Connecticut’s major defense companies as well as the supply chain that reinforces the industry would receive a major boost from a bill that Congress must pass annually to authorize the budget for military spending. The National Defense Authorization Act authorizes a total of $858 billion that includes a 4.6% pay raise and a 2% increase … Read more
SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio’s housing market is expected to show positive growth next year, brushing past a recent slowdown brought on by rising interest rates and rapid price appreciation. The data comes from a new forecast by Santa Clara-based Realtor.com, an online provider of real estate listings and related data, which analyzed home sales … Read more
SAN ANTONIO – The Westside Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone (TIRZ) board voted Dec. 6 to allocate $6.6 million to renovate Market Square. Final approval is needed from City Council before the money is disbursed to the city-owned plaza lined with shops, restaurants and live entertainment at 514 Commerce St., just west of I-10. An important … Read more
So when he is caroling at the San Antonio Zoo, he shows up prepared to sing “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” on repeat. “I think I sing it eight times an hour,” Kjos said. “Because the kids walk by, they wonder what is happening? Why is he wearing that hat? And then we start singing something … Read more
Photo byWikiCommons Images I am writing a series of articles on business leaders, celebrities, and entrepreneurs who have been giving back to the community. In the lead-up to Christmas, readers like to hear positive stories. This week San Antonio businessman Gordon Hartman, the founder of Morgan’s Wonderland, announced a new charity event in conjunction with … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s employers are posting more job openings than they did before the pandemic struck 2½ years ago. Problem is, there aren’t enough applicants. The labor force is smaller than when the pandemic struck. The reasons vary — an unexpected wave of retirements, a drop in legal immigration, the loss of workers to … Read more
“A Dangerous Business” by Jane Smiley (Alfred A. Knopf) After a fall publishing season filled with Big Books by John Irving, Cormac McCarthy and Barbara Kingsolver, to name just a few, it’s refreshing to read this taut tale from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jane Smiley (“A Thousand Acres”). Set in Monterey, California, about a decade before … Read more