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Southern Power Grids Face Historic Winter Test As Snow Blankets Gulf Coast: 5 Utilities To Watch
Tuesday, January 21, 2025 - 2:21pm | 686Read More...Power grids across the South face an extraordinary challenge Tuesday as snow blankets regions typically prepared for summer heat waves, not winter whiteouts. What Happened A fierce winter system has upended daily life from Texas through the Carolinas, forcing Gulf Coast weather forecasters to issue...
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Key State Polls May Set The Stage For 2024 National Contests — Here Is Why Today's Election Day Matters
Tuesday, November 7, 2023 - 8:37pm | 702Read More...As the United States braces for the 2024 national elections, pivotal state elections on Tuesday have become a focal point for gauging the political climate. Among the key races, the gubernatorial contest in Kentucky is particularly riveting, with the incumbent fighting to retain his position, while...
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Mississippi Passes Law Preventing EV Sale Via Brick And Mortar Stores, Impacting Tesla And Rivian
Thursday, March 16, 2023 - 11:07am | 398Read More...Mississippi Republican Governor Tate Reeves‘ bill forces electric vehicle manufacturers to enter into franchise agreements in order to sell cars at retail stores. What Happened: “Today, I signed HB401 to restore MS's auto dealer franchise law back to how it had been interpreted for the...
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Life Expectancy Dropped In 2020 In Every US State — Highest In Hawaii, Lowest In Mississippi
Saturday, August 27, 2022 - 10:40am | 379Read More...According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics, life expectancy in every state in the U.S. dropped by three years in 2020. During the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. life expectancy dropped by 1.8 years, the biggest...
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Hurricane Ida Makes Landfall In Louisiana With Category 4 Storm, Stronger Than Katrina
Sunday, August 29, 2021 - 4:13pm | 386Read More...According to the National Hurricane Center, Hurricane Ida made landfall near Port Fourchon, Louisiana, early Sunday afternoon as an extremely dangerous Category 4 hurricane with winds of 150 mph. It comes on the 16th anniversary of Katrina's landfall. A Category 3 storm, Katrina was...
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Fintech Focus For June 30, 2020
Tuesday, June 30, 2020 - 9:37am | 1683Read More...Daily Perspective: If life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor. - Eleanor Roosevelt Fintech Movers: Uber Technologies Inc.’s financial services leader Peter Hazlehurst is calling it quits as the ride-hailing giant focuses on rides and food delivery, and ices...
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Mississippi Rules To Remove Confederate Symbol From Its Flag
Monday, June 29, 2020 - 9:32am | 328Read More...Mississippi lawmakers have decided to drop a confederate symbol from the state flag after it was adopted more than a century ago by white supremacist lawmakers. What Happened The bill to change the state flag received bipartisan support in both the chambers of the Mississippi legislature....
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13 States Where You Can (Legally) Bet On This Weekend's Football Games
Friday, September 13, 2019 - 1:45pm | 702Read More...The Buffalo Bills will travel to MetLife Stadium in New Jersey this weekend to take on the New York Giants. Some of their fans will likely only go part of the way, getting off I-90 just past Syracuse. There, they'll be able to hit one of the upstate casinos with a sportsbook and bet on the NFL...
