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Missouri Attorney General Hanaway announced that her office secured more than $180,000 in a restitution judgment against Daniel M. Carbone, owner of Concrete Impressions. Carbone was sentenced on 12 felony counts related to contractor fraud stemming from deceptive home repair practices in Franklin County. Through Concrete Impressions, Carbone falsely promised to provide concrete and other exterior remodeling work in exchange for large down payments. Despite being paid in advance, Carbone would do minimal work before abandoning the project completely, and in some cases did no work at all. Carbone left consumers with no materials for their payments and refused multiple…

Elon Musk said his Boring Co. venture is working on a tunnel project in Texas that would connect the cities of Austin and San Antonio. “Due to traffic congestion, that journey can currently take up to 2.5 hours,” Musk said in a poston his social media platform X. “@BoringCompany can reduce that to a consistent <30 mins.” The tunneling company this month raised $3 billion in new funding, which Boring said will be used to support deployment of underground transportation infrastructure across the United Arab Emirates. Boring has few successes to tout so far despite Musk’s ambitious goals for the…

Research scientist Ashish Rajurkar kneels in the dirt, lifting a large clod of soil tangled around a soybean plant. He knocks away pieces of earth from the plant’s roots, which slope straight down instead of out to the side like typical soybean plants. Researchers hope roots like these could help crops withstand some effects of climate change while also drawing more carbon from the atmosphere and storing it underground. Carbon dioxide released by burning fossil fuels traps heat in the atmosphere, driving human-caused climate change. For years, scientists have explored ways to remove some of that carbon from the atmosphere,…

Only eight of 160 utility companies that operate in fire-prone areas of Texas have complied with a law that helps mitigate wildfires, lawmakers recently learned. The revelation comes on the heels of a chaotic wildfire season that has continued through the summer. Lawmakers learned about the slow progress last week during a House State Affairs committee hearing, led by Rep. Ken King, who led the charge on the new law last year. The law under House Bill 145 requires utility companies to file wildfire mitigation plans to the Public Utility Commission. The plans must include emergency protocols in the case…

New York’s attempt to make fossil fuel-producing industries pay into a $75 billion fund to repair the damage wrought by climate change was struck down by a federal judge, who said the sweeping law reaches beyond a state’s responsibility and into an area of federal interest. The law, signed in 2024 by Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul, was challenged in court by a range of fossil fuel interests, business associations including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, 22 Republican state attorneys general, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. U.S. District Judge Brenda Sannes ruled that the state’s climate law operated on territory…

Orion180 Insurance Group Inc. fell 2.8% in its first day of trading after the company raised $240 million from its initial public offering. The specialty homeowners insurance company’s shares closed at $11.66 each on Friday, below the IPO price of $12. Orion180 sold 20 million Class A shares after marketing them at $15 to $17 each. The offering finished oversubscribed, Bloomberg reported. The trading gives the Melbourne, Florida-based company a market value of about $1.15 billion based on the outstanding shares listed in its filings. Founded in 2018, Orion180 operates as an insurer and a managing general agent for other…

Fire investigators were working to determine the cause of a blaze that heavily damaged seven buildings and six businesses in downtown Walhalla, South Carolina, a city of about 4,100 people in the northwest corner of the state. A shot of the pizza company before the fire (Google Street View, Tara Stull) The Main Street fire started about 3 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 17, and quickly spread to adjacent buildings, according to local news reports. The businesses damaged by the fire include Carolina Pizza Co., Middle of Main Antiques, Alexander’s Coffee House, and Tacqueria Los Arcos, as reported by The Journal…

Remember when “candidate experience” was all the rage? It was about making applicants feel valued during the hiring journey. Unfortunately, I see most companies have shifted away from offering a personalized experience to a focus on numbers, prioritizing more resumes and applications over meaningful connections. Imagine if your recruiting process was shaped by candidate input. How different would interviews be? This guide encourages you to make small adjustments, not overhaul everything, by considering the candidates’ viewpoint. Reimagine Interview Questions Say goodbye to tricky “gotcha” questions. Instead, focus on inquiries that allow candidates to showcase their problem-solving abilities. Many feel blindsided…

Opposition to data centers continues to mount in the US. That’s according to research group Data Center Watch, which said some 45 data center projects worth $68 billion were blocked or delayed by local pushback between April and June this year. Communities across the country are now pushing through moratoriums on new construction, often before developers can apply for permissions. Some 30 statehouses introduced or adopted rules pertaining to issues such as data center siting, electricity and water, the group said in a report Sept. 21 provided to Bloomberg News. The research quantifies growing concern about the rapid pace of…

Starbucks agreed on Thursday to settle a discrimination lawsuit by the state of Florida, pledging not to adopt race- or sex-based quotas or preferences in hiring, promotion and pay decisions. Starbucks and Florida’s Republican Attorney General James Uthmeier jointly announced the settlement of a lawsuit filed by the state last December. Florida accused the company of violating state anti-discrimination law, including by setting racial quotas and tying executive compensation to meeting diversity goals. Starbucks denied wrongdoing and said in a statement it would focus “on offering great jobs and career opportunities to our partners who wear the green apron.” Under…