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☆ Pennsylvania Democratic official apologizes for comments about ignoring election laws
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-20 | by ( Sara Murray | Marshall Cohen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —A Democratic election official in Pennsylvania offered an impassioned apology Wednesday for claiming “precedent by a court doesn’t matter anymore in this country” to justify counting about 600 faulty ballots in defiance of state Supreme Court rulings. “I made a mistake, and because I am an elected official, I am held to a far higher standard than everybody else. Her prior comments about flouting court precedent took off on social media and were promoted widely by Trump allies like Elon Musk. In response to a lawsuit from the McCormick campaign, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Monday ordered counties to abide by its past rulings about the undated ballots. Patricia Poprik, chair of the Bucks County Republican Party, on Wednesday said the board’s actions overshadowed the hard work of county election workers.

Persons: CNN —, Diane Ellis, Marseglia, “, ” Ellis, Donald Trump –, Ellis, ”, Elon Musk, Democratic Sen, Bob Casey, Dave McCormick, Robert Harvie, Roe, Wade, McCormick, Josh Shapiro, ” Shapiro, Patricia Poprik, Poprik, ” Poprik, it’s, ” CNN’s Danny Freeman Organizations: CNN, Democratic, Trump, GOP, Republican, Bucks County Republican Party Locations: Pennsylvania, Bucks

☆ Employee Well-Being Programs Can Help Companies Perform Better
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-24 | by ( Rebecca Knight | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

With a new generation of workers bringing fresh sensibilities and an increasing desire for work-life balance and mental-health support, organizations across the US are scaling up employee well-being programs to meet the demands of the post-pandemic era. Companies need to achieve a balanced mix of well-being offerings to address the shifting needs of their workers, Tharpe said. A retention tool that reinforces company valuesTharpe said many companies view well-being benefit programs as a strategic tool to reinforce the organization's values and make it more attractive as an employer. Combating healthcare costs, boosting mental healthSome companies are adopting well-being initiatives to confront mounting healthcare costs, with the added benefit of improving mental-health support for their employees. AdvertisementChildren's Mercy Kansas City, a pediatric-health facility in Missouri, also made mental health and well-being initiatives a priority for its staff following the pandemic.

Persons: Wellable, they're, Charlie Tharpe, Tharpe, Stephanie Harvie, Harvie, L.L.Bean, WWT, John Rocco, Rocco, Stephanie Burrus, Burrus, VTO, Molly Q, Ford, Salesforce Organizations: Companies, Boston University's Questrom School of Business, WWT, Children's, Research Locations: Maine, St, Louis, Kansas City, Missouri, San Francisco

☆ Lewis Branscomb, Champion of Science Across Fields, Dies at 96
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-04 | by ( Daniel E. Slotnik | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

As the Cold War was waning, the physicist Lewis Branscomb feared that America’s economic and scientific superiority was in jeopardy. Declining scientific literacy and critical thinking in American education, he believed, could have disastrous consequences for the country. Students, he told “The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour” on PBS in 1986, “don’t need to know a lot of facts about science, but they really do need to understand how to think in the way scientists think — that is, in a problem-solving approach, given a complex environment within which to make decisions.”Whether in academia, private industry or government, Dr. Branscomb made it his job to push for the advancement of science and give it a bigger role in public policy. He held out hope for a brighter future through technology, but only if scientists and policymakers could get the public behind the idea. Dr. Branscomb, who worked at the nexus of science, technology, policy and business throughout his career, died on May 31 at a care facility in Redwood City, Calif., his son, Harvie, said.

Persons: Lewis Branscomb, “ The MacNeil, Lehrer, ”, Branscomb, Harvie Organizations: Students, PBS Locations: Redwood City, Calif

☆ Virginia Tech’s Bias Response Team and the First Amendment
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( The Editorial Board | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Journal Editorial Report: The week's worst and best from Kim Strassel, Bill McGurn, Mary O’Grady and Dan Henninger. Images: AFP/Getty Images Composite: Mark KellyThe advertising catchphrase “see something, say something” calls to mind suspicious packages that might be bombs. At Virginia Tech, that slogan applies to the school’s official Bias Intervention and Response Team, or BIRT. Hokies are encouraged to report one another’s ill-considered opinions or crass jokes. On May 31 the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals declined to end this, but a dissent by veteran Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III is a persuasive signal flare for the Supreme Court to take the case and defend free speech.

Persons: Kim Strassel, Bill McGurn, Mary O’Grady, Dan Henninger, Mark Kelly, BIRT, Judge J, Harvie Wilkinson Organizations: Getty, Virginia Tech, Hokies

☆ How to invest in the ChatGPT-driven AI boom: Credit Suisse shares 6 stocks they're labeling as "top picks" as their exposure to AI development opens them up to new revenue streams
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-05 | by ( William Edwards | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Badri's price 12-month price target for shares of Microsoft is $285. The analysts said that growing AI use cases will help Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company and their high performance computing business, which has already doubled since 2016. Credit Suisse's 12-month price target for the stock is $330, which is upside of 16%. Chou has a price target of NT$1,100 for the stock, meaning 13.5% upside. Both Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company and Baidu are traded on US exchanges, while Accton and Wiwynn are traded in Taiwan.

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