The first post-9/11 veteran to serve as secretary, Collins implemented big changes, embracing efforts to reduce the workforce, cutting contracts and overhauling the VA’s health care system.
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Patricia Kime,
USA Today,
29 May 2026
As Carney spoke in New York, US trade officials were in Mexico City in talks with officials there about overhauling the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement on trade.
The most effective approaches move beyond surface-level automation, redesigning work around what humans uniquely need to own versus what can be delegated to systems.
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Ameya Kanitkar,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
SailGP’s tech team spent months redesigning the platforms into modular components that could be broken down, packed into standard 40-foot shipping containers, and rebuilt every fortnight.
The latest shakeup follows multiple controversial moves by Weiss, who’s set on remaking the institution long defined by tradition.
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Cerys Davies,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2026
Zadik Zadikian’s project, The Studio, turns a 5,000-square-foot space inside the Arsenale into a working studio, where Zadikian and his assistants will spend the six months of the Biennale’s run making and remaking sculptures in front of visitors.
The construction is part of Caltrans’ $280 million Yolo 80 Pavement Rehabilitation Project, which includes adding bus and carpool lanes, improving pedestrian crossings, upgrading guardrails and barriers, replacing overhead signs, installing fiber-optic cable and rehabilitating ramps.
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Velvet Wu
May 28,
Sacbee.com,
28 May 2026
Right tackle Austin Jackson, who also didn’t participate in OTAs last week, is rehabilitating from offseason foot surgery, Hafley said.
The rules also encourage refurbishing to extend product life, but final responsibility ends only when the product is properly recycled.
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Aman Kumar,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
14 May 2026
According to the district, funding investments include building a new high school, improving ADA accessibility, renovating two pools, updating HVAC systems, bathrooms, refurbishing athletic centers and more.
Regional Transportation District officials have agreed to give the Front Range Passenger Rail District $3 million this year for public education about the first phase of restoring train service linking Colorado cities.
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Bruce Finley,
Denver Post,
29 May 2026
The feasibility study suggested adding trails and basic amenities, restoring the forest, and undertaking major stabilization work.
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