March 15, 2026

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Technology

As a lobbyist, Republican Dave Reichert pushed DNA technology that could enable mass surveillance

Gubernatorial hopeful and former Rep. Dave Reichert, R-Wash., really wants people to know that Rapid DNA, a technology which creates DNA profiles of individuals based on a mouth swab, is the future of law enforcement. A former sheriff who spent some of his post-Congress years lobbying for a company that dominates the Rapid DNA industry,

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Wealth Management

Focus Brings $3.6B HoyleCohen Into Colony

Focus Financial Partners, the New York-based RIA aggregator, is continuing to consolidate by merging HoyleCohen, a San Diego-based partner firm with $3.6 billion in assets under management, into The Colony Group. The deal is expected to close in the third quarter. HoyleCohen was created in 2001 when Kevin Hoyle and Joe Cohen merged their financial

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Fund

Anti-Green Energy Non-Profit Launches Legal Defense Fund

FayCoDaysNo, the group fighting green energy projects in Fayette County, had a float in the Schulenburg Festival Parade on Sunday. Photo by Andy Behlen FayCoSaysNo, the group opposing green energy in Fayette County, has created a “Community Defense Fund.”Tammy Jo McCleney, the leader of the group, announced the creation of the fund on social media

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Investments

What retailers are getting from investments in mobile apps

Retailers continue to invest in their mobile app experiences, and the reasons are clear. Mobile commerce spending in the U.S. reached $448 billion in 2023, according to a Comscore report from earlier this year. Still, not all retailers — even in the Top 1000, Digital Commerce 360’s database of retailers in North America ranked by

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Energy

Preserving Arizona’s Saguaros – Pattern Energy

Landowners, environmental consultants, a local saguaro farm, and Pattern Energy are collaborating to preserve Arizona’s iconic desert landscape. Pattern Energy’s SunZia Wind and Transmission project will create the largest clean energy infrastructure project in United States history. Construction of SunZia started in 2023 in New Mexico and Arizona. Minimizing the environmental impact on a project

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Stock Brokers

Retail brokers hit by outages during US stock sell-off

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Financial services myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Brokerages such as Charles Schwab, Vanguard and Fidelity experienced outages on their trading platforms on Monday, leaving some retail investors unable to trade during one of the sharpest market routs in years. The S&P 500

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Property

Philly mayor to unveil results of citywide property tax reevaluation – NBC10 Philadelphia

Mayor Cherelle Parker is expected to join City of Philadelphia officials on Monday afternoon to discuss the results of a citywide revaluation of all property values for Tax Year 2025. According to a statement from the Mayor’s Office, city officials will also encourage property owners to enroll in newly expanded tax relief programs that mitigate

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Stock Brokers

Interactive Brokers Handles Heavy Trading Volume with No System-Wide Issues

GREENWICH, Conn., August 05, 2024–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Interactive Brokers (Nasdaq: IBKR), issued the following statement on system status. “We know of no system-wide outages. As of 11 a.m. ET, we have executed 5 million trades, and on Friday, we had 5.9 million trades, which was already a busy day,” said Steve Sanders, EVP of Marketing and Product

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Tax

Why Gov. Jared Polis might call a special session on property taxes — for the second time in a year

Colorado’s top politicians are debating whether to call lawmakers back to work to cut property tax rates once more.  The talk of holding a special legislative session is being driven by a pressing deadline: the November election. As things stand now, a pair of ballot measures will likely go before voters in a few months,

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Energy

Renewable energy company donates $50,000 to mobile health unit

JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) – NEA Baptist Health System announced Monday it had received a $50,000 donation from NextEra Energy Resources, LLC, for its mobile health unit. Ty Jones, director of marketing for NEA Baptist, said the donation would help fund the unit’s operation as it travels around Northeast Arkansas, providing healthcare, including screenings, immunizations, and

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