Oklahoma official Ryan Walters institutes Christian indoctrination in public schools

The New Brunswick government says it’s prepared to take ownership of the Smurfit-Stone mill site properties in Bathurst, N.B., after they weren’t sold during a tax sale Thursday.

Tax lien investing allows hedge funds and private equity firms to exploit mostly poor, elderly Black and Latino homeowners, leveraging the machinery of local tax enforcement.

Overall startup funding grew 16% sequentially to touch $79 bn in last quarter, primarily driven by investments in AI, which became largest sector for first time, followed by healthcare and biotech