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☆ How Biden hopes to recapture voters scarred by inflation
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-12 | by ( Ron Brownstein | Analysis Ronald Brownstein | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

A majority of Hispanics, and even a plurality of Black voters, said Biden’s policies would cause inflation to rise, the survey found. You can’t not make the contrast and comparison.”These negative retrospective assessments of the Biden and Trump economic records create huge headwinds for the president. “Voters—even past Biden voters who disapprove of his economic record—clearly reject what Trump and Republicans are offering,” Democratic pollster Margie Omero said in an email. After voters were exposed to Biden’s populist arguments, assessments of his economic record improved in the group’s polling, Clark said. But even after hearing that case, most voters in the group’s surveys still gave Biden negative marks for his economic performance, the study found.

Persons: Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Trump, Biden, Biden –, “, ”, Danielle Deiseroth, West Virginia Sen, Joe Manchin, Shawn Fain, Evelyn Hockstein, Adam Green, Michael Tyler, Republican pollster Micah Roberts, It’s, Jim McLaughlin, ” McLaughlin, Roberts, ” Roberts, can’t, ” Tyler, Margie Omero, ’, Bobby Clark, Clark Organizations: CNN, GOP, Trump, Teamsters, Democratic, ACA, West, United Auto Workers, Biden, CNBC, Social Security, Republican, White, NBC News, New York Times, Siena College, CBS, Union, “ Locations: Wisconsin, Michigan, Belleville , Michigan, Scranton , Pennsylvania, Democratic, State, Biden’s

☆ Biden's laws are pouring billions into new infrastructure and it could be a rare opportunity to make communities safer and more sustainable
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-11 | by ( Eliza Relman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

The American Society of Civil Engineers gave it a C-minus in 2021 and said the US needed about $2.6 trillion in infrastructure investment over a decade. These include nonvehicle transportation projects such as pedestrian bridges and urban bike paths and neighborhood-level projects like park improvements. Inflation, worker shortages, and other obstaclesAcross the country, there are some key practical challenges to implementing infrastructure projects. Overcoming barriersLocal governments and employers across the country recognize many of the challenges to building and maintaining major projects. Under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act alone, 72 programs "emphasize or allow some type of workforce development activity," a Brookings report found.

Persons: —, Joe Biden, Joseph Kane, Charles Marohn, Marohn, Kane, Drew Angerer, it's, Biden, It's, Greg Gianforte Organizations: Service, American Society of Civil Engineers, Infrastructure Investment, Jobs, Business, Transportation, Brookings Institution, Rail, Potomac, White House, Texas Department, US Department of Transportation, Michigan's, Grant, they're, Biden, Builders and Contractors, Congress, Jobs Act, Brookings Locations: Washington, Strong, Baltimore, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Long, New York, Austin, Austinites, America, Detroit, Brookings, Montana

☆ NTSB probing ‘stuck’ control incident on Boeing 737 Max
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-07 | by ( Pete Muntean | Gregory Wallace | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Boeing is now party to a new federal investigation involving a 737 Max after United Airlines pilots reported that part of the flight controls became jammed as they landed in Newark last month. The investigation is the latest to involve a nearly-new Boeing 737 Max aircraft following the door plug blowout on an Alaska Airlines 737 Max 9 on January 5. The NTSB says in this latest incident, the 737 Max 8 was delivered from Boeing to United Airlines in February 2023. We’ll continue to work with Boeing, the NTSB and the FAA on next steps for these aircraft,” United said in a statement. “We worked closely with United Airlines to diagnose the rudder response issue,” Boeing said in a statement.

Persons: “, ‘, Max, We’ll, ” United, ” Organizations: CNN, Boeing, Max, United Airlines, National Transportation Safety, NTSB, Alaska Airlines, Collins Aerospace, FAA, ”, ” Boeing, United Locations: Newark, United

☆ New Federal Rule Caps Most Credit Card Late Fees at $8
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-05 | by ( Stacy Cowley | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Millions of Americans could soon see lower credit card bills after a federal rule that caps late fees at $8 a month was finalized on Tuesday by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which estimates that the change will save households $10 billion a year. Late fees have become a major profit source for credit card issuers, generating more than $14 billion in 2022, according to bureau data. A 2010 rule imposed by the Federal Reserve aimed to cap the charges, but allowed adjustments for inflation — a provision card issues have used to raise their fees far beyond the actual costs they incur when payments arrive late, the bureau said. That allowed credit card companies to “harvest billions of dollars in junk fees from American consumers,” said Rohit Chopra, the bureau’s director. It applies only to large issuers that have more than one million open accounts, but the agency estimates that the rule will cover 95 percent of outstanding credit card balances.

Persons: ”, Rohit Chopra, “ Organizations: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Federal Reserve

☆ OpenAI says New York Times 'paid someone to hack OpenAI's products' in federal court filing
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-27 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewIn response to The New York Times' lawsuit against OpenAI, the artificial intelligence company is clapping back, saying in a new federal court filing that the Times hired someone to "hack" OpenAI platforms. "The truth, which will come out in the course of this case, is that the Times paid someone to hack OpenAI's products," OpenAI's lawyers wrote in a motion filed in Manhattan federal court on Monday. Not only did the Times pay someone to "hack" OpenAI's products, the filing alleges, but it also gamed the system to produce misleading evidence for the case. "It took them tens of thousands of attempts to generate the highly anomalous results" outlined in the Times' complaint, OpenAI's filing says. "Normal people do not use OpenAI's products in this way," the filing continues.

Persons: —, OpenAI, George R, Martin, Sarah Silverman, John Grisham Organizations: Service, New York Times, OpenAI, Times, Business, Microsoft, The New York Times Locations: Manhattan

The near-absence of laws criminalizing the practice of fertility fraud until recently means no doctors have yet been criminally charged for the behavior. In 2019, Indiana became the second state, more than 20 years after California, to pass a statute making fertility fraud a felony. He added some of his biological children have “expressed gratitude for their existence” to him and even sent him photos of their own children. Cline’s case spurred lawmakers to pass legislation that outlawed fertility fraud but wasn’t retroactive, meaning he was never prosecuted for it. “In fertility fraud, no parent is saying that – no parent is saying I would have gotten an abortion,” she said.

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☆ AI could disrupt the 2024 US presidential election. What’s Congress doing about it?
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-14 | by ( Brian Fung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

But with just nine months until Americans head to the ballot box, there are few signs Congress is ready to pass any meaningful legislation on AI. Alex Wong/Getty ImagesSchumer has previously said that with the election nearing, he may seek to fast-track a bill that focuses specifically on AI and election security. Nothing looks likely to move.”Initial momentum on AI regulationFor months, Congress has focused on getting up to speed on the basics of AI. Still other ideas would require “high-risk” AI models to register for a government license, or create a dedicated new federal agency to oversee AI. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman testifies before a Senate Judiciary Privacy, Technology & the Law Subcommittee hearing titled 'Oversight of A.I.

Persons: Joe Biden, Chuck Schumer, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, “, Schumer, Sen, Todd Young, Martin Heinrich, Michael Rounds, Alex Wong, New Mexico Democratic Sen, South Dakota Republican Sen, Mike Rounds, Indiana Republican Sen, didn’t, Paul Gallant, Cowen, ”, Gallant, we’re, Sam Altman, Altman, Heinrich, Rounds, Young, Julia Nikhinson, Sundar Pichai, Jensen Huang, Mike Johnson, Marcus Molinaro, Johnson, Drake, Tom Hanks, Tennessee Republican Sen, Marsha Blackburn, Hakeem Jeffries, Don Beyer, it’ll, Alan Davidson, Biden, Elizabeth Frantz, ” Davidson, —, Sarah Myers West Organizations: Washington CNN, mayoral, U.S, Senate, Capitol, Artificial Intelligence, “, CNN, New, New Mexico Democratic, South Dakota Republican, Indiana Republican, Cowen Inc, United, International Atomic Energy Agency, Intelligence, Reuters, Google, Nvidia, New York Republican, The Washington Post, Commerce, Tennessee Republican, ITI, Virginia Democratic Rep, State of, Republican, House Energy, European Union, EU, Congress, Commerce Department, White House, Privacy, Technology, Democrats, Federal Trade Commission Locations: Washington ,, New Mexico, South, Washington , U.S, Washington

☆ Opinion | Mighty Shiva Was Never Meant to Live in Manhattan
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-04 | by ( Erin Thompson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

“Museums have lots and lots of stuff,” I usually answer, fighting the urge to roll my eyes. Now Manhattan’s Rubin Museum of Art, which features art from the Himalayas, has announced that it will close later this year. But looted artifacts alone — removed from their original context, quarantined in an antiseptic display case — cannot do this. Unlike, say, Impressionist paintings or Pop Art sculptures, ritual objects were not meant to be seen in a gallery at a time of the viewer’s choosing. Used alongside music, scents and tastes, these holy relics are tools to help participants in rituals achieve a transcendent experience.

Persons: It’s, Manhattan’s Organizations: Metropolitan Museum of Art, American Museum of, Museum of Art Locations: Cambodia

☆ Will Families Pay Less With Two Students in College? Now, It Depends.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-03 | by ( Ron Lieber | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

But on Jan. 1, a new federal law went into effect, and the formula changed. A million families with, say, two or more siblings in college simultaneously could pay thousands of dollars more per year as a result. Now, colleges face a choice: Make up any shortfall with their own money, or cross their fingers and hope that families will borrow more or find some other way to pay. In recent weeks, I examined 20 college and university websites, large and small, public and private, big endowments and not-so-big. Only six were clear on how things would change (or not) for families with multiple members in college.

The hefty sum underscores the legal jeopardy Trump faces as he marches toward securing the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. The Trump campaign did not respond to a request for comment on the legal spending. Trump’s campaign paid Atlanta attorney Steven Sadow $1.5 million in the second half of 2023. Campaign money was also used to pay attorneys who have represented co-defendants and potential witnesses in the Trump cases. The New York attorney general’s case against Trump centers on his business financial statements.

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☆ Will Lawmakers Really Act to Protect Children Online? Some Say Yes.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-01 | by ( David Mccabe | Cecilia Kang | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In the final minutes of a congressional hearing on Wednesday in which tech chief executives were berated for not protecting children online, Senator Richard J. Durbin, Democrat of Illinois, urged lawmakers to act to safeguard the internet’s youngest users. Lawmakers have long made similar statements about holding tech companies to account — and have little to show for it. Yet for years, that was where it ended: with no new federal regulations for the companies to follow. And already, there are indicators that the topic of online child safety may gain more traction legislatively. The efforts are backed by emotional accounts of children who were victimized online and died by suicide.

Persons: Richard J, Durbin, ” Organizations: Lawmakers, Republicans, Democrats Locations: Illinois

☆ Biden, allied groups $140 million campaign war chest dwarfs Republican rivals
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-01 | by ( Brian Schwartz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Here's a breakdown of the cash that each Biden allied committee had to start the year. The first is the fact that the Republican National Committee has yet to throw its weight behind a Republican primary candidate, preferring to remain neutral while the party's primary is still actively underway. Chief among them is how much Trump's campaign spends on legal bills, as the president prepares for what could be four criminal trials in the coming year. In 2023, Trump's campaign and allied committees spent $47 million on lawyers and legal fees, newly released filings reveal. Trump will also have to spend money to continue waging a primary campaign against his sole remaining rival, former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley.

Persons: Joe Biden, Joe Biden's, Donald Trump, Biden Harris, Biden, TJ Ducklo, it's, Trump, Nikki Haley, Haley Organizations: White, Democratic National Committee, PAC, Democratic, Biden, Democratic Grassroots, Fund, Republican, GOP, Republican National Committee, RNC, Trump Locations: Washington ,, Iowa, New Hampshire

☆ Election 2024 Haley Keeps Up Her Trump Fight as Biden Woos Union Workers in Michigan
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-01 | by ( Maggie Astor | Nicholas Nehamas | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +9 min

That astounding sum makes Mr. DeSantis’s failed presidential bid among the most expensive in modern Republican primary elections. And they donated roughly $110,000 to the campaigns of state and federal elected officials who had endorsed Mr. DeSantis. The enormously costly effort produced negligible results, and Mr. DeSantis decided to drop out before the New Hampshire primary and endorse Mr. Trump. Mr. DeSantis was not the only Republican candidate this cycle to spend vast sums only to drop out. Fight Right and Good Fight took over television advertising while Never Back Down focused on get-out-the-vote operations, a move publicly encouraged by the DeSantis campaign.

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☆ Haley campaign started election year with $14 million, after raising $17 million last quarter
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-01 | by ( Brian Schwartz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley speaks during her New Hampshire presidential primary election night rally in Concord, New Hampshire, U.S., January 23, 2024. Former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley's campaign for president raised over $17 million last quarter and came into the crucial election year with $14 million in the bank, according to new Federal Election Commission records. On Wednesday, this group reported an additional $13 million in contributions over the final six months of 2023. Team Stand for America transferred just over $2 million directly to Haley's campaign, according to the records. Unlike a super PAC, the Haley presidential campaign takes in contributions under strict rules and limits, but it is allowed to spend that money on direct expenses like campaign staff, travel and political rallies.

Persons: Nikki Haley, Nikki Haley's, Donald Trump, Haley Organizations: U.S, United, U.N, Commission, South, America Locations: Hampshire, Concord , New Hampshire, U.S, South Carolina

☆ Nikki Haley super PAC enters election year with just $3 million, adding to woes
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-31 | by ( Brian Schwartz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley visits a polling place as voters cast their votes in the New Hampshire presidential primary election in Hampton, New Hampshire, U.S., January 23, 2024. The relatively small sum raises new questions about whether Haley can finance a viable presidential primary campaign over the coming months. The super PAC entered the reporting period in July with around $17 million, but finished with a paltry $3.5 million war chest. Ken Griffin, the CEO of Citadel, gave $5 million to the super PAC in December, according to the FEC records. It was unclear, however, if the $5 million Griffin revealed late in January was the same $5 million the Haley PAC reported in December.

Persons: Nikki Haley, Haley, Donald Trump, Jan, Ken Griffin, Griffin, Griffin's, Ken Langone, David Tepper, Harold Hamm, Ben Kamisar, Bridget Bowman Organizations: U.S, United, New, Commission, SFA, Inc, PAC, SFA Fund, South, Trump, MAGA Inc, Citadel, CNBC, Haley, Haley PAC, Home, Carolina Panthers, NBC Locations: New Hampshire, Hampton , New Hampshire, U.S, South Carolina, Iowa

☆ Trump campaign raised $19 million in Q4, entering election year with $33 million cash
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-31 | by ( Brian Schwartz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump holds a campaign rally ahead of the Republican caucus in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., January 27, 2024. Donald Trump's presidential campaign raised $19 million in the fourth quarter of 2023 and entered the presidential election year with $33 million in cash, according to new Federal Election Commission records filed Wednesday. During that same three-month period, Trump's campaign spent $23 million on a wide range of expenses, including legal fees and payments to Trump properties. The campaign spent about $97,000 at Mar-a-Lago, Trump's private club in Palm Beach, Florida. The campaign paid another $419 to the Trump International Golf Club, also in Palm Beach.

Persons: Donald Trump, Donald Trump's, Bresso, Bridget Bowman Organizations: Republican, Trump, Mar, Trump International Golf, Florida Bar, NBC Locations: Las Vegas , Nevada, U.S, Palm Beach , Florida, Palm Beach, Fort Lauderdale

But there's some unexpected good news: The rate of new gonorrhea cases fell for the first time in a decade. Total cases surpassed 207,000 in 2022, the highest count in the United States since 1950, according to data released Tuesday. About 59,000 of the 2022 cases involved the most infectious forms of syphilis. STD testing was disrupted during the COVID-19 pandemic, and officials believe that's the reason the chlamydia rate fell in 2020. “We are encouraged by the magnitude of the decline,” Mermin said, though the gonorrhea rate is still higher now than it was pre-pandemic.

Persons: It's, gonorrhea, Philip Chan, Meghan O’Connell, O'Connell, Jonathan Mermin, ” Mermin Organizations: U.S . Centers for Disease Control, Prevention, CDC, Brown University, Plains Tribal, ’, U.S . Department of Health, Human Services, District of Columbia, CDC’s National Center, HIV, Associated Press Health, Science Department, Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science, Educational Media Group, AP Locations: United States, U.S, Providence , Rhode Island, Alaska, South Dakota, New Mexico, South, Rapid City , South Dakota

☆ White House announces new federal investments in Regional Innovation Engines
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-29 | by ( Ryan Anastasio | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

4346, the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, on August 9, 2022. The Biden administration announced over $150 million in geographically targeted federal investments Monday, part of the National Science Foundation's Regional Innovation Engines program. 10 regional innovation engines will receive funds, and are eligible to receive upwards of $2 billion as part of the program, authorized under the 2022 CHIPS and Science Act. Monday's awardees include a semiconductor innovation engine in Central Florida, an energy transition engine in Louisiana and an advanced agriculture technology engine in North Dakota. This includes more $150 million in federal investment, or $15 million per hub, and another $350 million in matched contributions from non-federal partners.

Persons: Joe Biden, Biden, Arati Prabhakar, Prabhakar Organizations: White, National Science, NSF, Office of Science, Technology, Commerce Department, The U.S Locations: Washington ,, Central Florida, Louisiana, North Dakota, America

☆ Leading Museums Remove Native Displays Amid New Federal Rules
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-26 | by ( Julia Jacobs | Zachary Small | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The American Museum of Natural History will close two major halls exhibiting Native American objects, its leaders said on Friday, in a dramatic response to new federal regulations that require museums to obtain consent from tribes before displaying or performing research on cultural items. “The halls we are closing are artifacts of an era when museums such as ours did not respect the values, perspectives and indeed shared humanity of Indigenous peoples,” Sean Decatur, the museum’s president, wrote in a letter to the museum’s staff on Friday morning. That will leave nearly 10,000 square feet of exhibition space in the storied museum on the Upper West Side of Manhattan off-limits to visitors; the museum said it could not provide an exact timeline for when the reconsidered exhibits would reopen. “Some objects may never come back on display as a result of the consultation process,” Decatur said in an interview. “But we are looking to create smaller-scale programs throughout the museum that can explain what kind of process is underway.”

Persons: Sean Decatur, ” Decatur, ” Organizations: American Museum of, Eastern Locations: Eastern Woodlands, Manhattan

A court filing shows that Giuliani owes more than $1.3 million to the law firm Davidoff Hutcher & Citron. The lawyer Robert Costello sued Giuliani in September for $1.36 million in unpaid legal fees dating to 2019. Giuliani had planned to raise some of his legal defense money at two of Trump's properties, Andrew Giuliani previously said. "Yes, I gave Rudy $100,000 for his legal defense PAC and I was happy to do so," Elizabeth Ailes told CNBC. And the real estate investment firm Probity International, which is run by Trump donor Robert Zarnegin, gave $35,000 to the Giuliani PAC.

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☆ Top Economic Aide to Biden Pitches ‘Comeback’ in Hard-Hit America
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-22 | by ( Jim Tankersley | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Those “place-based” policies are often directed at former industrial strongholds that were battered by automation and foreign competition. They are a cornerstone of Mr. Biden’s economic agenda across several major pieces of legislation he has signed and a big part of his re-election pitch. Whether voters perceive them as successful could affect Mr. Biden’s chances in November, particularly in industrial swing states like Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Mr. Biden “came to office determined to invest in all of America, to leave no community behind. It is working,” Ms. Brainard plans to say, according to a copy of her prepared remarks.

Persons: Biden’s, Lael Brainard, Biden “, ” Ms, Brainard, ” Organizations: Economic Council, Brookings Institution Locations: Pennsylvania, Milwaukee, Wis, Biden’s, Washington, Wisconsin, America, “

☆ Turning Down Food Aid for Children Is Shockingly Callous - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-17 | by ( Charles M. Blow | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Some of those states have some of the highest poverty rates in the country, including Mississippi, with the highest rate, and Louisiana, where I grew up, with the second highest. When Louisiana rejected the lunch program, a Democrat was still the governor; on Jan. 8, a Republican took over. According to KFF, a nonprofit organization focused on health policy, seven of those states — Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas and Wyoming — are among those that have not fully extended Medicaid to the poor under the Affordable Care Act. Imagine withholding funding for food that would keep children healthy, while denying people medical care when they get sick. The cruelty of it is almost incomprehensible, but I’m convinced that this is all part of the punitive posture of so many of today’s Republicans — which in this case is meant to punish poverty, to intensify hardships: their version of an economic “scared straight” program.

Persons: —, KFF, I’m Organizations: Democrat, Republican, Affordable, Republicans — Locations: Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Florida, Georgia , Mississippi, South Carolina , Texas, Wyoming

☆ Boeing’s stock tumbles after report warns investigation will open ‘a whole new can of worms’
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-16 | by ( David Goldman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

The Wells Fargo report, entitled “FAA audit opens up a whole new can of worms,” noted that Boeing’s quality control and engineering problems have been ongoing for years. After part of an Alaska Airlines] 737 Max 9 jet fell off the plane mid-flight, the likelihood of the US Federal Aviation Administration coming out of its investigation without significant findings was very low. The FAA last week opened an investigation into Boeing’s quality control after the Alaska Airlines incident. He also said Boeing is now more closely monitoring the work of a key supplier that builds the 737 Max fuselage. Wells Fargo analysts noted in their report that the FAA investigation could take some time to complete, noting many of its probes remain “under investigation” months after the original incidents.

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They require age verification for anyone in the state who wants to create a social media account, which critics say could compromise users' data security. “We will continue to lead the nation in protecting kids against social media, and we will hold social media companies accountable for the harm that they are inflicting upon our youth,” Adams said. Since escaping, she has used social media to help girls in similar situations. The laws also create new pathways for parents to sue social media companies for causing their children harm. Federal judges have temporarily blocked Arkansas and Ohio from enforcing their state laws requiring parental consent for minors to create new social media accounts.

Persons: —, Spencer Cox, Stuart Adams, ” Adams, “, NetChoice, Lu Ann Cooper, Hannah Zoulek, ” Zoulek, Cox, Sean Reyes fends, Sen, Kirk Cullimore Organizations: LAKE CITY, Republican, Republican Gov, Rights, “, Sandy Republican Locations: Utah, Arkansas, Ohio

☆ Funny highway signs are banned starting this week. Womp, womp.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-15 | by ( Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewSome highway signs crack jokes, use puns, or riff off Taylor Swift lyrics to remind drivers to be safe. A New Jersey Department of Transportation roadside safety sign features a pun about cannabis. Use Yah Blinkah" on highway signs in Boston. States including New Jersey, Ohio, and Massachusetts have leaned into crafting quirky, funny, or holiday-themed messages. Courtesy of the Ohio Department of TransportationThe Arizona Department of Transportation even holds an annual competition for new traffic safety messages.

Persons: —, Taylor Swift, Michael Dwyer, “, Elise Riker, Sam Cole Organizations: Service, Business, Federal Highway Administration, New Jersey Department, Transportation, Massachusetts Department of Transportation, State, Ohio Department of Transportation, Ohio Department of Transportation The Arizona Department of Transportation, Street Journal, Colorado's Department of Transportation Locations: Boston, New Jersey , Ohio, Massachusetts, Arizona, Colorado

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