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Having a crisis communications plan to limit potential damage to their reputation is essential for every business. Given the negative impact it can have on various business areas—from operations to ...

A Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors that’s nearly double its current size. A new elected executive, who functions like a mayor. A commission to root out corrupt county officials. That’s all on ...

WEST SACRAMENTO -- Two weeks out from the 2024 general election, there are two Sacramento-area municipalities with a Measure O on the November ballot. Depending on where you live, they do different ...

How should we measure changes in an economy's standard of living, or compare living standards across countries? Typically, economists use GDP per capita as a proxy for a country's standard of living, ...

Recently in my physics lab, students were having trouble with the difference between mass and weight. I had ready answers---it’s a topic I’ve gone over hundreds of times. But after I explained that ...

Voters have passed a measure amending the Oregon Constitution to create a new fundamental right for everyone living here: access to affordable health care. For much of last week, the outcome was too ...