John O'connor, Ap Political Writer Updated 7:09 am PST, Saturday, December 29, 2018 FILE - This 2017 file photo shows the annual Route 66 Fun Run, featuring vintage autos from all eras, on a street in Kingman, Ariz. Illinois lawmakers completed the state's 100th General Assembly in its bicentennial year, and will ring in 2019 with 253 new laws on the books. Also, Route 66, the storied "Mother Road" that connected Chicago to Santa Monica, Calif., in one of the nation's earliest interstate highways, turns 100 in 2026. A commission to celebrate its centennial begins work. (Kingman Daily Minor via AP) less FILE - This 2017 file photo shows the annual Route 66 Fun Run, featuring vintage autos from all eras, on a street in Kingman, Ariz. Illinois lawmakers completed the state's 100th General Assembly in its ... more Photo: AP … [Read more...] about Illinois will wake up New Year’s Day to over 250 new laws
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The Many Pros and Fewer-Than-Expected Cons of Hiring Ex-Cons
Ex-cons are generally at least as likely as everybody else to be a good employee and much more likely to be loyal to their employer. Tammy Cohen & Marco Piovesan Published 5:00 am PDT, Wednesday, October 17, 2018 Photo: LightFieldStudios | Getty Images Photo: LightFieldStudios | Getty Images Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Image 1 of 1 Photo: LightFieldStudios | Getty Images The Many Pros and Fewer-Than-Expected Cons of Hiring Ex-Cons 1 / 1 Back to Gallery Prison reform and recidivism rates are hot topics right now, with discussion flourishing everywhere from presidential roundtables to executive boardrooms. With the tight labor market on hiring managers’ minds -- the unemployment rate is hovering at 3.9 percent … [Read more...] about The Many Pros and Fewer-Than-Expected Cons of Hiring Ex-Cons
Missing wages, grueling shifts, and bottles of urine: The disturbing accounts of Amazon delivery drivers may reveal the true human cost of ‘free’ shipping
caption Several Amazon drivers who spoke with Business Insider described a physically demanding work environment in which, under strict time constraints, they felt pressured to drive at dangerously high speeds, blow stop signs, and even urinate in bottles on their trucks. source Business Insider Business Insider spoke with 31 current or recently employed drivers about what it’s like to deliver packages for Amazon. Some drivers described a variety of alleged abuses, including lack of overtime pay, missing wages, intimidation, and favoritism. Many of these drivers also described a physically demanding work environment in which, under strict time constraints, they felt pressured to drive at dangerously high speeds, blow stop signs, and urinate in bottles on their trucks. The drivers we interviewed are managed by third-party courier companies that work out of Amazon facilities. Amazon … [Read more...] about Missing wages, grueling shifts, and bottles of urine: The disturbing accounts of Amazon delivery drivers may reveal the true human cost of ‘free’ shipping
9 Strange, Scientific Excuses for Why Humans Haven’t Found Aliens Yet
By Brandon Specktor, Senior Writer | July 31, 2018 06:34am ET Credit: Shutterstock Where are the aliens? One night about 60 years ago, physicist Enrico Fermi looked up into the sky and asked, "Where is everybody?" He was talking about aliens. Today, scientists know that there are millions, perhaps billions of planets in the universe that could sustain life. So, in the long history of everything, why hasn't any of this life made it far enough into space to shake hands (or claws … or tentacles) with humans? It could be that the universe is just too big to traverse. It could be that the aliens are deliberately ignoring us. It could even be that every growing civilization is irrevocably doomed to destroy itself (something to look forward to, fellow Earthlings). Or, it could be something much, much weirder. Like what, you ask? Here are nine strange answers that scientists have proposed for Fermi's paradox. Credit: JPL-Caltech/SETI Institute/NASA The aliens are … [Read more...] about 9 Strange, Scientific Excuses for Why Humans Haven’t Found Aliens Yet
Discover Financial Services to Launch Innovation Program This Coming Fall at Northern Illinois University
RIVERWOODS, Ill. & DEKALB, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 23, 2018--Discover Financial Services and Northern Illinois University are announcing the launch of an exciting program that will provide tech-savvy students with opportunities right in the heart of the university’s campus to help research and develop new technologies for the company.The initiative, dubbed the Discover Campus Innovator Program, will kick off this coming fall in a newly renovated, 5,900-square-foot area of “71 North,” the university’s collaborative space for innovation centrally located on campus in the bottom level of Founders Memorial Library. Discover and NIU have entered into an agreement, whereby the company will lease and renovate the space.Students selected for the Discover Campus Innovator Program will be paid to work on and help develop new Discover technologies in the areas of mobile-software development, web-application coding, and person-to-person payment systems. They also … [Read more...] about Discover Financial Services to Launch Innovation Program This Coming Fall at Northern Illinois University