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Dear we are teachers, My team of 3rd graders and I have to meet up close every day for PLC. One of our team members always comes to work even when he is obviously unwell. We were talking about coughing, tissues all over the desk, and not being able to keep our eyes open. When we encouraged her to go home, she said she didn’t want to use her sick days. (What she’s really saying is that she wants to use her sick days to travel.) Should I confront her about this? —We have a team of plague soldiers. Dear…

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ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. This article is co-published with The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan local newsroom that informs and engages with Texans. Sign up for The Brief Weekly to get up to speed on their essential coverage of Texas issues. When President Donald Trump appeared in a New York courtroom last spring to face a slew of criminal charges, he was joined by a rotating cadre of lawyers, campaign aides, his family — and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. Paxton had…

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Capital One announced Thursday that some users were reporting problems with direct deposits and that an unspecified technical issue was preventing customers from accessing their accounts.In response to complaints on social media platform said.Just before noon Thursday, the company released an official statement on the issue. “We are experiencing technical issues with a third-party vendor that are temporarily impacting account services, deposits, and payment processing for some consumer, small business, and commercial banks.”Late Thursday, vendor Fidelity Information Services (FIS) issued a statement saying it was working to restore applications affected by a localized power outage at one of its data…

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ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Cynthia Robertson could be forgiven for feeling that the banner was aimed at her. Its white-on-black lettering — “FUCK BIDEN AND FUCK YOU FOR VOTING FOR HIM” — hung from the wooden house right across the street from her own. Hostility toward the outgoing Democratic president is no surprise in Sulphur, Louisiana, a red town in a red state in a country that has handed the White House and Congress to Republicans. Yet the message felt like a poke…

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Jeff Tucker, chief economist for the City of Windermere, looks at mortgage rates and the factors that have pushed them up more than a percentage point since September. Whether you’re refining your business model, mastering new technology, or finding a strategy to take advantage of the next market boom, Inman Connect New York prepares you to take a bold step. The next chapter is about to begin. Please join us. Join us and thousands of other real estate leaders from January 22-24, 2025. In this exclusive series on Inman, Windermere Chief Economist Jeff Tucker reveals the latest statistics, reports and…

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On January 27, new rules regarding contact with consumers began. Failure to comply puts you at significant risk of fines and litigation. Just ask Keller Williams. Whether you’re refining your business model, mastering new technology, or finding a strategy to take advantage of the next market boom, Inman Connect New York prepares you to take a bold step. The next chapter is about to begin. Please join us. Join us and thousands of other real estate leaders from January 22-24, 2025. Verify by Call Action is a lead verification solution. Platform: WebBest for: agents, teams, and brokers. Top selling points:…

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For real estate agents, the Jan. 27 changes to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act mean paying special attention to how they collect leads, contact them, and manage consent. Whether you’re refining your business model, mastering new technology, or finding a strategy to take advantage of the next market boom, Inman Connect New York prepares you to take a bold step. The next chapter is about to begin. Please join us. Join us and thousands of other real estate leaders from January 22-24, 2025. If you’re a real estate agent who relies on FSBO calls, expired listings, or good old neighborhood…

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Whether you’re refining your business model, mastering new technology, or finding a strategy to take advantage of the next market boom, Inman Connect New York prepares you to take a bold step. The next chapter is about to begin. Please join us. Join us and thousands of other real estate leaders from January 22-24, 2025. It is estimated that more than 12,000 homes have been lost in Los Angeles County since the beginning of 2025 (just 17 days ago) due to a devastating combination of fires and storms, an unimaginable and bone-chilling loss. This means real estate professionals are first…

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Bill Pulte, the grandson of PulteGroup founder William J. Pulte, is a private equity CEO, philanthropist, and Trump supporter with 3 million followers on X. Whether you’re refining your business model, mastering new technology, or finding a strategy to take advantage of the next market boom, Inman Connect New York prepares you to take a bold step. The next chapter is about to begin. Please join us. Join us and thousands of other real estate leaders from January 22-24, 2025. In what is seen as a potential step toward privatizing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, President-elect Donald Trump has announced…

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Bitcoin should rise even higher under President-elect Donald Trump, according to BlackRock’s head of ETFs.Samara Cohen, the firm’s chief investment officer for ETFs and index products, believes crypto deregulation will “absolutely” propel Bitcoin into another historic year.“We will see progress in FIT21.” [“Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act.] We will see progress on stablecoins. You’re going to see progress just in defining the taxonomy,” she said on CNBC’s “ETF Edge” this week.Cohen is behind the firm’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT), which is up 114% since its debut in January 2024 and almost 8% year-to-date. The move comes after…

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