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Concerns arise from employers’ use of AI hiring tools
Finance & Commerce - Minnesota
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August 21, 2025
The Blueprint 74% of companies plan to expand AI in hiring within a year. One-third expect AI to run their entire hiring process by 2026. AI is most used for resume reviews, assessments, and interviews. Experts warn of risks: bias, limited human...
NDFB hires northwest field representative
The Pierce County Tribune - North Dakota
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Megan Gross North Dakota Farm Bureau has announced the hiring of Megan Gross as northwest field representative. Gross grew up near Napoleon, where her family operates a commercial, spring calving, cow-calf herd. Their farm also produces cash crops...
Why Do Bosses Give More Power to Suck Ups?
The Good Men Project - California
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August 21, 2025
By Matt Shipman-NC State The studies also outline what drives these decisions. “We know that employee performance improves and employee turnover declines when employees are empowered—that’s good,” says Bradley Kirkman, coauthor of a paper on the...
Tax Cutting Governors Also Embrace Tort Reform In 2025
Forbes
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Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt speaks during a roundtable discussion with US President Donald Trump about economic reopening of closures due to COVID-19, known as coronavirus, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, June 18,...
Fighting for Safe Streets in America’s Most Dangerous City
Strong Towns
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August 21, 2025
Tiffany Owens Reed 0:00 Tiffany. Hi everybody. Welcome to another episode of The Bottom-Up Revolution podcast. I'm your host, Tiffany Owens Reed, coming to you from very hot Waco, Texas. I hope wherever you are, wherever you're listening to this,...
Sylvia Jewel Bates
The Shelbyville Times-Gazette - Tennessee
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Graveside services for Sylvia Jewel Bates, 88, of Cleburne, Texas will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, August 23, 2025, at Raby Cemetery located on Warren Hollow Road in Moore County, Tennessee. Mr. Mark Pierce will officiate. Sylvia Bates passed...
Jack Funderburk joins Lake Regional Health Foundation board
Central Missouri News
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August 21, 2025
Jack Funderburk has joined the Board of Directors of the Lake Regional Health Foundation. Funderburk is the senior vice president of commercial and consumer loans at Central Bank of Lake of the Ozarks and has lived in the lake area since 2001. He...
Conservationists: Ending lesser prairie chicken protections could set a troubling precedent
Tri City Record - New Mexico
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August 21, 2025
The lesser prairie chicken makes its home in Eastern New Mexico. Larry Lamsa/Flickr via KUNM × Fossil fuel, ag industry contributed to species’ habitat loss in Eastern New Mexico Last week, a Texas judge decided to vacate a decision to list the...
Happy Anniversary: Two Years of Marshall County History
The Madill Record - Oklahoma
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August 20, 2025
It's hard to believe, but this month marks the second anniversary of my history column in The Madill Record. Two years. One hundred and six weeks, without fail. Multiple series, hundreds of stories, and thousands of names brought back from the...
The Age of Fire and Corruption Rages Out of Control
ecoRI News - Rhode Island
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August 21, 2025
A civilization is not destroyed by wicked people; it is not necessary that people be wicked but only that they be spineless. — James Baldwin, “The Fire Next Time” Whatever is left in humanity’s climate account — if it isn’t already overdrawn — is...
Corvette C4 ZR1: The Most Underpriced Muscle Car In The World
HotCars
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August 21, 2025
The 2025 Toyota Camry is everything you expect from a modern family sedan. Comfortable, efficient, packed with tech, and backed by Toyota reliability. At $36,425 for a well-equipped model, it’s a safe and practical buy. But for the same money,...
Birds Across the World Are Singing All Day for a Disturbing Reason
Gizmodo
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August 21, 2025
If the songbirds in your neighborhood are waking you up earlier and chirping well into the evening, blame light pollution. Artificial light touches nearly every corner of Earth’s surface, and a new study shows that it’s messing with birds’...
Mitchell named Fryar Center associate director-extension
Stuttgart Daily Leader - Arkansas
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August 20, 2025
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — James Mitchell’s appointment as associate director of extension at the Fryar Price Risk Management Center helps the center close a critical gap. Extension Economist James Mitchell has been named associate director-extension...
Artificial light has essentially lengthened birds' day
Public Radio Tulsa - Oklahoma
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August 21, 2025
The early bird gets the worm, as the old saying goes. And now a lot of birds around the globe are starting their days earlier than ever, because of unnaturally bright skies caused by light pollution. "For these birds, effectively their day is...
A look at the state of mail-in voting in the U.S.
Ballotpedia
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August 21, 2025
Welcome to the Thursday, August 21, 2025, Brew. By: Lara Bonatesta Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: A look at the state of mail-in voting in the U.S. Two ballot initiatives certified for 2025—fewest since 2019 This week’s On...
Growing up on Choctaw land, and not being able to go back, inspired this chamber music album
WGBH - Massachusetts
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August 21, 2025
On his new album Choctaw Places, composer Charles Shadle uses music to transport listeners to meaningful locations from his childhood, places like Limestone Gap. Shadle is a member of the Choctaw Nation and also a prolific composer and a professor...
The Two Hottest Offseason Penn State Football Topics
State College - Pennsylvania
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August 21, 2025
The usual summer fan debates for Penn State football are largely settled. The starting quarterback and running backs are decided and the offensive line is in good shape. The defense appears to be loaded, and the team is universally seen as a title...
OCCC joins Amazon AI and machine learning alliance
The Journal Record - Oklahoma
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August 15, 2025
OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma City Community College has joined the Amazon-Machine Learning University (MLU) Educators Consortium and Amazon-Machine Learning University Transformation Alliance, a national initiative helping faculty integrate artificial...
Predicting the Longhorns’ 2026 SEC Schedule
On3
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August 21, 2025
Finally, the SEC has adopted the nine-game conference schedule they should’ve been playing all along. It kicks in next year in 2026. I guess all it took was Arch Manning to push it over the cliff it had been dangling on forever? [Sign up for...
Local faith leaders deliver letter to governor opposing nitrogen gas executions
Arkansas Times
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August 21, 2025
Several local Christian leaders of different denominations gathered at the Arkansas Capitol Thursday morning to deliver a letter to Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders urging her not to move forward with nitrogen gas executions. Sanders signed a new state...