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src=\"https:\/\/www.srnnews.com\/media\/2026\/04\/1775765902921070dxrOMrHjEb-apn.jpg?x92997\" title=\"Renewable energy advocates make gains in fight over future of big Arizona power utility\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/srnnews.com\/renewable-energy-advocates-make-gains-in-fight-over-future-of-big-arizona-power-utility\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">Renewable energy advocates make gains in fight over future of big Arizona power utility<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>on April 9, 2026 at 8:18 pm <\/small><\/div><\/li><\/ul> <\/div><style type=\"text\/css\" media=\"all\">.feedzy-rss .rss_item .rss_image{float:left;position:relative;border:none;text-decoration:none;max-width:100%}.feedzy-rss .rss_item .rss_image span{display:inline-block;position:absolute;width:100%;height:100%;background-position:50%;background-size:cover}.feedzy-rss .rss_item .rss_image{margin:.3em 1em 0 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head off shortages, open blocked roads\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/srnnews.com\/irish-fuel-protests-enter-fourth-day-as-government-seeks-to-head-off-shortages-open-blocked-roads\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">Irish fuel protests enter fourth day as government seeks to head off shortages, open blocked roads<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>on April 10, 2026 at 9:19 am <\/small><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 15px 0 25px\" class=\"rss_item\"><div class=\"rss_image\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/srnnews.com\/chinas-car-exports-surge-as-expectations-grow-for-ev-pivot-on-iran-war-energy-shock\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"China\u2019s car exports surge as expectations grow for EV pivot on Iran war energy shock\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.srnnews.com\/media\/2026\/04\/1775812751434726avuiAEpd6M-apn.jpg?x92997\" title=\"China\u2019s car exports surge as expectations grow for EV pivot on Iran war energy shock\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/srnnews.com\/chinas-car-exports-surge-as-expectations-grow-for-ev-pivot-on-iran-war-energy-shock\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">China\u2019s car exports surge as expectations grow for EV pivot on Iran war energy shock<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>on April 10, 2026 at 9:19 am <\/small><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 15px 0 25px\" class=\"rss_item\"><div class=\"rss_image\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/srnnews.com\/apple-leads-global-smartphone-shipments-in-first-quarter-counterpoint-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"Apple leads global smartphone shipments in first quarter, Counterpoint says\" 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York City Comptroller Brad Lander said the city\u2019s main pension funds would back resolutions on Tuesday at the shareholder meetings of Bank of America, Citigroup and Wells Fargo u0026amp; Co effectively calling for no new oil or gas lending.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eAssistant Comptroller Michael Garland in an interview said climate change poses systemic risk to the funds, and that \u201cthere\u2019s no credible path to Net Zero by 2050 unless there is no more investment in new fossil fuel supply.\u201du003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eA Bank of America spokeswoman referred to a securities filing calling the proposal unnecessary because of other steps it has taken like financing for low-carbon energy sources.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eA representative for Wells Fargo, which has made similar arguments, declined to comment.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eA Citi representative said it would not comment beyond arguments in its proxy statement arguing against the measure for reasons including that the bank is focused on helping clients transition to lower emissions.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eSeparately, Green Century Capital Management on Monday said https:\/\/www.greencentury.com\/citigroup-expands-deforestation-policies-in-response-to-green-century-shareholder-proposal it withdrew a shareholder resolution filed at Citi before the bank published its proxy statement after Citi agreed to adopt standards for soy, beef, palm oil and forestry clients to prevent deforestation.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eBacking from the fourth-largest U.S. public retirement system will help the measures filed by climate-focused investors including the Sierra Club Foundation and which earlier won support from New York State\u2019s big pension fund.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eBut trustees for New York City police and firefighter pension funds with a combined $70 billion will vote \u201cagainst\u201d the measures, Garland said. 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For instance, Institutional Shareholder Services noted that Citigroup has taken steps like banning the financing of arctic drilling.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003e (Reporting by Ross Kerber; Editing by Diane Craft and Mark Porter)u003c\/pu003enu003cbru003eBrought to you by u003ca href=u0022https:\/\/www.srnnews.com\/nyc-pension-leaders-to-urge-fossil-fuel-lending-curbs-late-boost-for-activists\/u0022 target=u0022_blanku0022u003ewww.srnnews.comu003c\/au003e\",\"thumbnail\":\"https:\/\/www.srnnews.com\/media\/2022\/04\/1650902734477727hv8epwAB72.jpg?x27509\",\"default_img\":\"https:\/\/kbyr.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/feedzy-rss-feeds\/img\/feedzy.svg\",\"price\":null,\"media\":null,\"categories\":\"\"},{\"title\":\"Tennessee governor signs transgender athlete penalty bill\",\"link\":\"https:\/\/www.srnnews.com\/tennessee-governor-signs-transgender-athlete-penalty-bill\/\",\"creator\":null,\"source\":\"\",\"pubDate\":1650897103,\"date\":\"April 25, 2022\",\"time\":\"2:31 pm\",\"description\":\"u003cpu003eNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) \u2014 Tennessee will soon add harsh penalties against public schools that allow transgender athletes to participate in girls\u2019 sports, under legislation recently signed into law by Republican Gov. Bill Lee.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eLee quietly signed the proposal last Friday without comment. The governor had previously signed a measure last year mandating that student athletes must prove their sex matches that listed on the student\u2019s \u201coriginal\u201d birth certificate. If a birth certificate was unavailable, then the parents must provide another form of evidence \u201cindicating the student\u2019s sex at the time of birth.\u201du003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eThis year, the GOP-controlled Legislature decided to add penalties to that ban \u2014 which is in effect even as a lawsuit challenging its constitutionality makes it way through court. A trial has been tentatively set for March 2023.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eAccording to the bill, Tennessee\u2019s Department of Education would withhold a portion of state funds from local school districts that fail to determine a student\u2019s gender for participation in middle or high school sports. The measure does not specify exactly how much money should be withheld by the state.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eThe bill will go into effect July 1.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003e\u201cTelling transgender students that they can\u2019t participate as who they really are amounts to excluding them from sports entirely \u2013 depriving them of opportunities available to their peers and sending the message that they are not worthy of a full life,\u201d said Henry Seaton, ACLU of Tennessee\u2019s transgender justice advocate, in a statement.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eTennessee lawmakers are also advancing a separate bill that would ban transgender athletes from participating in female college sports. Republicans have also pushed to let teachers and school districts use the pronoun that a transgender student does not prefer, exempting teachers from facing employment punishment and protecting schools from civil liability. Both proposals are expected to clear the General Assembly.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eLast year, no other state enacted more laws targeting transgender people than Tennessee. That included banning transgender athletes from playing girls public high or middle school sports.u003c\/pu003enu003cbru003eBrought to you by u003ca href=u0022https:\/\/www.srnnews.com\/tennessee-governor-signs-transgender-athlete-penalty-bill\/u0022 target=u0022_blanku0022u003ewww.srnnews.comu003c\/au003e\",\"thumbnail\":\"https:\/\/kbyr.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/feedzy-rss-feeds\/img\/feedzy.svg\",\"default_img\":\"https:\/\/kbyr.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/feedzy-rss-feeds\/img\/feedzy.svg\",\"price\":null,\"media\":null,\"categories\":\"\"},{\"title\":\"Firefighters work to stop Nebraska wildfire that\u2019s killed 1\",\"link\":\"https:\/\/www.srnnews.com\/firefighters-work-to-stop-nebraska-wildfire-thats-killed-1\/\",\"creator\":null,\"source\":\"\",\"pubDate\":1650896581,\"date\":\"April 25, 2022\",\"time\":\"2:23 pm\",\"description\":\"u003cpu003eOMAHA, Neb. (AP) \u2014 Firefighters were taking advantage of higher humidity and calmer winds Monday to work toward containing a wildfire in rural southwestern Nebraska that has killed one person, injured at least 15 firefighters and destroyed at least six homes, an official said.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eJonathan Ashford, spokesman for the Rocky Mountain Complex Incident Management Team, told The Associated Press that more than 80 firefighters, emergency management personnel and others were helping fight the fire, known as the Road 702 Fire. It had burned nearly 65 square miles (168 square kilometers) in Red Willow, Furnas and Frontier counties by late Sunday. u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eOfficials initially reported the fire was spread over more than 78 square miles (202 square kilometers) of mostly rolling rangeland, but Ashford said aerial mapping Sunday gave a more accurate size of the blaze. u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eThe fire that began last week has been fueled by tinder-dry conditions and days of strong winds.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eMore favorable weather Monday had firefighters scrambling to dig trenches and create other breaks along the blaze\u2019s perimeter, Ashford said.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003e\u201cTomorrow, we expect higher winds to return, so time is of the essence,\u201d he said.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eIn addition to the growing number of firefighters turning out to fight the blaze, the effort also has a couple of helicopters available to make water drops, he said.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eBy late Sunday, the fire had destroyed at least six homes and threatened 660 others, along with 50 commercial or farm buildings, Ashford said.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eA retired Cambridge, Nebraska, fire chief who was helping as a fire spotter in Red Willow County died Friday night after his truck went off the road in a blinding haze of smoke and dust. The body of John Trumble, 66, of Arapahoe, was recovered around early Saturday.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eTrumble was the second person in a month to die while fighting a wildfire in southwest Nebraska. Elwood Volunteer Fire Chief Darren Krull, 54, was killed in a collision with a water tanker on April 7 in Furnas County as smoke cut visibility to zero.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eFires have been reported in 14 Nebraska counties since Friday, including Perkins, Dundy, Burt, Butler, Scotts Bluff, Cheyenne, Duele, Blaine, Cherry, Brown and Thomas counties, leading some small towns to be temporarily evacuated. Those fires were either extinguished or mostly contained by Sunday.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eThe region remains critically dry, said Ashford, who urged residents to use caution when doing anything that could spark a fire.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003e\u201cThe last thing we need is to have another fire started that we have to then fight,\u201d he said.u003c\/pu003enu003cbru003eBrought to you by u003ca href=u0022https:\/\/www.srnnews.com\/firefighters-work-to-stop-nebraska-wildfire-thats-killed-1\/u0022 target=u0022_blanku0022u003ewww.srnnews.comu003c\/au003e\",\"thumbnail\":\"https:\/\/kbyr.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/feedzy-rss-feeds\/img\/feedzy.svg\",\"default_img\":\"https:\/\/kbyr.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/feedzy-rss-feeds\/img\/feedzy.svg\",\"price\":null,\"media\":null,\"categories\":\"\"}]},\"categories\":[]} \/-->\n\n<!-- wp:feedzy-rss-feeds\/feedzy-block {\"feeds\":\"https:\/\/www.srnnews.com\/feed\/?cat=3\",\"summary\":false,\"feedData\":{\"channel\":{\"title\":\"World \u2013 SRN News\",\"description\":null,\"permalink\":\"https:\/\/www.srnnews.com\/\"},\"items\":[{\"title\":\"Exclusive: Boxing \u2013 Usyk mounts Ukraine relief effort ahead of Joshua fight\",\"link\":\"https:\/\/www.srnnews.com\/exclusive-boxing-usyk-mounts-ukraine-relief-effort-ahead-of-joshua-fight-2\/\",\"creator\":null,\"source\":\"\",\"pubDate\":1650899052,\"date\":\"April 25, 2022\",\"time\":\"3:04 pm\",\"description\":\"u003cpu003eBy Amy Tenneryu003c\/pu003enu003cpu003e(Reuters) \u2013     Olympic gold medallist Oleksandr Usyk will harness the star power of his rematch with Briton Anthony Joshua to raise relief funds for his native Ukraine, the unified heavyweight champion told Reuters.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eUsyk and Joshua are expected to fight later this year, though a date and location have not been determined.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eUsyk joined Kyiv\u2019s territorial defence battalion after Russia began its invasion in February but received permission weeks later to leave the country and prepare for a rematch against Joshua. He did not disclose his next location.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eHe told Reuters he will use the high-profile fight with Joshua to raise funds for Ukraine with a collection of 2,000 non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, released through Blockasset.co, hoping to generate upwards of $1 million.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eNFTs are a type of crypto asset that uses blockchain to record the ownership of digital files such as an image, video or piece of text.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eThe funds raised will go to the fighter\u2019s charity, Usyk Foundation, to help Ukrainians.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003e\u201cMany people in Ukraine are now seeking help,\u201d Usyk said, via an interpreter. \u201cWe think that as soon as it\u2019s released, many people will actually receive this help \u2013 people who actually need it.\u201du003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eThe NFTs will be released ahead of the fight and designed by artist Dosbrak, who has previously worked with former UFC two-weight champion Connor McGregor and former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eSweetening the deal, Usyk said two tickets to his fight with Joshua will be handed out at random to one of the NFT buyers.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eThe southpaw boxer was in London on a promotional visit when Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine began on Feb. 24. Usyk flew to Warsaw before driving 500 miles (800 km) to Kyiv to be with his family, as he was unable to fly home directly.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eRussia sent tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine on Feb. 24 in what it called a \u201cspecial operation\u201d to degrade its military capabilities and root out what it calls dangerous nationalists. Ukrainian forces have mounted stiff resistance and the West has imposed sweeping sanctions on Russia in an effort to force it to withdraw its forces.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eUsyk said he plans to return to Ukraine immediately after the fight with Joshua, which he said he took on to \u201csupport the spirit\u201d of Ukraine.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eThe 35-year-old put on a masterclass to seize the WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO belts in September, when he dethroned former world heavyweight champion Joshua in front of a sell-out crowd at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003e\u201cIt\u2019s going to be different,\u201d said Usyk, who expects Joshua to prepare something new this time around.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eHe will need every tool in his arsenal to come out on top again and said the Briton should be prepared to have a few tricks thrown his way.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003e\u201cI cannot reveal everything. 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Fire crews were shown at the scene.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eOfficials from the breakaway region\u2019s interior ministry said the building had been fired on by unknown assailants with grenade launchers, TSV said. It showed a picture of a grenade launcher abandoned at the scene. u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eThere were no immediate reports of casualties.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003e (Reporting by Reuters; editing by Guy Faulconbridge)u003c\/pu003enu003cbru003eBrought to you by u003ca href=u0022https:\/\/www.srnnews.com\/blasts-tear-through-state-security-hq-in-moldovas-breakaway-region-tv-2\/u0022 target=u0022_blanku0022u003ewww.srnnews.comu003c\/au003e\",\"thumbnail\":\"https:\/\/kbyr.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/feedzy-rss-feeds\/img\/feedzy.svg\",\"default_img\":\"https:\/\/kbyr.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/feedzy-rss-feeds\/img\/feedzy.svg\",\"price\":null,\"media\":null,\"categories\":\"\"},{\"title\":\"Ukraine urges U.N. to be guarantor of safe corridor from Mariupol steel plant\",\"link\":\"https:\/\/www.srnnews.com\/ukraine-urges-u-n-to-be-guarantor-of-safe-corridor-from-mariupol-steel-plant-2\/\",\"creator\":null,\"source\":\"\",\"pubDate\":1650898842,\"date\":\"April 25, 2022\",\"time\":\"3:00 pm\",\"description\":\"u003cpu003eBy Max Hunder and Michelle Nicholsu003c\/pu003enu003cpu003e(Reuters) -Ukraine denied on Monday reaching an agreement with Russia on evacuating civilians from a steel plant in the southern city of Mariupol, and pushed for the United Nations to be the \u201cinitiator and guarantor\u201d of any such deal. u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eRussia had said earlier on Monday that it would open a humanitarian corridor for civilians to leave the huge Azovstal steel plant where they are holed up with Ukrainian fighters and are under Russian attack.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003e\u201cIt is important to understand that a humanitarian corridor opens by the agreement of both sides. A corridor announced unilaterally does not provide security, and therefore is not a humanitarian corridor,\u201d Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk wrote on the Telegram messaging app.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eShortly after she made her comments, an aide to President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Russian forces were attacking the steel plant from the air and with artillery and tanks. u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eRussian President Vladimir Putin had said last week that it was unnecessary to storm the plant, where the last Ukrainian defenders of Mariupol are hunkered down following two months of Russian siege and bombardment. u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eUkraine has appealed for the United Nations \u201cto be the initiator and guarantor of the humanitarian corridor from Azovstal for civilians\u201d, said Vereshchuk. She said officials from the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross should be present when any corridor was established.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eU.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who has been seeking a humanitarian truce in Ukraine, is due to meet Putin in Moscow on Tuesday and Zelenskiy in Kyiv on Thursday.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eThe Russian foreign ministry said Moscow intended to discuss issues related to Mariupol and the Azovstal plant with Guterres, Russia\u2019s RIA news agency reported.  u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eGuterres met Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Monday and they \u201cstressed the urgent need\u201d for humanitarian corridors to evacuate civilians and deliver aid, the United Nations said.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eHowever, Russia\u2019s deputy U.N. Ambassador Dmitry Polyanskiy said a truce would only allow Ukrainian forces to regroup.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003e\u201cWe don\u2019t think that a ceasefire is a good option right now,\u201d Polyanskiy told reporters, while also noting it was \u201cnot up to me to decide\u201d.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eAfter deploying U.N. aid chief Martin Griffiths to Russia and Ukraine earlier this month, Guterres said on April 13 that a nationwide humanitarian ceasefire did not seem possible \u201cat the present moment\u201d. He then called for a four-day pause in fighting for last weekend\u2019s Orthodox Easter, but was ignored.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eMoscow, which describes its actions in Ukraine as a \u201cspecial military operation\u201d, denies targeting civilians. It blames Ukraine for the repeated failure of humanitarian corridors.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003e (Editing by Timothy Heritage and Mark Heinrich)u003c\/pu003enu003cbru003eBrought to you by u003ca href=u0022https:\/\/www.srnnews.com\/ukraine-urges-u-n-to-be-guarantor-of-safe-corridor-from-mariupol-steel-plant-2\/u0022 target=u0022_blanku0022u003ewww.srnnews.comu003c\/au003e\",\"thumbnail\":\"https:\/\/www.srnnews.com\/media\/2022\/04\/1650902818109033dD5u0OdJlT.jpg?x27509\",\"default_img\":\"https:\/\/kbyr.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/feedzy-rss-feeds\/img\/feedzy.svg\",\"price\":null,\"media\":null,\"categories\":\"\"}]},\"categories\":[]} \/-->\n\n<!-- wp:feedzy-rss-feeds\/feedzy-block {\"feeds\":\"https:\/\/www.srnnews.com\/feed\/?cat=4\",\"summary\":false,\"feedData\":{\"channel\":{\"title\":\"Politics \u2013 SRN News\",\"description\":null,\"permalink\":\"https:\/\/www.srnnews.com\/\"},\"items\":[{\"title\":\"Republican Michels launches campaign for Wisconsin governor\",\"link\":\"https:\/\/www.srnnews.com\/republican-michels-launches-campaign-for-wisconsin-governor\/\",\"creator\":null,\"source\":\"\",\"pubDate\":1650900920,\"date\":\"April 25, 2022\",\"time\":\"3:35 pm\",\"description\":\"u003cpu003eBROWNSVILLE, Wis. (AP) \u2014 Republican Tim Michels, a multimillionaire construction company co-owner who last ran for office nearly two decades ago, cast himself as an outsider candidate in launching his campaign for Wisconsin governor Monday to take out Democratic Gov. Tony Evers.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eMichels, 59, joins a crowded field of GOP candidates, including former Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch, business owner Kevin Nicholson and state Rep. Timothy Ramthun. u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eMichels, who along with his brothers runs his family business Michels Corp., could inject millions of his own wealth and shake up the primary race, which early polls have shown Kleefisch leading. Michels launched a statewide ad campaign Monday.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eThe winner of the Aug. 9 primary will take on Evers in what is expected to be one of the most hotly contested governor\u2019s races  in the country. Evers won in 2018 by a little more than 1 percentage point, in the second-tightest governor\u2019s race that cycle behind Florida.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eMichels focused on Evers, not any of his Republican challengers, in his first statement as a candidate.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003e\u201cWisconsin is on the wrong track. From COVID to Kenosha, Tony Evers has been a terrible governor,\u201d Michels said, referring to sometimes violent protests that occurred after a white police officer shot Jacob Blake, a Black man, in August 2020. \u201cHis instincts are awful and his policies are even worse.\u201du003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eEvers\u2019 campaign spokesman Sam Roecker said Michels would be \u201cin lockstep with the divisive agenda Republicans are pushing.\u201d The Wisconsin Democratic Party branded Michels a \u201ctwo-time failed candidate,\u201d referring to his losses in a 1998 run for state Senate and a 2004 U.S. Senate bid where he was defeated by Democrat Russ Feingold.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eMichels planned his first campaign event for Monday afternoon at Michels Corp.\u2019s maintenance facility in Brownsville, just down the road from where he grew up.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eKleefisch has been racking up endorsements from many Republican power brokers, including Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, who had sought a clear field for Kleefisch to win the nomination.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eBut Nicholson and Ramthun have tried to run as outsiders, tapping into distrust of party leaders among some Republicans. Michels, despite his ties with Kleefisch and other politicians, his former runs for office and his company\u2019s history of being awarded state contracts, also tried to cast himself as an outsider.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003e\u201cI\u2019m a business owner and a veteran \u2014 not a politician.\u201d Michels said, promising to focus his campaign on the economy, education, public safety and election integrity.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eDemocrats noted that Michels previously served on the board of a conservative group Kleefisch ran before she got into the governor\u2019s race. He also served on the board of Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce, the state\u2019s largest business lobbying organization, which is running ads in support of her.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eMichels\u2019 company has won more than $1 billion in state contracts since 2013. Democrats were quick to point out that Michels Corp. was one of three contractors that double-billed the state, and was paid twice, for work done on Milwaukee\u2019s Zoo Interchange in 2015.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eMichels Corp. was also part of a coalition of business groups that joined with unions in fighting a \u201cright-to-work\u201d proposal in Wisconsin that was championed by then-Gov. Scott Walker and other Republicans in 2015. The business coalition also opposed ending the prevailing wage, which sets minimum salaries on state-funded construction projects.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eWalker signed laws eliminating the prevailing wage and effectively banning mandatory union membership and the collection of dues. Kleefisch, who was Walker\u2019s lieutenant governor, joined him for the right-to-work bill signing.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eDemocrats on Monday branded Michels as an extremist, noting his past opposition to any exceptions for abortions and his stand against same-sex marriage. Because he has been away from politics for so long, however, Michels has not spoken on many of the current issues that the other candidates have, including Donald Trump\u2019s 2020 presidential election loss.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eRamthun is one of the loudest advocates  for decertifying President Joe Biden\u2019s win in Wisconsin. Kleefisch and Nicholson have also danced around whether they believe Biden was fairly elected.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eMichels told WISN-AM on Monday that he\u2019s met with Trump \u2014 as have Kleefisch and Ramthun. Michels also said he had questions about the 2020 election, but didn\u2019t elaborate.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eMichels, a U.S. Army veteran, vowed to run an \u201caggressive\u201d campaign and indicated he would largely self-fund, saying he would not accept donations from political action committees, lobbyists or more than $500 from any individual.u003c\/pu003enu003cbru003eBrought to you by u003ca href=u0022https:\/\/www.srnnews.com\/republican-michels-launches-campaign-for-wisconsin-governor\/u0022 target=u0022_blanku0022u003ewww.srnnews.comu003c\/au003e\",\"thumbnail\":\"https:\/\/kbyr.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/feedzy-rss-feeds\/img\/feedzy.svg\",\"default_img\":\"https:\/\/kbyr.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/feedzy-rss-feeds\/img\/feedzy.svg\",\"price\":null,\"media\":null,\"categories\":\"\"},{\"title\":\"Kansas judge rejects congressional map; appeal expected\",\"link\":\"https:\/\/www.srnnews.com\/kansas-judge-rejects-congressional-map-appeal-expected\/\",\"creator\":null,\"source\":\"\",\"pubDate\":1650899774,\"date\":\"April 25, 2022\",\"time\":\"3:16 pm\",\"description\":\"u003cpu003eTOPEKA, Kan. (AP) \u2014 A Kansas district court judge on Monday struck down a new Republican-backed congressional map that would likely make it harder for the only Democrat in the state\u2019s delegation to win reelection this year.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eIt was the first time a court has declared that the Kansas Constitution prohibits political gerrymandering. The state is expected to appeal to the Kansas Supreme Court.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eThe decision from Wyandotte County District Judge Bill Klapper in the Kansas City area came a little more than five weeks before the state\u2019s June 1 candidate filing deadline. He ordered legislators to draft a new one.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003e\u201cHow strong are Kansans?\u201d Klepper wrote in his 209-page opinion. \u201cStrong enough to expect nothing more than a level playing field devoid of partisan advantage for one group of Kansans. Strong enough for the merits of the issue to be the deciding factor. Strong enough to make their political decisions based upon the content of a candidate\u2019s character rather than the color of their political party.\u201du003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eDemocrats have criticized the map as political gerrymandering. Lawsuits claimed it violated voting rights and constitutional guarantees  of equal rights for all Kansas residents and freedom of speech and assembly. Critics also said the map was unacceptable under the state constitution because it diluted the political power of Black and Hispanic voters in the Kansas City area by splitting them up. The state rejected all of those allegations. u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eThe map moved the northern part of Kansas City, Kansas, out of the 3rd District represented by Democratic Rep. Sharice Davids and into the larger 2nd District of eastern Kansas represented by Republican Rep. Jake LaTurner. Kansas City, Kansas, is among the few Democratic strongholds in GOP-leaning Kansas.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eDavids lost territory where she performs well, while the new map added several rural, heavily Republican counties to her district. She has gained national attention for her resume as a lesbian, Native American lawyer who fought mixed-martial arts bouts.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eThe map also moved the liberal northeast Kansas city of Lawrence \u2014 another Democratic stronghold and home to the main University of Kansas campus \u2014 out of the 2nd District. The city of 95,000 is now in the already sprawling 1st District of central and western Kansas with small conservative communities, some six hours away by car.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eKlapper ruled in three consolidated lawsuits filed by a voting rights group, Loud Light, and 20 voters in the Kansas City and Lawrence areas. Kansas Secretary of State Scott Schwab, the state\u2019s top elections official, and local elections officials are the defendants. u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eThe state argued that Davids\u2019 district emerged slightly more competitive than it had been. They also said the changes were driven by the need to satisfy past federal court decisions requiring districts to have as equal a number of residents as possible after 10 years of population shifts.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eBut the state\u2019s attorneys also argued that nothing in the Kansas Constitution  allows state courts \u2014 rather than federal courts \u2014 to review congressional maps or to consider political gerrymandering as an issue. Federal judges have decided challenges to congressional redistricting in the past, and the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2019 that complaints about partisan gerrymandering are political issues and not for the federal courts to resolve.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eMeanwhile, the Kansas Supreme Court must review a separate law redrawing Kansas House, Kansas Senate and State Board of Education districts. The state constitution requires a decision by June 5.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003e___u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eFollow John Hanna on Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/apjdhannau003c\/pu003enu003cbru003eBrought to you by u003ca href=u0022https:\/\/www.srnnews.com\/kansas-judge-rejects-congressional-map-appeal-expected\/u0022 target=u0022_blanku0022u003ewww.srnnews.comu003c\/au003e\",\"thumbnail\":\"https:\/\/kbyr.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/feedzy-rss-feeds\/img\/feedzy.svg\",\"default_img\":\"https:\/\/kbyr.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/feedzy-rss-feeds\/img\/feedzy.svg\",\"price\":null,\"media\":null,\"categories\":\"\"},{\"title\":\"White House seeks expanded powers to detect, destroy threatening drones\",\"link\":\"https:\/\/www.srnnews.com\/white-house-seeks-expanded-powers-to-detect-destroy-threatening-drones\/\",\"creator\":null,\"source\":\"\",\"pubDate\":1650898925,\"date\":\"April 25, 2022\",\"time\":\"3:02 pm\",\"description\":\"u003cpu003eBy David Shepardsonu003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eWASHINGTON (Reuters) \u2013     The White House said Monday it is seeking expanded powers from Congress to detect and disable threatening drones, including winning specific authority to protect airports.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eCongress in 2018 expanded the authority of the Justice Department and Homeland Security (DHS) Departments to disable or destroy threatening drones, which are formally known as unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), but the Biden administration says it needs more authority as the number of registered drones jumps dramatically. u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eThe bill would also expand detection abilities by owners of airports and other critical infrastructure like oil refineries.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eThe White House released its \u201cDomestic Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems National Action Plan\u201d and said it would create a drone incident tracking database \u201cas a government-wide repository for departments and agencies to have a better understanding of the overall domestic threat.\u201du003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eThe White House said the proliferation of drones \u201chas also introduced new risks to public safety, privacy, and homeland security. Malicious actors have increasingly used UAS domestically to commit crimes, conduct illegal surveillance and industrial espionage, and thwart law enforcement efforts.\u201du003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eA proposal sent to Congress earlier this month says since 2018 DHS agencies including the U.S. Secret Service and the Federal Protective Service, have used detection and counter-drone technologies \u201cover 200 times, often in sensitive protective missions.\u201du003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eThe report said the Federal Aviation Administration now receives more than 100 drone sighting reports a month.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eu003c\/pu003enu003cpu003e (Reporting by David Shepardson; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)u003c\/pu003enu003cbru003eBrought to you by u003ca href=u0022https:\/\/www.srnnews.com\/white-house-seeks-expanded-powers-to-detect-destroy-threatening-drones\/u0022 target=u0022_blanku0022u003ewww.srnnews.comu003c\/au003e\",\"thumbnail\":\"https:\/\/kbyr.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/feedzy-rss-feeds\/img\/feedzy.svg\",\"default_img\":\"https:\/\/kbyr.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/feedzy-rss-feeds\/img\/feedzy.svg\",\"price\":null,\"media\":null,\"categories\":\"\"}]},\"categories\":[]} \/-->\n\n<!-- wp:feedzy-rss-feeds\/feedzy-block {\"feeds\":\"https:\/\/www.srnnews.com\/feed\/?cat=5\",\"summary\":false,\"feedData\":{\"channel\":{\"title\":\"Business \u2013 SRN News\",\"description\":null,\"permalink\":\"https:\/\/www.srnnews.com\/\"},\"items\":[{\"title\":\"Deutsche Boerse ups 2022 targets after Q1 beat\",\"link\":\"https:\/\/www.srnnews.com\/deutsche-boerse-ups-2022-targets-after-q1-beat-3\/\",\"creator\":null,\"source\":\"\",\"pubDate\":1650905475,\"date\":\"April 25, 2022\",\"time\":\"4:51 pm\",\"description\":\"u003cpu003eFRANKFURT (Reuters) -German exchange operator Deutsche Boerse raised its full-year targets on Monday as it reported better-than-expected quarterly results thanks to higher trading activity amid Russia\u2019s war in Ukraine.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eDue to the uncertainty on the market, demand for hedging in almost all asset classes rose and boosted trading volumes especially in index derivatives and commodities including energy and gas products, Deutsche Boerse said.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003e\u201cThe first quarter of 2022 was considerably above our expectations,\u201d Chief Financial Officer Gregor Pottmeyer said in a statement.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eThe company said it now expects 2022 net revenue over 3.8 billion euros ($4.07 billion) and earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) over 2.2 billion euros as its cyclical net revenue grew more than expected in the first quarter.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eDeutsche Boerse\u2019s previous forecast had been for revenue around 3.8 billion euros and EBITDA around 2.2 billion euros.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eIt added longer-term growth has been driven by new products in financial derivatives, Deutsche Boerse\u2019s increasing market share in commodities, growing demand for environment-related products and the continued trend to outsource fund management.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eThe company\u2019s EBITDA rose 32% to 687.4 million euros in the first quarter, compared with analysts\u2019 average expectation for a figure of 637.9 million euros.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003e($1 = 0.9334 euro)u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003e (Reporting by Zuzanna Szymanska; Editing by Leslie Adler and Marguerita Choy)u003c\/pu003enu003cbru003eBrought to you by u003ca href=u0022https:\/\/www.srnnews.com\/deutsche-boerse-ups-2022-targets-after-q1-beat-3\/u0022 target=u0022_blanku0022u003ewww.srnnews.comu003c\/au003e\",\"thumbnail\":\"https:\/\/www.srnnews.com\/media\/2022\/04\/1650909931652928Tn9O3DCiJO.jpg?x27509\",\"default_img\":\"https:\/\/kbyr.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/feedzy-rss-feeds\/img\/feedzy.svg\",\"price\":null,\"media\":null,\"categories\":\"\"},{\"title\":\"Wall Street strategists sound gloomy note as stocks drop again\",\"link\":\"https:\/\/www.srnnews.com\/wall-street-strategists-sound-gloomy-note-as-stocks-drop-again-2\/\",\"creator\":null,\"source\":\"\",\"pubDate\":1650904437,\"date\":\"April 25, 2022\",\"time\":\"4:33 pm\",\"description\":\"u003cpu003eBy Lewis Krauskopf and Saikat Chatterjeeu003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eNEW YORK\/LONDON (Reuters) -After a rocky week for U.S. stocks, a number of Wall Street strategists are pointing to reasons for further caution as investors face tightening monetary policy, corporate earnings, seasonal weakness and other factors that could spell more trouble for equities.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eThe Su0026amp;P 500 was last down about 1% on Monday after posting its third straight weekly drop and has lost some 11% on a year-to-date basis. With the benchmark index approaching its closing low of 2022, several strategists have warned of more declines to come.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003e\u201cA perfect storm of fears about inflation, the prospect of higher rates and a lockdown in Shanghai are weighing on sentiment,\u201d David Madden, market analyst at Equiti Capital, wrote in a note to investors.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eAmong those sounding caution was Morgan Stanley\u2019s Michael Wilson, who in a report on Monday pointed to rising valuations for defensive stocks and slowing margin expansion as fresh warning signs for investors.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003e\u201cWith defensives the latest big outperformer, they are now expensive, leaving very few places to hide,\u201d Wilson and other Morgan Stanley analysts wrote. \u201cThis suggests the Su0026amp;P 500 will finally catch up to the average stock and enter a bear market.\u201du003c\/pu003enu003cpu003e\u201cIn our opinion, the accelerative price action on Thursday and Friday may also support the view we are now moving to this much broader sell-off phase,\u201d they wrote.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eMeanwhile, Citi\u2019s Matt King noted that reserves at the Federal Reserve fell by $460 billion last week, the single biggest weekly drop on record.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eIn a note titled \u201cSudden stealth QT = weaker markets\u201d, King estimates that a $100 billion drop in reserves translates to a 1% drop in stocks, referring to quantitative tightening, or the policy of central banks draining surplus cash from the markets, by its popular acronym.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eInvestors face a deluge of corporate earnings this week, including results from heavyweights such as Amazon.com, Apple and Google parent Alphabet, as well as continued geopolitical uncertainty stemming from the war in Ukraine and COVID-19 lockdowns in China.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eMeanwhile, most investors expect the Fed to announce a half-percentage-point interest rate increase at the end of its policy meeting next week, though many worry that markets have not priced in the full scope of the U.S. central bank\u2019s potential hawkishness, as policymakers battle the worst inflation in about 40 years.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003e\u201cMarkets have still not yet fully discounted the most likely future path\u201d of Fed policy, Nicholas Colas, co-founder of DataTrek Research, said in a note on Monday.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003e\u201cWe continue to believe that US\/global equities will not bottom until markets stop discounting ever more aggressive Fed rate policy,\u201d Colas wrote.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003ePOSSIBLE REBOUNDu003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eWorld stocks recorded their worst quarter this year since the coronavirus pandemic unleashed havoc in March 2020.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eTo be sure, some see reasons for a bounce-back following the recent slide. JPMorgan strategists on Monday said they see \u201crisks skewed toward a near-term equity rally,\u201d citing factors such as oversold conditions and systematic strategy buying. u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eAt the same time, investors may have one more factor to worry about: seasonality.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eThe Su0026amp;P 500\u2019s strongest six months of the year since 1946 have been November through April, when the index has risen an average of 6.8%, Sam Stovall, chief investment strategist at CFRA, said in a note on Monday. 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An eBay spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the guilty plea. u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eBaugh had been set to go to trial on May 31 with another former eBay executive, David Harville, its former director of global resiliency.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eAssistant U.S. Attorney Seth Kosto said Baugh, 47, faces 57 to 71 months in prison under federal sentencing guidelines. William Fick, Baugh\u2019s lawyer, said he would argue for less. 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He did not disclose his next location.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eHe told Reuters he will use the high-profile fight with Joshua to raise funds for Ukraine with a collection of 2,000 non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, released through Blockasset.co, hoping to generate upwards of $1 million.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eNFTs are a type of crypto asset that uses blockchain to record the ownership of digital files such as an image, video or piece of text.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eThe funds raised will go to the fighter\u2019s charity, Usyk Foundation, to help Ukrainians.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003e\u201cMany people in Ukraine are now seeking help,\u201d Usyk said, via an interpreter. \u201cWe think that as soon as it\u2019s released, many people will actually receive this help \u2013 people who actually need it.\u201du003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eThe NFTs will be released ahead of the fight and designed by artist Dosbrak, who has previously worked with former UFC two-weight champion Connor McGregor and former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eSweetening the deal, Usyk said two tickets to his fight with Joshua will be handed out at random to one of the NFT buyers.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eThe southpaw boxer was in London on a promotional visit when Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine began on Feb. 24. Usyk flew to Warsaw before driving 500 miles (800 km) to Kyiv to be with his family, as he was unable to fly home directly.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eRussia sent tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine on Feb. 24 in what it called a \u201cspecial operation\u201d to degrade its military capabilities and root out what it calls dangerous nationalists. 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A trial has been tentatively set for March 2023.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eAccording to the bill, Tennessee\u2019s Department of Education would withhold a portion of state funds from local school districts that fail to determine a student\u2019s gender for participation in middle or high school sports. The measure does not specify exactly how much money should be withheld by the state.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eThe bill will go into effect July 1.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003e\u201cTelling transgender students that they can\u2019t participate as who they really are amounts to excluding them from sports entirely \u2013 depriving them of opportunities available to their peers and sending the message that they are not worthy of a full life,\u201d said Henry Seaton, ACLU of Tennessee\u2019s transgender justice advocate, in a statement.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eTennessee lawmakers are also advancing a separate bill that would ban transgender athletes from participating in female college sports. Republicans have also pushed to let teachers and school districts use the pronoun that a transgender student does not prefer, exempting teachers from facing employment punishment and protecting schools from civil liability. Both proposals are expected to clear the General Assembly.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eLast year, no other state enacted more laws targeting transgender people than Tennessee. That included banning transgender athletes from playing girls public high or middle school sports.u003c\/pu003enu003cbru003eBrought to you by u003ca href=u0022https:\/\/www.srnnews.com\/tennessee-governor-signs-transgender-athlete-penalty-bill\/u0022 target=u0022_blanku0022u003ewww.srnnews.comu003c\/au003e\",\"thumbnail\":\"https:\/\/kbyr.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/feedzy-rss-feeds\/img\/feedzy.svg\",\"default_img\":\"https:\/\/kbyr.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/feedzy-rss-feeds\/img\/feedzy.svg\",\"price\":null,\"media\":null,\"categories\":\"\"},{\"title\":\"Biden to welcome Stanley Cup winners Tampa Bay Lightning to White House\",\"link\":\"https:\/\/www.srnnews.com\/biden-to-welcome-stanley-cup-winners-tampa-bay-lightning-to-white-house\/\",\"creator\":null,\"source\":\"\",\"pubDate\":1650896239,\"date\":\"April 25, 2022\",\"time\":\"2:17 pm\",\"description\":\"u003cpu003eWASHINGTON (Reuters) \u2013     U.S. President Joe Biden will welcome the Tampa Bay Lightning to the White House on Monday to celebrate the National Hockey League team\u2019s back-to-back Stanley Cup championships, as he and his fellow Democrats battle with the Republican governor running the team\u2019s home state of Florida.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eMonday\u2019s visit will be Tampa Bay team\u2019s first-ever visit to the White House to celebrate a Stanley Cup championship win. u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eThe team was unable to visit the White House earlier to celebrate their 2020 and 2021 wins due to COVID-19 concerns. The team\u2019s 2004 victory, the Lightning\u2019s first-ever Stanley Cup win, was not celebrated by then-President George W. Bush amid an NHL labor dispute.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eMonday\u2019s event offers Biden, a big hockey fan who roots for the Philadelphia Flyers, a chance to continue his outreach to Floridians even as their Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, leads an attack on federal education oversight and LGBTQ rights  that Biden and Democrats support.u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eDeSantis, who is trying to bolster his conservative credentials ahead of a possible run for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, last week took on Walt Disney Co. after the company expressed its opposition to a new state law limiting discussion of LGBTQ issues in schools. u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eFlorida was one of five states where former President Donald Trump received a larger percentage of the 2020 vote than he did in 2016.  u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eBiden has frequently used sports to try to connect with a broad swath of Americans as the Republican party pushes a more divisive message. Biden, an avowed sports fan, has hosted professional baseball, basketball and football teams at the White House. u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eThe Lightning\u2019s victories in 2020 and 2021 made the team only the third back-to-back Stanley Cup champions in the last quarter century.    u003c\/pu003enu003cpu003eu003c\/pu003enu003cpu003e (Reporting by Andrea Shalal; Editing by Heather Timmons and Mark Porter)u003c\/pu003enu003cbru003eBrought to you by u003ca href=u0022https:\/\/www.srnnews.com\/biden-to-welcome-stanley-cup-winners-tampa-bay-lightning-to-white-house\/u0022 target=u0022_blanku0022u003ewww.srnnews.comu003c\/au003e\",\"thumbnail\":\"https:\/\/www.srnnews.com\/media\/2022\/04\/1650902743897277apffFaM1mJ.jpg?x27509\",\"default_img\":\"https:\/\/kbyr.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/feedzy-rss-feeds\/img\/feedzy.svg\",\"price\":null,\"media\":null,\"categories\":\"\"}]},\"categories\":[]} \/-->","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1236","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kbyr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kbyr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kbyr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kbyr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kbyr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1236"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kbyr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1236\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kbyr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}