John Kumah was a courageous and influential figure A leading member of Alan Kyerematen's Movement for Change, Hopeson Adorye, has described the late MP for Ejisu and Deputy Finance Minister, John Ampontuah Kumah (Esq.), as someone who was very brave ... 05/18/2024 - 7:31 am | View Link
Donald R. Horton, one of nation's most influential homebuilding execs, dies at 74 Now based in Arlington, Texas, D.R. Horton (NYSE: DHI) ranks among the very largest builders in the United States, closing on 87,801 single-family homes for the 12 months that ended March 31. The ... 05/17/2024 - 4:51 am | View Link
The Power 125, part five: Meet our final group of the most influential people in Central Ohio for 2024 We’ll be rolling out this year’s Power 125 list over the course of the week, with a special print edition of Business First wrapping it all up on June 21. 05/17/2024 - 4:45 am | View Link
Now streaming: Texas fiddler Johnny Gimble’s influential ‘Still Swingin’ The album was cut mostly in North Dallas at the legendary Sumet-Bernet studio, eight years after the Rolling Stones recorded there. 05/17/2024 - 4:29 am | View Link
Remembering Jeffrey Henry (DJ Chicken George), one of Austin's most influential DJs An eclectic and soulful musician who elevated DJ performance to artistry, and a powerful force of kindness and collaboration in Austin’s creative communities, Jeffrey Henry (aka DJ Chicken George) ... 05/16/2024 - 8:06 am | View Link
INFLUENTIAL definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary adjective. 1. having or exerting influence, esp. great influence. three influential educators. noun. 2. a person who exerts or can exert strong influence. according to influentials of the fashion industry. SYNONYMS 1. consequential, forceful, important. 05/17/2024 - 7:18 am | View Website
INFLUENTIAL Synonyms: 86 Similar and Opposite Words Synonyms for INFLUENTIAL: authoritative, important, dominant, forceful, dominating, predominant, eminent, cogent; Antonyms of INFLUENTIAL: weak, helpless, unable, powerless, incapable, impotent, insignificant, unimportant. 05/17/2024 - 3:08 am | View Website
INFLUENTIAL | English meaning having a lot of influence on someone or something: She wanted to work for a bigger and more influential (= powerful) newspaper. influential in Johnson was influential (= important) in persuading the producers to put money into the film. Fewer examples. 05/16/2024 - 9:28 am | View Website
Influential Definition & Meaning The meaning of INFLUENTIAL is exerting or possessing influence. How to use influential in a sentence. 05/16/2024 - 3:09 am | View Website
INFLUENTIAL Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com Influential definition: having or exerting influence, especially great influence. See examples of INFLUENTIAL used in a sentence. 05/15/2024 - 5:08 pm | View Website
It looks like the grounds crew at the Wisconsin State Capitol haven't been keeping up on their, um, weeding:
Capitol workers on Friday removed what appear to be several cannabis plants from a flower bed near the west entrance to the statehouse building that were planted without officials' knowledge.
Department of Administration spokeswoman Tatyana Warrick said department staff were made aware of the plants in question on Capitol grounds by a media outlet on Thursday.
"We do not have the expertise to confirm whether the plants were cannabis, but our facilities staff have examined the area and removed the plants," Warrick said.
Shelby Ellison, an assistant professor in the Department of Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences at UW-Madison, said the plants looked purposefully planted in the flower beds that contained mostly tulips but that it was unclear whether the plants could be used as marijuana without further testing.
The picture in the article shows the plants are pretty tall, which makes one wonder just how long it has been since the grounds workers did any weeding (pun intended).
The article also doesn't say what happened to the cannabis plants or whether they would be tested.
You remember these two. Bridget is the founder of Moms for Liberty and the chief morality cop on the Sarasota County School Board, and her husband Christian was the former head of the Florida GOP who was accused of raping one of their playmates. The anti-LGBTQ predator refused to resign after this sex scandal.
Via the Palm Beach Post:
A newly surfaced memo from a Sarasota Police investigator described numerous text messages between Christian and Bridget Ziegler where the two were "on the prowl" for a female sexual encounter at different bars, according to records obtained by the Herald-Tribune.
In the memo, SPD investigator Angela Cox described seeing messages where Bridget would direct Christian in search of someone they were both interested in having sex with.
If ever you needed proof that it’s the Biden administration looking out for the little guy, while Trump looks out for himself and his wealthy donors, look no further than the right-wing attacks on the CFPB’s efforts to protect Americans from predatory lending practices.
The Washington Post makes clear that the Trump administration wanted lenders to be able to make expensive loans to low-income borrowers that they could not afford to repay.
The dispute began in 2017, when the watchdog agency issued rules preventing payday lenders from offering expensive loans to low-income Americans who could not afford to pay the money back.
Arizona officials have been trying to locate former Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani to serve him with an indictment after a grand jury indicted 18 people in late April over an alleged attempt to alter the results of the 2020 presidential election. So, Giuliani took to Xitter to taunt the authorities at his 80th birthday party in Palm Beach, saying in part, "If Arizona authorities can't find me by tomorrow morning, they must dismiss the indictment." And, of course, Giuliani was served.