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☆ Biden's Gaza stance could cost him critical college votes in swing states
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-09 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

But the Israel-Hamas war has complicated the party's hold on young voters and liberals in college towns. And the dynamic has created a rocky path for Biden as he needs these voters to turn out for him this fall. AdvertisementIn 2020, Biden easily won Dane County, emerging with a 181,000-vote margin over then-President Donald Trump en route to winning Wisconsin by roughly 20,000 votes. Related storiesLast week, Biden won nearly 89% of the vote in the Wisconsin Democratic presidential primary, per unofficial AP results. Biden traveled to Madison on Monday to unveil his revamped student-loan forgiveness plan, which could aid more than 30 million borrowers.

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☆ I left Texas for Wisconsin and took a pay cut. It was worth it because I can now live mortgage-free.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-10 | by ( Alcynna Lloyd | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

James McClure and his wife moved from Austin, Texas, to a smaller town in Wisconsin in 2023. Selling their home in Austin's suburbs means they can live without a mortgage in a walkable town. My wife and I just bought a house in Wisconsin. We also wanted to live somewhere with access to entertainment — music, theater, live shows — and the ability to dine out. We're planning to list the Austin house for around $500,000.

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"It is clear that to ensure economic confidence, legal consistency is a must," one of the senior officials said. Deniz Ozen, lawyer for the Turkish Workers' Party MP, said authorities are violating Turkish law by keeping him in jail. Emma Sinclair-Webb, Turkey director of Human Rights Watch, said a discredited justice system is a matter of concern especially for European investors. Reinforcing the apparent U-turn, Erdogan on Friday named Hafize Gaye Erkan as central bank governor, paving the way for interest rate hikes. "No matter the economic reforms, the investment will not significantly ramp up," he said.

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☆ The 29-year-old CEO of one of the hottest companies in cannabis shares how she founded the startup in her dorm room and turned it into a recruiting powerhouse
▼ + stars: | 2022-05-20 | by ( Jeremy Berke | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Karson Humiston built Vangst into a cannabis recruiting powerhouse before her 30th birthday. But because the cannabis industry was so new, there were few resources to help them get access to the jobs, training, and skills they'd need to succeed. Vangst is now one of the top recruitment platforms in the exploding cannabis industry. Vangst says it works with over 1,200 cannabis companies and has placed over 150,000 people into full- or part-time roles. Humiston said the company was looking to expand and offer more "Cannabis 101" classes and training programs to job seekers.

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