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How the Supreme Court just changed climate law, according to 9 lawyers
Stan Meiburg, executive director of the Sabin Family Center for Environment and Sustainability and formerly of the Environmental Protection Agency said “the combined effect of the Comer Post and Loper decisions may not be immediate, but they will be profound. They will make it harder for agencies to do their work and easier for challengers (especially very well-funded challengers) to attack and delay actions.”
July 2, 2024
Fast Company
3 ways AI can smooth our inevitable move to a four-day workweek
The amount of time people spend “at work” has changed significantly over the last few centuries. Economics professor Robert Whaples has mapped out the history of hours of work in the U.S., which reveals a gradual decline from working “first light to dark” (70+ hours a week) to the passing of the Fair Labor Standards Act in 1938, which eventually established the 40-hour workweek. Over the last 85 years, not much has changed in the U.S., until now.
July 2, 2024
Triad Business Journal
Spotlight: Dana Alligood, executive director of WFU Center for Private Business
Triad Business Journal’s spotlight focuses on Dana Alligood, the new executive director the Wake Forest University Center for Private Business. “I am excited most about helping family and private companies thrive in the community,” Alligood shared. “I am excited about creating content that is valuable to our members to help them be more successful.”
July 2, 2024
Winston-Salem Journal
Campaign contributions: Individual candidates or contributions to the party?
“There are several ways people can donate to political causes and candidates they believe in,” said politics professor John Dinan. “One option is to donate money directly to a candidate’s campaign, and this gives the candidate’s campaign maximum control over how that donation is used. If someone wants to boost the prospects of a political party, then they can donate to state and or federal party organizations, up to the maximum amount, and allow the parties to determine how to make use of the donations,” he said.
July 1, 2024
Winston-Salem Journal
Wake Forest, High Point University considering dental residency collaboration
Two Triad healthcare educational groups — Wake Forest University School of Medicine and High Point University’s Workman School of Dental Medicine — announced last week they are considering collaborating on residency programs. The next step for the two schools would be to determine what a collaboration agreement for post-graduate dental residency programs would include.
July 1, 2024
Spectrum News Charlotte
Wake Forest summer literacy program helps students excel in reading
School is out for many students as summer break is in full swing, but learning is continuing for some Forsyth County students through a literacy program. Over 60 students are embarking on a six-week literacy program on the campus of Wake Forest University. It’s called Freedom School, and the program consists of kindergarteners through eighth graders.
July 1, 2024
The Mirror US
Biden and Trump age disparity ‘looked much greater on screen’ during debate
U.S. President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump were locked in a head-to-head battle in the CNN Presidential Debate. The debate took place at CNN’s Atlanta studios and was moderated by Jake Tapper and Dana Bash. Nate French, an associate teaching professor of communication and an expert on political communications said, “Biden wanted to quell concerns about his age and he did not do that in this debate.”
French also spoke with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in Sydney ahead of the debate and provided real-time analysis for CTV News, a CNN affiliate based in Toronto, Canada.
June 28, 2024
WXII-TV (Winston Salem, NC)
Political science professor John Dinan discusses CNN Presidential Debate
On Thursday night, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump took the stage in Atlanta for the CNN Presidential Debate. Wake Forest political science professor John Dinan sat with WXII to discuss key takeaways and reactions from the debate.
Dinan also provided debate analysis for WXII.
June 28, 2024
Winston-Salem Journal
Only one NC constitutional amendment reaches November ballot
North Carolinians could have been presented in November with votes on up to five constitutional amendments. But only one — known as “citizens only voting” — made it through the state legislature. The North Carolina House and Senate are “very much at odds over the budget and other measures and having difficulty reaching agreement on a number of issues,” said politics professor John Dinan, a national expert on state legislatures.
June 28, 2024
Yes! Weekly
“The Private Collection of Barbara Babcock Millhouse” to open at Reynolda House
“Founder’s Vision: The Private Collection of Barbara Babcock Millhouse” will open in the Mary and Charlie Babcock Wing Gallery at Reynolda House Museum of American Art Saturday, August 24, 2024, and will be on view through December 15, 2024. The exhibition features works of art from the personal collection of the founder of Reynolda House Museum of American Art.
June 28, 2024
Yahoo Finance
Waste management company recovers over $10M In thrown-away coins
Economics professor Robert Whaples explains why coins are discarded nowadays. “If you lost a $100 bill you’d look for it. If you lost a $20 bill you’d look for it. If you lost a book, you’d look for it,” he added, “But a penny, you’re just not going to look for it.”
June 27, 2024
Winston-Salem Journal
NC legislature competes overriding Cooper veto of masking bill
“Under the provision in the law being considered, these 527 groups could make donations to the North Carolina Republican party or North Carolina Democratic Party, which can in turn use these funds to benefit Republican and Democratic candidates for governor or other state offices,” said politics professor John Dinan.
June 27, 2024