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Flood Insurance Costs Are Set to Skyrocket for Some

In 2019, FEMA said it would instead price flood insurance based on the particular risks facing each individual property, a change the agency called “Risk Rating 2.0.” After a delay by the Trump administration, the new system takes effect next month for people purchasing flood insurance. For existing customers, rates will rise starting next April. […]

Sherwood Boehlert, a G.O.P Moderate in the House, Dies at 84

After serving in the Army, he graduated from Utica College in 1961 and managed public relations for the Wyandotte Chemical Company. Lured into politics as a supporter of relatively progressive New York Republicans like Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller and Senator Jacob K. Javits, he went to work for Representative Alexander Pirnie, an upstate Republican, becoming […]

Remote working jobs row shows how much tech has changed

Tech is now a people business. It’s about running teams, understanding motivation and guiding some very smart people to be effective and to make the best decisions they can. It’s about leading a group of creative people who can then have an outsized impact on the performance of the organisation they work for. This vision […]

I Wish I Was Better at Selling Cars

Illustration by Gianna MeolaCar and Driver From the October 2021 issue of Car and Driver. I really should sell some vehicles. Have you seen the prices for used cars these days? And classics? Classic-car prices are up so high that half my conversations about cars end with me just nodding at people while they weep […]

PG&E Faces Criminal Charges Over California Wildfire

Prosecutors in Northern California filed criminal charges against Pacific Gas & Electric on Friday in connection with the deaths of four people last year in a wildfire that was linked to the utility’s equipment. The Shasta County district attorney brought the charges — including manslaughter, along with other felonies and misdemeanors — in connection with […]

Democrats Consider Adding Carbon Tax to Budget Bill

As she has done for weeks, Ms. Sinema refused to comment on continuing negotiations. When one senator asked what revenue measures she would accept, he said he came away believing she could go along with a tax on carbon emissions and a tax on goods from countries that were not cutting their own greenhouse gases. […]