The oversight board for Baton Rouge’s bus system delayed signing a contract with the agency’s new CEO under pressure from Metro Council members who criticized the board’s plan to pay two people an executive salary. “We understand what some of the concerns are. We don’t want to pay two CEOs,” Capital Area Transit System Board … Read more
Jacksonville nonprofit Chelsea’s Chariot is on a mission to improve child educational and social skills with the assistance of therapy dogs. Chelsea’s Chariot began as an animal-assisted reading intervention funded through the Humble ISD Education Foundation for Innovations in Education grant, which was written by co-founder Michelle Hise who runs the organization with her husband … Read more
Finally! I’m so tired of waiting a whole day, often two days to get my electric toothbrush, vitamins or weed-trimmer battery delivered to my door. Before long, we will be getting our Amazon packages within a half hour of ordering. Nearly a decade ago Amazon founder Jeff Bezos promised drones would be delivering Amazon packages … Read more
Best Friends Animal Society, a leading animal welfare organization, released newly collected data which gives a national overview of the number of dogs and cats that enter and exit shelters in a given year. The data for Oklahoma shows that while more animals entered animal shelters across the state in 2021, fewer cats and dogs … Read more
