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Downtown Bend Public Library invites public to create Mother's Day cards
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Mother's Day is next week, and at the Downtown Bend Public Library, people were getting a head start on things Sunday by creating their own Mother's Day cards. At the event, people only needed to provide their own scissors and ruler. Materials such as card stock and decorative papers were on hand. Individuals
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Investigative journalist sues Louisiana Department of Public Safety, alleges failure to provide public records
BATON ROUGE — An investigative reporter out of New Orleans sued the Louisiana Department of Public Safety on Monday, alleging it had failed to respond to public records requests.Nick Chrastil, a journalist with nonprofit news outlet The Lens, sued after the agency would not disclose records associated with its hiring of a private law firm, WilmerHale, to provide legal services to the state in connection with consent decrees and the federal government, a statement from the Tulane...
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startup funding: ETtech Deals Digest: Startup funding falls 30% on year to $73 million this week
Startup funding in the penultimate week of April 2024 declined by nearly 27.9% from the same period a year ago, totalling $74 million across 14 deals. However, deal density in the latest week improved to $5.3 million per deal, as per Tracxn data. From April 6 to April 12, 2023, startups had raised about $2.4 million per deal. Funding was down sequentially as well, from $103 million across 15 funding rounds in the previous week. Of the total corpus raised this week, fundraises of...