Firo co-founder Reuben Yap has warned that central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) will be used by central banks to control how people spend their money. He remarked that CBDCs give…
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Families can see how school districts spend COVID money
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) – The pandemic has caused academic setbacks for students in Alabama. That’s according to a new report from the National Assessment of Education Progress that shows a…
Georgia to spend $250M in COVID-19 cash to aid recreation – WABE
Gov. Brian Kemp is earmarking $250 million in federal COVID-19 relief for neighborhood recreation improvements in some of Georgia’s poorest areas. Grants of up to $2 million per project can…
Navajo Nation to spend $1B in federal COVID money on infrastructure
Arlyssa D. Becenti The Navajo Nation will spend over $1 billion from the American Recovery Rescue Plan Act for water, electricity, broadband internet, housing, and other infrastructure priorities. The rescue plan allotted over…
Overwhelmed health departments are hard-pressed to spend Covid cash for underserved
A year later — with covid having killed 1 million people in the U.S. since the start of the pandemic and hospitalizing millions more — little of the money has…
“Entrepreneurs should spend a lot of time thinking if they are in the right ecosyste
One aspect of startups that tends to get less attention is where they are located and the ecosystem around them, says Or Haviv, managing partner at Arieli Capital. He shares…