The Delaware County Council has approved a plan for distributing federal recovery funding from the American Rescue Plan this year. Despite council members’ requests for more public information, the approval vote went forward, as Stephanie Wiechmann of IPR reported.
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United Airlines is praising the success of its COVID-19 vaccine policy, claiming that more than 99 percent of its U.S.-based employees have gotten vaccinated or applied for a religious or medical exemption. But the fewer than 600 United employees who did not get vaccinated by the airline’s deadline of Sept. 27 now face termination.
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Astera Labs, a start-up based in Santa Clara, California, raised $50 million in an over subscribed Series-C funding round for its silicon solutions for intelligent systems.
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On September 17, the state’s July unemployment figures were released and the reaction from Gov. Gavin Newsom was a lot of positive spins. Here is what his press office released: “California continues to lead the nation’s economic recovery, creating 44% of the nation’s new jobs in August and ranking third in the nation in the rate of job growth this year. These 104,300 new jobs, the fifth time this year of six-figure job growth, represent new paychecks for Californians and new employees on payroll for businesses.”
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FirstEnergy, an Akron-based utility that is investing millions in Lordstown to assist an electric vehicle battery-cell manufacturing plant, has been designated one of the best utilities in the United States for fostering economic development. It’s the third year in a row Site Selection, a planning and development magazine, gave the honor to the electric company.
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