KSTP-TV

Minnesota Promise grants gave millions to small businesses. Here’s what happened when we vetted the recipients.

Nearly $100 million in state grant funding meant to help disadvantaged small businesses is drawing scrutiny after 5 INVESTIGATES found several questionable recipients and a lack of publicly available ...
KSTP-TV

Legislative auditor: Minnesota Promise Act is now ‘on my radar’

A $100 million state grant program intended to bolster Minnesota small businesses is facing a fresh round of scrutiny. Legislative Auditor Judy Randall confirmed Tuesday that the Minnesota Promise Act ...
The New York Times

Promise David’s injury starts a World Cup roster domino effect for Canada

Promise David is tended to after getting injured playing for Union SG in Belgium Virginie Lefour / Belga Mag / AFP / Getty Images Jesse Marsch has a problem to solve. And unfortunately for Canada’s ...
Poynter

Donald Trump says he kept his campaign promises. The record is more complicated.

Trump fulfilled a decent chunk of his domestic agenda in his first year — enforcing hardline immigration policies, withdrawing from international organizations and signing a Republican-backed tax and ...
City Limits

‘Honor His Promise’: Advocates Criticize Mamdani’s CityFHEPS Reversal, and What Else Happened This Week in Housing

Mayor Zohran Mamdani pledged to expand eligibility for city housing vouchers according to City Council laws that his predecessor failed to implement. Faced with steep fiscal challenges, he said the ...
Psychology Today

The False Promises of Resentment, Revenge, and Certainty

Over time, we’ve all probably felt hurt, angry, betrayed, and disappointed when our dreams, expectations, and agreements fell apart. After my marriage ended, I became resentful. Sold on the benefits ...
Luther College

Luther Promise guarantees students earn degrees in four years

Luther College President Brad Chamberlain announced the Luther Promise, a set of four institutional commitments designed to provide incoming students with support to earn their bachelor’s degrees in ...
WMAZ

Gov. Kemp proposes cutting $86M from Georgia Promise Scholarship in his amended budget. Here's why

MACON, Ga. — Gov. Brian Kemp’s amended budget for fiscal year 2026 includes a nearly $86 million one-time funding cut to Georgia’s Promise Scholarship program, following lower-than-expected ...
The Columbian

Vancouver’s Main Street Promise project ahead of schedule, expected to be done this year

Vancouver’s $20 million project to renovate Main Street in downtown is ahead of schedule and expected to be done this year. The project is transforming the city’s main downtown thoroughfare from Fifth ...
MIT Technology Review

LLMs contain a LOT of parameters. But what’s a parameter?

They’re the mysterious numbers that make your favorite AI models tick. What are they and what do they do? MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of ...
Polygon

Zohran Mamdani won, and suddenly a video game about beating a crooked mayor felt real

In 2025, I experienced two mayoral elections. One was in my own backyard. For a good portion of the year, New York City’s local politics became a matter of national interest. It was a hot election ...