I Slashed My Power Bill in Half With a Whole Home Battery

Power companies are pushing aggressive time-based use pricing. A whole-home battery backup allows you to stop paying to build ...
InfoQ

Inside Atlassian’s Forge Billing Architecture for Distributed Usage Tracking at Scale

Atlassian details the Forge billing platform built for usage-based pricing across its cloud ecosystem. It processes ...
Digital Transactions

Colorado Bill To Cut Sales Tax from Interchange Calculation Vetoed

Colorado’s SB 26-134, a bill that would have eliminated sales tax as part of the interchange-fee calculation, has been vetoed by Gov. Jared Polis. SB 26-134, similar to the Illinois Interchange Fee ...
The New York Times

A bipartisan Senate bill is coming to stabilize college sports. What’s in it, and will it work?

Ted Cruz (left) has been heavily involved with the construction of college sports legislation as chair of the Senate Commerce Committee. Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and ...
The Shreveport Times

Bill to get rid of inspection stickers passes the Senate. What to know

Legislation that will eliminate Louisiana's vehicle inspection sticker requirement passed the Senate in a 27-7 vote on May 13. HB 1085, sponsored by Republican Rep. Lawrence Bagley, will now return to ...
Times Argus

Auditor recommends change in VEGI program incentive calculation

MONTPELIER — Vermont could have saved about $8 million if it used a different way of measuring how well a company is doing on its own before being awarded economic incentives, according to a new ...
WGNO

Louisiana bill to replace brake tags with QR code passes through state Senate

BATON ROUGE, La. (WGNO) — House Bill 1085 is replacing the traditional inspection stickers with a QR code sticker. This will be mailed to vehicle owners by the state. Those in favor of the bill said ...
AOL

Social Security Payments Set For Major Overhaul Under New ‘Calculation’ Bill

For millions of Americans, Social Security is the key to a stress-free retirement. But the program doesn't only pay retirement benefits. It also provides Supplemental Security Income, or SSI, to ...
The Washington Post

House approves bill to extend divisive US surveillance program, but path forward uncertain

WASHINGTON — The Republican-controlled House approved a three-year reauthorization of a divisive U.S. surveillance program ahead of its expiration on Friday, adding new oversight measures but stopping ...
Government Executive

IRS whistleblower program set for possible overhaul after bipartisan House vote

The House on Monday passed, 346-10, a bipartisan bill that would make several reforms to an IRS whistleblower program that has recovered billions from noncompliant taxpayers. “This is real money ...
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Jordon Hudson, 25, applauds much-older boyfriend Bill Belichick’s support during cheer competition: ‘Bill the WAG’

Jordon Hudson showed her appreciation for her much-older boyfriend, Bill Belichick, after he attended a cheer competition over the weekend. The athlete, 25, took to Instagram Sunday to share a photo ...