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Below is a press release from the National Federation of Independent Business: NFIB State Director Dawn McVea released the following statement following Gov. Tate Reeves’ State of the State address: “Our small business members were thrilled to hear Governor Reeves’ pledge to eliminate the state income tax once and for all. This is something that’s along overdue. Small businesses simply cannot afford to continue overpaying to run state government. Eliminating the state income tax would put more money in people’s pockets and make it easier for Main Street businesses to expand, add jobs, and pay higher wages.” The vast majority of small businesses in Mississippi are organized as pass-through entities,…

The Placerita Canyon Nature Center cut the red ribbon on its “Know Your NATURE Center” exhibit on Saturday, opening the sliding doors to provide more opportunities to the next and current generations to learn more about the local nature.   “This is a gem for not only the city, but the county and every single young person in Los Angeles who comes far and wide to be able to come to the nature center to understand nature,” said Santa Clarita Councilwoman Marsha McLean. “Sometimes they don’t have that opportunity, but we give them that opportunity here at the nature center.”  From…

A sweeping new U.S. Department of Justice antitrust case against Google is historic and could be transformative.While Google provides beloved products, employs brilliant people and creates valued jobs, it has also abused its digital advertising monopoly and severely harmed local journalism. The DOJ’s lawsuit details how Google stifled competition in the online display advertising market. This drove up costs for advertisers and the public while shorting publishers of news and other online content.“Publishers were — and today still are — powerless to respond given the lack of viable substitutes to Google’s publisher ad server monopoly,” the case states. “They are…

This time last week the Dallas Cowboys were doing their best to pick themselves up after ending another season shy of the NFC Championship Game. There are of course a lot of things associated with a season ending, and one of them is addressing any potential change to a staff or roster. When Dallas Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy had his end-of-season press conference he still had both his offensive and defensive coordinators in the building (so to speak). Shortly after his presser concluded, we would come to find out that defensive coordinator Dan Quinn would return for a third…

Tags: Athletics, CLA, Student Success, students Drew University Student-Athlete Teams Up With Track & Field Coach to Build a Winning Website Sam Villanueva C’23 used the skills from her digital marketing class to build a website with her cross country coach January 2023 – Sam Villanueva C’23 recently redesigned and launched a website for her longtime running coach, Sean Robinson, Drew University’s head cross country/track & field coach. Villanueva, a member of Drew’s women’s cross country team, has known Robinson since her high school running days at Morris Hills High School, where Robinson coached prior to coming to Drew in…

Raul and Michele Ochoa are the new owners of a home in Clovis’s Loma Vista area. The home also happens to be the 8,000th constructed by De Young Properties. Image contributed published on January 31, 2023 – 11:24 AMWritten by The Business Journal Staff After nearly half a century of building, De Young Properties celebrated its 8,000th home built this past weekend. On Saturday, the De Young family cut the ribbon on the landmark building alongside first-time homebuyers Michele and Raul Ochoa, who purchased the home in the Loma Vista neighborhood of Clovis. In 1974, Paula De Young — daughter of housing…

Dr. Rashae Barnes has recently joined a very exclusive club: a Black woman VC fund founder focused specifically on Black investment. There are fewer than 700 venture capital firms in the U.S. owned and led by Black women. Barnes is aiming to change this. Her new firm Evals Equity was founded this year after she recognized a huge disparity in capital and resources for Black women-owned businesses, despite the group being the largest growing sector of entrepreneurs in the country. “Since it’s a fund-to-fund, it doesn’t make sense for me to seek investors because I’m trying to fund other people’s…

Kelly Morris of Angwin said he’s been a health advocate, enthusiast and vegan for over 25 years.So when the opportunity came to buy an independent business in St. Helena called Nature Select, “this was a natural fit,” he said.However, his St. Helena landlord has decided to remodel, so Morris plans to move Nature Select to a smaller space in Calistoga. He’s still in search of the perfect spot.“I’m optimistic about finding a location,” Morris said. “I just hope and pray that everything goes well in Calistoga.” Support local news coverage and the people who report it by subscribing to the…

TVU Networks’ Cloud-Native Tools Optimize Available Bandwidth, Latency, and Cell Connections in 5G Catalonia Project Broadcasters La Xarxa and betevé Remotely Produce Live, Multi-Camera Newscast Over Private 5G Network MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA – January 31, 2023 – TVU Networks played a key role in Spanish public broadcaster betevé’s successful fully cloud-based live multi-camera production over a private, standalone 5G network. The initiative is part of Spain’s 5G Catalonia project – one of several 5G pilot development grants awarded by Red.es looking to energize 5G transmission in the Barcelona region. Using TVU Networks’ cloud native technology, La Xarxa and betevé synchronized, edited and distributed multiple live audio and video signals…

JCDecaux wins 15-year exclusive Advertising Street Furniture Contract in Macau SAR, China Paris, 31 January 2023 – JCDecaux SE (Euronext Paris: DEC), the number one outdoor advertising company worldwide, announced that its JV subsidiary, JCDecaux (Macau) Limited, created in partnership with HN Group (JCDecaux 80% / HN Group 20%), has been awarded a 15-year exclusive contract for the advertising street furniture in the Macau Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China (population: 682,000). This new concession covers the entire inventory of about 150 Bus Shelters and 150 City Information Panels (CIPs). The Group has worked in partnership with Macau…