Author: Paul E.

Barbara Pierce, President, M2Pierce LLC MACON — The Macon County Fairgrounds came alive as 1,536 area high school students spent the day discovering the world of construction on Wednesday, Sept. 18. For the third consecutive year, the Association of General Contractors of Missouri (AGCMO), along with 27 other sponsoring organizations, hosted students from across northern Missouri at the Macon County Fairgrounds for their annual “Build My Future” interactive showcase. Students had the opportunity to experience a variety of construction careers including carpentry, welding, heavy equipment operation, utility installation and repair, electrical work, heating, ventilation and air conditioning, etc. Representatives from…

Photo: Mike Levitt/IMSA IMSA seized seven of the 11 GTP cars that participated in Sunday’s Battle on the Bricks at Indianapolis Motor Speedway to undergo extended technical inspection. The two-day process will begin Monday morning and conclude Tuesday afternoon at IMS, as confirmed to teams in a competition bulletin following the conclusion of Sunday’s WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and Michelin Endurance Cup rounds. This includes the winning No. 24 Team RLL BMW M Hybrid V8 and at least one car from each of the five GTP manufacturers. An IMSA statement said: “Following the conclusion of the Battle on the Bricks, IMSA…

Governor Hokell has rightly called the $9 billion home health program a “scam” and a blow to taxpayers, but now the politically powerful health care workers union, 1199 SEIU, is trying to turn her reform campaign into an even bigger waste of funds. Hawkle called the state’s consumer-directed personal assistance program, which uses state funds to compensate family members who care for loved ones in their own homes, “one of the most abused programs in New York history.” But Washington Post reporter Vaughn Golden reports that Section 1199 also contemplates unionizing family workers who provide care, which would essentially mean…

CNN — Four key members of North Carolina gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson’s campaign have resigned, the campaign announced Sunday. General Consultant and Senior Advisor Konrad Pogorzelski III, Campaign Manager Chris Rodriguez, Finance Director Heather Willier and Deputy Campaign Manager Jason Rizk have resigned from the campaign. The announcement by Robinson’s campaign came shortly after CNN reported on incendiary comments the lieutenant governor and Republican gubernatorial candidate had made on a pornography message board more than a decade ago, in which Robinson described himself as a “black Nazi” and said he had “peeped” on women at a public gym when he…

The United States is reportedly preparing to ban Chinese technology in connected and self-driving cars. Reuters reported that the ban, imposed by the US Commerce Department over national security concerns, is due to take effect on Monday (September 23rd), citing two sources familiar with the matter. The proposal would ban the import and sale of vehicles from China that contain software or hardware for key communications or self-driving systems, according to people familiar with the matter. The report noted that the White House has expressed concerns that Chinese companies could collect data on U.S. drivers and that foreign governments could…

Approximately 28 million people in the United States, or 1 in 12 people, have asthma, and depending on where you live, symptoms can be more difficult to manage.The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA) recently released its “Asthma Capitals” report, ranking the 100 most populous U.S. states based on how challenging they are for people with chronic respiratory diseases.”This is not a report on ‘bad’ cities for asthma, but rather a report that shows the factors that make life with asthma more difficult,” Kenneth Mendez, president and CEO of Virginia AAFA, told Fox News Digital in an email.’Smart masks’…

(CNN) The US Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved the first flu vaccine that doesn’t need to be administered by health care workers, but it won’t be available in time for peak respiratory virus season.FluMist is a nasal spray made by AstraZeneca that has been used to prevent influenza in the United States since 2003. It is currently sold through pharmacies and other health care providers to people ages 2 to 49 who have a prescription.Friday’s FDA approval adds a second option for people who are eligible to get the vaccine: Adults can vaccinate themselves or their children can…

In Week 2, the Baltimore Ravens lost a double-digit lead for the seventh time since the start of the 2022 season, suffering a shocking loss at home to the Las Vegas Raiders. Also in Week 2, the Dallas Cowboys lost at home to the New Orleans Saints, 44-19. One of these two teams has to get up off the mat today in Dallas…right? Dallas and Baltimore are both 0-2 after having the NFL’s best records in 2023, so if one of them doesn’t get a win today, panic could start early this season (or maybe it already is). That’s why…

There’s a new hub for Native American health in the Black Hills: The Great Plains Native American Health Hub, supported by Johns Hopkins University, has opened in Rapid City.Officials say the site will be part of the Johns Hopkins Center for Native American Health and will offer new health care options specifically for Native Americans.Oglala Lakota physician Donald Warne is co-director of the Native American Health Center.”Unfortunately, here in the Dakotas we have some of the worst health disparities in the nation. The average age of death for Native Americans is in the late 40s, but for the rest of…

PITTSFIELD — One of the defining moments in Dylan Lundgren’s recovery from drug addiction was when he started running.He’ll celebrate 20 years of sobriety in two days, and he’s been running for almost as long.But on Sunday morning, he had something else to celebrate: first place overall in the Fitness in Recovery 5K.”When I first got sober, it was one of the few things that kept me calm,” Lundgren says. “I still use it today. For me it’s a balance of running and still being in tune with myself and not pushing myself too hard. I’m just trying to run…