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Read previewThe Texas Attorney General's office sued Harris County, which contains Houston, over its new guaranteed income pilot that would give nearly 2,000 residents $500 a month for 18 months with no strings attached. The state is seeking to block Harris County from giving its first payments to participants, which are slated to start in April. In response, Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee said that the lawsuit is "nothing more than another attack" on the county government. The Austin Guaranteed Income Pilot has distributed $1,000 a month to 135 low-income families, who reported using their money for housing, food, and other daily costs. Republican lawmakers are trying to ban guaranteed income programs in states such as Arizona, Iowa, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.
Persons: , Ken Paxton, Harris, Harris County Attorney Christian D, Menefee, Dustin Palmer, Paxton, Sen, Paul Bettencourt Organizations: Service, Texas, Business, American, Harris County Attorney, Republican, Austin Locations: Harris, Houston, Texas, Harris County, Austin, Arizona , Iowa, South Dakota, Wisconsin
Just over 2% of applicants to a Houston-area guaranteed income program were accepted — a lower acceptance rate than Harvard or Yale. Starting this month, 1,928 families will receive $500 a month, no strings attached, through Uplift Harris, a guaranteed income program in the Texas county that includes Houston. A majority of participants selected live in high-poverty ZIP codes and have a household income below 200% of the federal poverty line. Some participants were selected through the county's Accessing Coordinated Care and Empowering Self Sufficiency program which helps vulnerable residents improve outcomes. The pilot has been met with opposition from politicians including Texas State Sen. Paul Bettencourt, who in January sent a letter to the state attorney general concerning whether counties can legally enact guaranteed income programs.
Persons: Dustin Palmer, AidKit, Palmer, GiveDirectly, We've, Texas State Sen, Paul Bettencourt, Bettencourt, I've, it's Organizations: Service, Harvard, Yale, Business, American, SNAP, Texas State, Houston Public Media, Austin Locations: Houston, Uplift Harris, Texas, Harris, Harris County, West Harris County
Read previewWhen Monique Gonzalez received her money from the San Antonio guaranteed basic income pilot, she bought school supplies, shoes, and Christmas gifts for her children. San Antonio is one of several cities nationwide piloting guaranteed basic income programs. Ingrid Sullivan, a participant with four children and three grandchildren, told UpTogether that basic income allowed her to secure housing and reliable transportation. San Antonio participants also told UpTogether that the GBI payments significantly improved their mental health. Have you benefited from a guaranteed basic income program in San Antonio or elsewhere?
Persons: , Monique Gonzalez, Gonzalez, UpTogether —, UpTogether, Ingrid Sullivan, Sullivan, GBI, Austin, Stephanie Hendon, she's, Jessica Nairns, Texas State Sen, Paul Bettencourt, John Gillette Organizations: Service, San Antonio, Business, Houston, Austin, Urban Institute, Texas State, Republican, House, Republicans Locations: San Antonio, Denver, Austin, Boston, Minneapolis, Durham, City, Antonio, Texas, Harris, City of Austin, Washington ,, Harris County, Dakota, Iowa, In Arizona, Arizona, Flint , Michigan
Read previewAs guaranteed basic-income programs get more popular, opposition is also on the rise. Several lawmakers, like Arizona's Gillette, believe that income programs would discourage work and could raise taxes. A recently introduced bill in South Dakota would ban basic-income programs at the state level and prevent municipal governments from creating local programs. AdvertisementDespite opposition, basic-income program participants have seen benefitsPilot income programs have remained divisive with policymakers, but several major cities have seen positive results. In 2020, former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey pledged $15 million to Mayors for a Guaranteed Income, which helped 25 cities and towns nationwide begin basic-income programs.
Persons: , Dia Broncucia, Justin Searls, John Gillette, Gillette, Arizona's Gillette, Lupe Diaz, Steve Holt, Skyler Wheeler, Sen, John Wiik, Paul Bettencourt, Bettencourt, Harris, I've, Ivanna Neri, Neri, UpTogether, Tony Evers, Austin, Stephanie Hendon, Louis, Jack Dorsey, Mark, Anthony Middleton Organizations: Service, Business, Income, Austin, BI, Republican, Republicans, GOP, Social Security, Iowa GOP, Houston Public Media, Gov, Madison Forward Fund, Madison Locations: Denver, Arizona, Arizona , Iowa, South Dakota , Texas, Wisconsin, Phoenix, Iowa, South Dakota, Texas, Houston, UpTogether, Harris, Madison, Minneapolis , Northern Virginia, Boston, St, Oregon, Durham
As state leaders scramble to address the problem, one solution is showing some promise: Give those young people $1,000 cash every month, no strings attached. AdvertisementSo far 120 young people across the state are receiving the direct cash payments, the report says. Participants receive payments of $ 1,000 a month. AdvertisementThe Baltimore Young Families Success Fund , for example, gives young parents in the city $1,000 a month. In Denver, the city recently extended a basic income program offering some residents up to $1,000 a month after participants reported increased housing security .
Persons: , Anjala Huff, Huff, Tonaeya Moore, Austin, Sen, Paul Bettencourt Organizations: Service, Business, The Oregon Department of Human Services, DHS, Baltimore Young Locations: Oregon, Multnomah County, Portland, Maryland, Denver, Iowa , South Dakota , Arizona, Texas, Harris County, Houston
A Texas state senator said a Texas-based basic income plan will "hand out money like popcorn." State Sen. Paul Bettencourt asked the state attorney general to declare it unconstitutional. Bettencourt's request came on the same day that the program — called Uplift Harris — started taking applications. The Uplift Harris program plans to provide eligible households in Harris County, which includes Houston, $500 a month for up to 18 months. "We just can't hand out money like popcorn on street corners to people that walk by," Bettencourt told Fox.
Persons: Sen, Paul Bettencourt, , State Sen, Harris —, Bettencourt, Fox, Harris, Menefree, Bettencourt's Organizations: Service, Republican, American, Plan, Houston Chronicle, Fox News, Texas, Houston Public Media Locations: Texas, Houston, State, Harris County, Harris
A guaranteed basic income program in Austin gave people $1,000 a month for a year. AdvertisementA guaranteed basic income plan in one of Texas's largest cities reduced rates of housing insecurity. Austin was the first city in Texas to launch a tax-payer-funded basic income program when the Austin Guaranteed Income Pilot kicked off in May 2022. On average, program participants spent more than half of the cash they received on housing, the report's authors wrote. Harris County, which includes Houston, earlier this month launched a guaranteed basic income program that gives low-income residents up to $500 a month.
Persons: , Austin, Taniquewa Brewster, KXAN, it's, Sen, Paul Bettencourt, Bettencourt, Tonaeya Moore Organizations: Service, Austin, Urban Institute, Washington DC, NBC, Houston Chronicle, Baltimore Young Locations: Austin, Texas, City, Washington, Houston, Harris County, United States, Baltimore
Read previewPeople who received guaranteed basic income in one of Texas' largest cities reported reduced rates of housing insecurity. Austin was the first city in Texas to launch a taxpayer-funded guaranteed-income program when the Austin Guaranteed Income Pilot kicked off in May 2022. On average, program participants said they spent more than half of the cash they received on housing. While Austin was the first city in Texas to test a guaranteed-income program, it's now not the only one. AdvertisementAnd in Denver, a basic-income program that gives some people up to $1,000 a month was recently extended after participants reported increased housing security .
Persons: , Austin, Taniquewa Brewster, KXAN, it's, Sen, Paul Bettencourt, Bettencourt, Tonaeya Moore Organizations: Service, Business, Austin, Urban Institute, NBC, Houston Chronicle, Baltimore Young Locations: Texas, City of Austin, Washington, DC, Houston, Harris County, United States, Baltimore, Maryland, Denver
Guaranteed basic income is similar to universal basic income except it targets a particular group. Similar programs to the one in Harris County are being adopted in cities all over the country. The Uplift Harris program plans to provide eligible households in Harris County, which includes Houston, $500 a month for up to 18 months. "They are not a Home Rule city," Bettencourt told Houston Public Media. Uplift Harris provides guaranteed basic income to households in the zip codes with the highest poverty rates in Harris County, according to the program's website.
Persons: , Sen, Paul Bettencourt, Harris —, Bettencourt, I've, Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee, Menefee Organizations: Service, Business, American, Plan, Houston Chronicle, Houston Public Media, Harris, Harris County Attorney Locations: Texas, Houston, Harris County
Her relationship with her mother came to a tipping point when Bettencourt Meyers initiated a decade-long family feud over her inheritance. Getty ImagesIn the lawsuit, Bettencourt Meyers alleged that photographer François-Marie Banier used his friendship with Liliane Bettencourt to manipulate the elderly heiress into giving him some 1.3 billion euros ($1.4 billion) of cash, art, and life insurance policies, The New York Times reported. In a 2008 letter to Banier, Bettencourt described their relationship to him writing: "With you, I am like a mother, a lover, all the feelings pass through me. Bettencourt Meyers told a French news magazine in 2009 that Mr. Banier's "objective is clear: break away my mother from our family to profit from her. He was sentenced to two and half years in prison and told to pay Bettencourt 158 million euros million in damages.
Persons: Bettencourt Meyers, François, Marie Banier, Liliane Bettencourt, Bettencourt, Banier, Bainer Organizations: New York Times, Banier
Why It Matters: Harris County could tilt the power balance in Texas. Harris County, the state’s most populous county, has become a reliable Democratic stronghold. Senate Bill 1750 eliminates the appointed position of elections administrator, which has been in place in Harris County only since late 2020. Yet another bill, House Bill 1243, increases the penalty for illegal voting from a misdemeanor to a felony. The bills invite new scrutiny of elections, especially in Harris County, where officials would be expected to revamp their system just months before important elections.
CNN —Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has lost his appeal against a 2021 conviction for corruption and influence-peddling at the Paris court of appeals. The court on Wednesday upheld his initial sentence of three years of prison, with Sarkozy being required to wear an electronic bracelet under house arrest for one year, and two years suspended. “Nicolas Sarkozy is innocent,” his lawyer Jacqueline Laffont ttold CNN affiliate BFMTV on her way out of court. Sarkozy, who served as president between 2012 and 2017, has been convicted twice in separate cases since leaving office, both of which he has appealed. He also faces a number of other investigations including one into allegations of illegal campaign funding from Libya.
Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and their peers have added $264 billion to their fortunes this year. The surge in their companies' stock prices this year has added $46 billion and $42 billion to their respective fortunes. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, and L'Oreal heiress Francoise Bettencourt-Myers have gained around $27 billion, $25 billion and $23 billion each. The billionaire best friends have added $13 billion and $7 billion to their respective fortunes since the start of January. Meanwhile, the $36 billion of wealth they gained on Thursday rivals the the market values of grocery giant Kroger and Taco Bell-owner Yum!
A strong start to the stock market this year has helped reverse some of the big losses billionaires saw in 2022. So far this year, the world's top 10 billionaires added a collective $213 billion to their net worth. MARTIN BUREAU/AFP via Getty ImagesNet Worth: $92.8 billion2023 Gain: $21.3 billionSource of Wealth: L'Oreal9. Elon MuskElon Musk Gilbert Carrasquillo/GC ImagesNet Worth: $180 billion2023 Gain: $43.2 billionSource of Wealth: Tesla, SpaceX, Twitter1. Bernard ArnaultEric Piermont/Getty ImagesNet Worth: $210 billion2023 Gain: $47.8 billionSource of Wealth: LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton
General Motors ' self-driving vehicle unit Cruise acknowledged that some of its cars stalled out on city streets in San Francisco following rainstorms that downed trees there on Tuesday night. After that, another tree on Polk and Clay streets fell into the street. In response, he said, the San Francisco Fire Department had blocked off Clay between Polk and Jones streets with caution tape. He said the driverless Cruise vehicles did not appear to detect and avoid the caution tape and bus wires properly, and instead became "tangled in them." Cruise has permits to test and deploy autonomous vehicles in San Francisco all hours of day and night, excluding heavy rain."
The proposals have alarmed voting rights activists and state Democrats, who tried and failed last year to block a GOP-backed overhaul of election laws — a priority of Gov. The 62 voting rights-related bills Texas lawmakers have already prefiled represent nearly all prefiled voting rights legislation across the country, according to a review of prefiled bills by Voting Rights Lab and NBC News. An election police forceRepublican-authored Texas bills, such as HB 549 and SB 220, propose creating a system of state “election marshals,” who would investigate allegations of violations of election and voting laws, and file criminal charges when warranted. Harsher penaltiesLegislation such as HB 39, HB 52, HB 222, HB 397 and SB 166 aims to raise the penalty for election and voting rights crimes to a felony from a misdemeanor. “All my bill does is restore the felony punishment for illegal voting,” Texas Rep. David Spiller, the author of HB 52, said in an interview.
The investigation Abbott wants would be on top of an ongoing audit of the county’s election system, begun before Election Day. Texas Democratic Party leaders and the Harris County Democratic Party chair issued criticized Ogg’s planned investigation, calling on her to “stop enabling Texas Republicans' insidious efforts to silence Black and Brown Houstonians. “In 2021, Texas Republicans moved mountains to make it harder for Black and Brown residents of Harris County to vote. It has not gone unnoticed that Democrat-voting Harris County is the target of the state's urgent response. The law Abbott signed last year banned those Harris County initiatives.
В американском штате Нью-Йорк на аукцион выставили бывший особняк основателя сети магазинов Woolworth Фрэнка Вулворта. В здании проходили съемки клипа на песню Blank Space известной исполнительницы Тейлор Свифт. В 2014 году особняк стал местом для съемок некоторых сцен музыкального клипа Свифт. В распоряжении будущих владельцев окажется здание площадью 32 тысячи квадратных футов (около трех тысяч квадратных метров). За объект попросили почти 30 миллионов долларов (на тот момент более 2,2 миллиарда рублей).
Persons: Winfield, Denise Bettencourt, Фрэнк Вулворт, Тейлор Свифт, Свифт, Шон ОПрай, Вулворт, Чарльз Гилберт, Дениз Беттанкур, Николь Кидман, Хью Грант Organizations: Woolworth, Blank Locations: НьюЙорк, ГленКоув, ньюйорк
Tradițional, în fiecare an, revista Forbes întocmește topul celor mai bogați oameni din întreaga lume. Mai jos vă prezentăm topul celor mai bogate femei din acest an. Născut în Iowa, Koch s-a mutat în New York în anii 1980 și a lucrat ca asistentă a designerului de modă Adolfo. Fiica exploratorului de minereu de fier de profil Lang Hancock, Rinehart a reconstruit compania aflată în dificultate financiară a răposatului său tată, Hancock Prospecting. De asemenea, puteți vedea topul celor mai bogați oameni din lume și topul celor mai bogați tineri din acest an.
Persons: Francoise Bettencourt Meyers, L’Oreal . Ea, . Alice Walton, Alice Walton, Sam Walton, Rob, Jim ., MacKenzie Scott, Jeff, Julia Koch, David, Koch, Adolfo, Nancy Reagan, Miriam Adelson, Sheldon Adelson, Jacqueline Mars, Ea, Audrey Ruth, Meyer, Forrest Mars, Frank C ., Inc, Yang, Susanne Klatten, Klatten, Herbert Quandt, Gina Rinehart, Rinehart, Lang Hancock, Hancock, Hill, Fontbona, Andrónico, Jean, Paul, Guillermo Luksic Organizations: Forbes, Artă Americană, Bridges, MacKenzie, Koch, Las, Frank C . Mars, Mars, Country Garden Holdings, Bright, Education Holdings, BMW, Iris, Antofagasta Plc Locations: Bentonville, Arkansas, Iowa, New York, Las Vegas, Singapore, Macao, americană, China, Germania, Australia, Asia, Antofagasta, Chile, Londra
Denunţând un ''scandal care va rămâne în istorie'', fostul şef de stat, în vârstă de 65 de ani, promite că va fi ''combativ'' în faţa instanţei în acest proces fără precedent.Înaintea lui, un alt fost preşedinte francez, Jacques Chirac, a fost judecat - şi condamnat în anul 2011 la doi ani de închisoare cu suspendare - pentru angajări fictive la primăria Parisului făcute pe vremea când fusese edilul capitalei franceze. Însă acum este pentru prima dată când un fost preşedinte al Franţei este judecat pentru corupţie.Retras din politică după ce a pierdut cursa internă a dreptei franceze pentru alegerile prezidenţiale din 2017, Sarkozy riscă zece ani de închisoare şi o amendă de un milion de euro pentru corupţie şi trafic de influenţă, la fel şi ceilalţi doi inculpaţi, judecaţi în plus şi pentru încălcarea secretului profesional.Dosarul ''interceptărilor'' îşi are originea într-un alt dosar judiciar care-l ameninţă pe Sarkozy, acela legat de suspiciunile privind finanţarea campaniei sale prezidenţiale din anul 2007 cu bani primiţi de la fostul dictator libian Muammar Gaddafi.În luna martie 2012, site-ul de investigaţii Mediapart a publicat un document din care reiese că, în anul 2007, Franţa a vândut Libiei echipamente de control pe internet, contract ce ar fi fost folosit pentru finanţarea respectivei campanii electorale printr-un comision de 50 de milioane de euro. În timpul procedurii legate de această sesizare Sarkozy ar fi încercat în 2014 să obţină respectivele informaţii secrete de la Gilbert Azibert, la acea vreme judecător la Curtea de Casaţie.Validarea interceptărilor, în martie 2016, de către cea mai înaltă instanţă a Franţei a fost o înfrângere majoră pentru fostul preşedinte, care a susţinut că transcrierea discuţiilor între un avocat şi clientul său este ilegală.O altă anchetă contestată a PNF revine acum în atenţie. Clasată în anul 2019, aceasta urmărea să identifice ''cârtiţa'' care i-ar fi avertizat pe Nicolas Sarkozy şi pe Thierry Herzog că linia lor secretă 'Bismuth' era interceptată.În cadrul acestei anchete magistraţii au analizat facturile telefonice detaliate ale unor avocaţi celebri, unii dintre aceştia fiind apărătorii ai inculpaţilor la procesul care începe luni. Printre ei se numără şi actualul ministru francez al justiţiei, Eric Dupond-Moretti, care la jumătatea lui septembrie a deschis o anchetă administrativă împotriva a trei magistraţi ai PNF.Pe Nicolas Sarkozy îl mai aşteaptă un proces în primăvară, şi anume dosarul ''Bygmalion'' legat de finanţarea campaniei sale prezidenţiale din 2012.Fostul preşedinte consideră că acţiunile judiciare împotriva lui sunt motivate politic, punând inculparea sa pentru corupţie pe seama 'instrumentalizării politice a unei părţi a justiţiei'.
Persons: Jacques Chirac, Sarkozy, Muammar Gaddafi.În, Paul Bismuth, Thierry Herzog.Conform, prezidenţial Sarkozy, Thierry Herzog, Gilbert Azibert, Nicolas Sarkozy, Eric Dupond Locations: Denunţând, francez, Parisului, Franţa, Libiei, franceză, Monaco, preşedinte
Înaintea lui, un alt fost preşedinte francez, Jacques Chirac, a fost judecat - şi condamnat în anul 2011 la doi ani de închisoare cu suspendare - pentru angajări fictive la primăria Parisului făcute pe vremea când fusese edilul capitalei franceze. Însă acum este pentru prima dată când un fost preşedinte al Franţei este judecat pentru corupţie. Validarea interceptărilor, în martie 2016, de către cea mai înaltă instanţă a Franţei a fost o înfrângere majoră pentru fostul preşedinte, care a susţinut că transcrierea discuţiilor între un avocat şi clientul său este ilegală. Pe Nicolas Sarkozy îl mai aşteaptă un proces în primăvară, şi anume dosarul „Bygmalion” legat de finanţarea campaniei sale prezidenţiale din 2012. Fostul preşedinte consideră că acţiunile judiciare împotriva lui sunt motivate politic, punând inculparea sa pentru corupţie pe seama „instrumentalizării politice a unei părţi a justiţiei”.
Persons: Jacques Chirac, corupţie, Sarkozy, îşi, libian Muammar Gaddafi, Paul Bismuth, Thierry Herzog, prezidenţial Sarkozy, Gilbert Azibert, Nicolas Sarkozy, Eric Dupond Locations: francez, Parisului, libian, Franţa, Libiei, franceză, Monaco, preşedinte
Libra was the most common sign, with 27 notable billionaires, like Ralph Lauren and Alice Walton. Pisces was next in line, while Cancer came in third as the most common billionaire sign. But did you know one zodiac sign, in particular, is the most likely to produce billionaires? A study has figured out the most common star sign among the world's wealthiest billionaires. With notable billionaires including Ralph Lauren, Stefan Persson, Liliane Bettencourt, Alice Walton, Libra is the star sign of 27 famous-wealthy faces.
Françoise Bettencourt Meyers inherited one-third of L'Oreal from her mother, making her the richest woman in the world since 2017 with a net worth of $82.1 billion, according to Bloomberg. Bettencourt Meyers had a fraught relationship with her mother. Unlike a typical billionaire heiress, Bettencourt Meyers has focused her attention on her career as an author and a member of L'Oreal's board of directors. Unlike a typical billionaire heiress, Bettencourt Meyers has focused her attention on her career as an author and a member of L'Oreal's board of directors. Representatives of L'Oreal and Bettencourt Meyers did not respond to Business Insider's request for comment on her career, personal relationships, or net worth.
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