 10 locations nationwide. The owners have been residents of Southlake for 20 years and said the community consistently supporting the business has helped them make it to five years. Future plans for Pokeworks Southlake will be increasing the store’s focus on catering and expanding that area of the business.

Sep 14 • 5:00 PM EDT • Business • communityimpact.com

Hayden Panettiere death probe focusing on illegal pills from LA dealer

Federal authorities probing the death of Hayden Panettiere are focusing their investigation in Los Angeles and looking into whether the actor procured nonprescription pills from an area dealer. Drug Enforcement

Sep 14 • 4:55 PM EDT • Entertainment • thederrick.com

We now have an incredibly detailed map to help predict which areas of LA are the most at risk from 'The Big One'

A new 3D map of the Los Angeles basin reveals deep sediments that could intensify shaking in an earthquake.

Sep 14 • 3:49 PM EDT • Science • livescience.com

DOL Provides Guidance on Mental Health Parity, but Gaps Remain

Although the Department of Labor identified three high-priority areas of enforcement, what constitutes a violation is still unclear.

Sep 14 • 3:43 PM EDT • Health • planadviser.com

FBI: Houston-area woman wanted in health care fraud case has been arrested

Emylee Thai allegedly fled to Vietnam while facing federal health care fraud charges. The FBI says she has now been captured.

Sep 14 • 1:57 PM EDT • Health • khou.com

North Country Sports Scoreboard: Monday, Sept. 14, 2026

There was action in college and high school soccer, along with field hockey and volleyball involving area teams.

Sep 14 • 11:28 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

‘Alligator Alcatraz’ put detainees in metal cages labeled ‘calming areas,’ watchdog finds

Nearly 80 immigrant detainees who were held at Florida’s makeshift detention center, known as Alligator Alcatraz, were briefly held in small metal enclosures for “periods ranging from several minutes to nearly 2 hours,” according to a federal watchdog report

Sep 14 • 11:21 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com

Nine athletes highlight the 910Preps Athlete of the Week poll

Another week of high school sports has concluded. Here are nine Fayetteville-area nominees for 910Preps Athlete of the Week for Sept. 7-13.

Sep 14 • 10:22 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Bars and bets: College football brings business to sports bars in Austin

College football brings a lot of business to sports bars across the state, especially in the Austin-area.

Sep 14 • 9:00 AM EDT • Sports • spectrumlocalnews.com

Bars and bets: College football brings business to sports bars in Austin

College football brings a lot of business to sports bars across the state, especially in the Austin-area.

Sep 14 • 9:00 AM EDT • Business • spectrumlocalnews.com

Poll | What has been the most impressive win this season?

In each of the four weeks this season, there's been at least one win that's raised eyebrows across the area. Which one has impressed you the most?

Sep 14 • 5:10 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Businesses are eyeing Germantown opportunities. The neighborhood is proceeding with caution.

The area has a new visitors center and it has welcomed coffee shops and a food co-op. Residents would like restaurants and more retail.

Sep 14 • 5:01 AM EDT • Business • inquirer.com

New policy bans mobile tattoo and piercing businesses

Mobile tattoo and piercing businesses will not be allowed to operate in the north Devon area

Sep 14 • 1:05 AM EDT • Business • bbc.com

Electric mobility brings Africa’s energy transition into the wild

Electric motorcycles are bringing Africa’s energy transition into Kenya’s Maasai Mara game reserve, where rangers are using solar-charged bikes to patrol wildlife areas more quietly, and to pursue suspected poachers.

Sep 13 • 9:16 PM EDT • Business • seattletimes.com

Electric mobility brings Africa’s energy transition into the wild

Electric motorcycles are bringing Africa’s energy transition into Kenya’s Maasai Mara game reserve, where rangers are using solar-charged bikes to patrol wildlife areas more quietly, and to pursue suspected poachers.

Sep 13 • 9:15 PM EDT • Entertainment • tdtnews.com

Japan’s biomass energy boom threatens further deforestation in Indonesia

Expanding deforestation in Indonesia caused by the country’s wood pellet and chip industry is putting further pressure on tropical forests, Key Biodiversity Areas, and Indigenous territories in the archipelago, according

Sep 13 • 9:11 PM EDT • Business • rutlandherald.com

Billings Fall Home Improvement Show features 90% local business

The 33rd annual Fall Home Improvement Show featured 400 vendors at MetraPark this weekend, with 90% of the vendors coming from the greater Billings area.

Sep 13 • 9:06 PM EDT • Business • ktvq.com

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Sep 13 • 6:42 PM EDT • Politics • youtube.com

Dallas-area high school football rankings after Week 3

Class 6A, Class 5A, Class 4A and private school rankings for the best teams in The Dallas Morning News ' coverage area.

Sep 13 • 5:33 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Seattle-area business leaders call on city to halt open-air drug markets, add services

In a letter addressed to the Mayor of Seattle, and the city council, dozens of business minds requested that the city take a hard look at public safety and drug

Sep 13 • 2:45 PM EDT • Business • komonews.com

How a Bay Area healthcare system is navigating AI by balancing tech upgrades and patient trust

Sutter Health’s inaugural Chief AI Officer, Ashley Beecy, spoke with this news organization about some of the ways Sutter Health is using artificial intelligence to support physicians, improve patient care and transform the healthcare…

Sep 13 • 2:00 PM EDT • Health • mercurynews.com

Political debate over AI intensifies amid warnings about ‘catastrophic risk’

(CNN) — The debate around artificial intelligence is ramping up in Washington, with Democratic lawmakers sounding alarms on the dangers they say the technology poses and Republican leaders suggesting those concerns are inflated and secondary to winning the AI race with China.Some Democratic lawmakers last week pressured House Speaker Mike Johnson to reconvene the chamber immediately to work on AI regulation, citing what they describe as the “catastrophic risk posed by advanced artificial intelligence.” But the Louisiana Republican on Sunday resisted those calls, instead saying industry leaders should meet with lawmakers to find “balance” in any potential guardrails.“If Congress just races in and does some sort of emergency session to try to regulate AI, we will lose the race to China, and that is a threat to every single American,” Johnson said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”Meanwhile, former President Barack Obama told Democrats to make artificial intelligence regulation a central part of their agenda during a private fundraiser Thursday, warning that the technology could be dangerous “if we don’t get on top of it.”In a fireside chat with House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Obama said whoever runs in the 2028 presidential election should have a “very clear plan” on AI, adding that he saw the need for a “blueprint” on AI guardrails even at the end of his presidency a decade ago.“Certainly, if I were running for president next year, this would be one of my central agendas, and I would have a very clear plan, and I would talk about this, and I would say, ‘Here’s our plan for safety, here’s our plan for making sure our kids are not corrupted by this,’” he said, per excerpts of the remarks provided to CNN by his office. Obama’s remarks were first reported by the New York Times.Concerns over the rapid acceleration of AI reached a fever pitch after Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei wrote in a 3,800-word essay Saturday that the race to develop artificial intelligence is in dire need of a slowdown. The call to action came after an OpenAI test model breached the Hugging Face online platform, deepening concerns about cybersecurity.In an exclusive interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper on Saturday, Amodei called on industry leaders to work together to avoid “the wrong paths” and the possibility of AI harming humanity.One Anthropic researcher, Jacob Coxon, resigned from the firm over worries that the industry wasn’t doing enough to prevent AI from destroying humanity by the end of the decade.Obama said Democrats need a plan to get their agenda on AI underway should they win the House majority in this year’s midterms.Speaking to Jeffries, who is presumed to be speaker of the House should Democrats prevail in November, Obama said, “Once you are speaker, I would strongly urge that the Democrats put together a framework for a very public conversation, and you can break it out into three or four or five issues.”Obama stressed that the framework should be centered on the reality that the technology can’t be stuffed “back into a box.”“This is something that is moving very fast in private hands, and if we don’t get on top of it, I think can be dangerous. If we do get on top of it, I do think it’s beneficial,” Obama said, laying out examples of AI’s potential use in drug development and finding pathways to a clean energy future.“We don’t want to shut off those opportunities, but we have to understand that this is a tool,” he said.Jeffries agreed with the former president in a statement provided to CNN on Sunday.“President Obama is correct that decisive action must be taken on Artificial Intelligence,” he said, adding, “In the majority, we will move urgently on this issue with a legislative response that recognizes the importance of American companies continuing to lead in the Artificial Intelligence area, while putting in place meaningful guardrails that protect the American people from bad actors and the very real damage that can be done to humanity.”Jeffries also accused Republicans of having “abdicated their responsibility to govern” and said Democrats “will not repeat their error.”A source familiar with Obama’s thinking said the former president sees Amodei’s letter and similar reaction from other tech moguls as an encouraging development.But President Donald Trump waved off their concerns, saying he is not worried about any existential threat posed by AI, focusing instead on the US winning in its development of the technology over China.“We’re leading China in AI. We’re the most sophisticated country in the world, and frankly, I want to keep it that way,” Trump said to reporters at the Amgen Irish Open on Sunday.About the concerns expressed by Democrats and others over the technology, the president said, “I think you have a lot of negative forces that are bringing it up that shouldn’t be bringing it up, and they’re bringing up things that won’t happen.”One of Trump’s top economic advisers, Kevin Hassett, also rejected the calls for slowing the technology down, saying on Sunday the bigger concern is a scenario in which a “malevolent actor has access to an AI that’s better than the one we have that can protect us.”Hassett, the National Economic Council director, said on “State of the Union” the White House may hold meetings this week about addressing Amodei’s concerns, but he did not specify whether Trump had floated greater safeguards.“I have concerns that if we don’t win AI, we’re going to be put in a very bad position,” Hassett said. “We are leading China right now.”CNN’s Alison Main and Molly English contributed to this report.The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2026 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.​THE-CNN-WIRE (TM) & © 2026 CABLE NEWS NETWORK, INC., A TIME WARNER COMPANY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Sep 13 • 1:22 PM EDT • Politics • applevalleynewsnow.com

Lakewood Health System, Staples, births

An area listing of birth announcements.

Sep 13 • 12:30 PM EDT • Health • brainerddispatch.com

Essentia Health-St. Joseph’s Medical Center, Brainerd, births

An area listing of birth announcements.

Sep 13 • 12:00 PM EDT • Health • brainerddispatch.com

Appleton-area high school sports results for Saturday, Sept. 12

High school volleyball, soccer, cross-country and tennis teams were in action.

Sep 13 • 11:28 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Can robots beat treasure hunters to keep Seattle-area Goodwill afloat?

Evergreen Goodwill, the Seattle-area branch of the major nonprofit discount store, is hoping for a turnaround after multi-year losses.

Sep 13 • 9:00 AM EDT • Business • seattletimes.com

Physicists can’t agree on how the Universe works

A massive worldwide survey of physicists has revealed surprisingly little agreement about some of the universe’s biggest mysteries. No majority backed the standard cosmological model, a leading explanation for dark matter, or any single theory of quantum gravity. One area of stronger agreement stood out: 68% said the Big Bang does not necessarily represent the beginning of time. Researchers say the divisions show just how alive and unsettled the frontiers of physics remain.

Sep 13 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • sciencedaily.com

Iran Human Rights Council Condemns Zionist Regime’s Crimes against Lebanese People

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The High Council for Human Rights of the Islamic Republic of Iran strongly condemned the Zionist Regime’s continued military aggression against Lebanon and attacks on residential areas that have killed and wounded dozens of civilians, including women and children.

Sep 13 • 7:59 AM EDT • Politics • tasnimnews.ir

Arsenal analysis: Raya proves worth with crucial contribution

Arsenal's first-half frustration was encapsulated in manager Mikel Arteta being booked shortly before the break for leaving his technical area too many times. Greece winger Christos Tzolis continued his inconsistent start to the season, more reminiscent here of his toothless showing against Aston Villa rather than the productive display at home to Chelsea. Konsa, even before giving away the penalty, struggled to deal with Sunderland's direct attacking approach and the physicality of striker Brian Brobbey.

Sep 13 • 6:27 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Texas high school football: Saturday's scores from Week 3

Saturday's Houston-area and statewide scores from Week 3 of the Texas high school football season.

Sep 12 • 11:35 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Houston-area restaurant forced to add fees as inflation strains business, owner says

Sep 12 • 10:47 PM EDT • Business • yahoo.com

Southampton fire draws mutual aid from area departments

Emergency crews are on the scene of a fire in Southampton.

Sep 12 • 9:30 PM EDT • Business • westernmassnews.com

Political analyst talks influence of data centers on upcoming election

Reporting Portland and Vancouver area breaking news and weather stories to make Oregon and Southwest Washington a better place to live

Sep 12 • 8:00 PM EDT • Politics • koin.com

Houston-area restaurant forced to add fees as inflation strains business, owner says

The owner of Lankford's, a staple Houston restaurant, said he has implemented a 3.5% surcharge on credit card purchases because of rising costs for goods and services.

Sep 12 • 6:46 PM EDT • Business • abc13.com

Bethune-Cookman, Stetson football game under weather delay

The first football meeting between Bethune-Cookman and Stetson has been delayed due to lightning in the area.

Sep 12 • 3:42 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Area Events & Entertainment Community Calendar

Sept. 10 - Veterans Coffee & Conversation at the Eagles Club - begins at 10 a.m. Sept. 10 - Karaoke at Hy-Da Way at 8:30 p.m. Sept. 12 - Fall Night Market, live music by Kristen Amber Music …

Sep 12 • 1:58 PM EDT • Entertainment • merrillfotonews.com

KTAG expands service areas again

As of Sept. 1, KTAG is now compatible with additional agencies through a nationwide interoperability effort, expanding access to even more toll roads across the country. KTAG works with 19

Sep 12 • 1:13 PM EDT • Business • derbyinformer.com

Seattle-area sunflower farms and more activities to send off summer

It can be hard to say goodbye to summer, but there are still a few more fun things to do in the Seattle area before fall begins.

Sep 12 • 9:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • yakimaherald.com

Appleton-area high school sports results for Friday, Sept. 11

High school football, volleyball, golf and tennis teams were in action.

Sep 12 • 7:49 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Entertainment venue with multi-level go-kart track to open in Polaris area

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – An entertainment venue chain featuring multi-level indoor electric go-kart racing has broken ground on a location near Polaris Fashion Place. Supercharged Entertainment began s...

Sep 12 • 7:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com

Entertainment venue with multi-level go-kart track to open in Polaris area

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – An entertainment venue chain featuring multi-level indoor electric go-kart racing has broken ground on a location near Polaris Fashion Place. Supercharged Entertainment beg…

Sep 12 • 7:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • nbc4i.com

Entertainment venue with multi-level go-kart track to open in Polaris area

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Sep 12 • 7:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • nbc4i.com

Arts and entertainment calendar

Events coming up in the Greenville area offer music, arts, theater and family fun. Here is a sampling.

Sep 12 • 6:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • reflector.com

Brenda Lucas: Community news for Saturday, Sept.12

Click for community news in the Huntington, West Virginia, and Tri-State area.

Sep 12 • 4:45 AM EDT • Entertainment • herald-dispatch.com

Liverpool schedule talks with 'very strong' star in 2027

Liverpool may have made four signings in the summer but, there are still a lot of areas among their ranks that could do with an upgrade or two.Indeed, Andoni Iraola's defence and attack have been mass...

Sep 12 • 4:10 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Texas high school football: Friday's scores from Week 3

Friday's Houston-area and statewide scores from Week 3 of the Texas high school football season.

Sep 12 • 12:32 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Pensacola area Week 4 final scores

Week 4 of high school football has wrapped up. See the final scores and what is next for Pensacola area teams.

Sep 12 • 12:24 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Students protest regents-approved policy changes at University of Science and Arts of Okla

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Sep 11 • 7:27 PM EDT • Science • okcfox.com

Brewers Reacts Survey Results: What concerns you the most?

Milwaukee is close to locking up a return to the postseason, but there are still areas for concern

Sep 11 • 6:29 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Man arrested after allegedly dismantling A/C units at Heights-area business

A 49-year-old man was arrested after a repairman reportedly caught him dismantling rooftop air conditioning units and taking copper at a Heights-area business.

Sep 11 • 5:35 PM EDT • Business • click2houston.com

Saint Joseph Health System honors the fallen on 25th anniversary of 9/11

Several memorials were held across our area to remember those who died on September 11, 2001.One of those events took place at the Saint Joseph Mishawaka Medica

Sep 11 • 4:02 PM EDT • Health • wsbt.com

USA rink building reuse, golf entertainment complex projects need rezoning in Mishawaka

Developer David Farhan says the former USA Skate Center site's zoning only allows up to two businesses in the 24,000-square-foot building but there isn't demand for such large spaces in that area.

Sep 11 • 4:02 PM EDT • Entertainment • wvpe.org

Crider’s historical water series: Feather River Project

California’s historic water problem reflects its weather patterns: Most of the state’s precipitation falls in sparsely populated areas of Northern California, where much of it flows into the Pacific Ocean.

Sep 11 • 3:44 PM EDT • Entertainment • recordgazette.net

Beacon Health System’s B.A.B.E program helps support new parents

Beacon Health System’s Benefiting Area Babies Equally program turns positive parenting actions into tangible rewards.

Sep 11 • 3:37 PM EDT • Health • aha.org

‘Our hearts are broken today’: NOTO Arts sends condolences after double homicide in North Topeka

The NOTO Arts & Entertainment District has released a statement following a double homicide that occurred in the area on Thursday.

Sep 11 • 1:16 PM EDT • Entertainment • wibw.com

Springhill Restaurant closing, road projects, business news: Read 6 trending Austin-area stories

Check out some trending stories from the Austin area Sept. 7-10.

Sep 11 • 1:15 PM EDT • Business • communityimpact.com

Westbury retail strip trades for $5.3M

A local real estate investment firm purchased a fully leased retail strip at 427 Old Country Road in Westbury for $5.3 million, highlighting strong demand in the area.

Sep 11 • 1:09 PM EDT • Business • libn.com

McLean County launches alert system for sharing weather, traffic and public health information

The system is similar to notifications set up in Bloomington and Normal, with some overlap, used to share pertinent information county-wide or by quadrant. The county can now send push notifications to automatically alert cell phones in a targeted area of weather and public safety emergencies.

Sep 11 • 1:04 PM EDT • Health • wglt.org

The biggest fall concerts coming to the Seattle area

From classic rock legends to new-school hitmakers, these are the biggest fall concerts coming to the Seattle area through Thanksgiving weekend.

Sep 11 • 1:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • yakimaherald.com

Business Briefs for Sept. 12, 2026

This week's digest of area business announcements, milestones and news.

Sep 11 • 12:59 PM EDT • Business • rutlandherald.com

The Curry Queen in Old Saybrook closes after three years of business

Owner Nalini Srinivasan opened The Curry Queen not only because of a gap in the availability of Indian food in the area, but in its substance.

Sep 11 • 12:10 PM EDT • Business • yahoo.com

Several local providers receive funds to strengthen rural healthcare

State officials have announced that several area hospitals and healthcare organizations will share in a total of just over $76 million in funding through the Rural Community Health Integration Initiative. The investment is part of the more than $212 million New York State received for the first year of the federal Rural Health Transformation Program.

Sep 11 • 12:00 PM EDT • Health • romesentinel.com

What Today's Business Grants Reveal About Tomorrow's Funding Opportunities

Colorful GrantWatch promotional graphic featuring a winding road leading toward a bright city skyline at sunrise. A large white arrow on the road points toward “Tomorrow’s Opportunities.” On the left, a signpost displays funding focus areas including Innovation, Clean Energy, Workforce Development, Community Growth, and Small Business. The headline reads, “What Today’s Business Grants Reveal About Tomorrow’s Funding Opportunities.” The GrantWatch logo and “Time to Apply” appear at the top. In the lower right corner, a stack of books labeled “Plans” and “Grants” is topped by The Queen of Grants 2 by Libby Hikind, reinforcing the theme of planning for future grant funding opportunities.

Sep 11 • 10:49 AM EDT • Business • grantwatch.com

Greater Baton Rouge commercial construction emerging from slowdown

New commercial construction is beginning to pick up across the Baton Rouge area after several years of higher construction costs and interest rates limiting development, according to Charlie Colvin of… Already an INSIDER? Sign in. Already an INSIDER? Sign in

Sep 11 • 10:22 AM EDT • Business • businessreport.com