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Democrats in the Nevada legislature swiftly passed an amendment to penalize school boards that prevent biological males who identify as transgender from using women’s locker rooms and competing on girls sports teams. The amendment, passed Friday without a hearing, placed an administrative penalty of $5,000 per day on school boards in the state that do not allow students to participate in “school activities” based on their “gender identity or expression.” The controversial amendment to penalize schools was reportedly only added after the first draft of Assembly Bill No. 423 already passed with unanimous, bipartisan support. The amendment to the bill received zero…

As a young figure skater, Emily Elizabeth Duong didn’t like the dress options available to her. So when she was still in high school, she started her first business: a skate dress line. “I was a competitive skater for 13 years, and as a teenager, I just wanted to do things my way,” she told MarketWatch. “My way” started with Duong, who often goes by just Emily Elizabeth, collecting design inspirations on a Pinterest-type board and asking her mom for help finding a manufacturer. Her parents had immigrated to the U.S. from Vietnam, and she ended up working with a…

According to a new release by the 2020 Census, demographic change has accelerated in the United States in the past 10 years. Especially the group of those aged 65 years and older has grown more quickly, the data shows. While in the year 2010, 12.8% of Americans were 65 years or older, that had jumped up by 4 percentage points to 16.8% as of 2020. In previous decades, the relative size of the age group had remained more stable. At the same time, the share of Americans under the age of 25 took a bigger dip than usual, decreasing by…

WASHINGTON, DC – MAY 28: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on a deal struck yesterday with … [+] House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to raise the national debt limit in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on May 28, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Anna Rose Layden/Getty Images)Getty Images President Joe Biden has likely neutralized legislative efforts by congressional Republicans to reverse his sweeping and unprecedented student loan forgiveness plan. But he has also confirmed that the ongoing student loan pause will end later this summer, and millions of borrowers will be required to start making payments again.…

Roll up, roll up for the incredible Issa brothers! Rising rates make the financial high-wire act of the billionaires from Blackburn even more daring. See them juggle key assets Asda and EG Group in a bid to keep their balance!The brothers own the supermarket chain and petrol station operator in partnership with buyout group TDR. Asda is buying the UK and Irish assets of EG Group for £2.3bn ($2.8bn). The move should generate cost savings for Asda while reducing EG’s debts. EG has net financial borrowings of some £8bn, compared with forecast ebitda of $1.6bn for the current year. It…

2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Houses sit partly underwater after the flooding of the San Joaquin River, in Manteca, California, U.S. March 19, 2023. REUTERS/Fred Greaves/File Photo 2/2 By Tommy Wilkes LONDON (Reuters) -Three more insurance companies including Tokio Marine have left a United Nations-backed net-zero climate alliance, leaving the group with about half the number of members it counted two months ago as insurers take fright at U.S. political pressure. Some Republican politicians have mounted a campaign against financial institutions collaborating to try to curb carbon emissions, and a group of Republican attorneys general have turned their focus on…

© Reuters. Investing.com — Airline stocks are getting a lift from surging passenger demand as the summer holidays unofficially kick off. The Transportation Security Administration screened 9.8 million people who passed through airport checkpoints from Friday through Monday, up about 300,000 from Memorial Day weekend in 2019, before the pandemic hit the travel business. Shares of United Airlines Holdings (NASDAQ:) rose 1.3% in Tuesday trading, while shares of American Airlines Group (NASDAQ:) were up 1.7%, Southwest Airlines Company (NYSE:) was up 0.8%, and Delta Air Lines (NYSE:) shares jumped 1.4%. Friday was the busiest airport check day since the pandemic, with…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: An OPEC flag is seen on the day of OPEC+ meeting in Vienna in Vienna, Austria October 5, 2022. REUTERS/Lisa Leutner LONDON (Reuters) – OPEC and its allies, including Russia, meet in Vienna on June 4 to decide on their output policy. The group, known as OPEC+, agreed on April 2 to increase production cuts to 3.66 million barrels per day (bpd) or 3.7% of global demand, after several members pledged unilateral cuts. The surprise announcement helped to push up prices by about $9 a barrel to above $87 per barrel over the days followed, but…

Source: AdobeStock / 4kclipsGet your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.__________Payments newsRemittance service Key App introduced a bridge that connects users between the Solana and Ethereum networks within the Key App platform, with gas fees covered for transfers over $50. Per the press release, by utilizing Wormhole’s bridging technology, Key App streamlines the user interface, enabling anyone, regardless of technical expertise, to send tokens between the two networks with minimal steps. Key App users are given an Ethereum address on Key App and can send from…

CNN  —  As California Gov. Gavin Newsom stepped on stage at the state Democratic Party Convention this weekend, Vilma Dawson applauded with the visible faith of someone who had supported him through multiple elections and a recall campaign. Dawson does not expect her loyalty to Newsom will be tested in a politically fraught decision that may lie ahead – selecting a successor to fill the seat of Sen. Dianne Feinstein, should the 89-year-old, who has already announced she’s not running for reelection in 2024, resign before the end of her term. “I’m sure Governor Newsom has a plan to appoint…