Experts: Slowdown in business travel may hurt meetings, help planet

by Jack Kelly | May 15, 2020 | Business & Tech, Featured

As state and local governments across the country begin to ease stay-at-home orders, many companies do not plan to return to business as usual anytime soon. Offices will remain vacant, and business travelers, who spend much of their time in airports and on planes,...

Digitizing financial services key to Africa’s post-pandemic growth, experts say

by Jack Kelly | May 8, 2020 | Coronavirus, Featured

The COVID-19 pandemic highlights Africa’s need to digitize, especially in the financial services sector, to protect the continent’s primarily cash-based societies from the spread of the disease, leaders from public and private African institutions said...

Latin American business leaders optimistic about post-pandemic economy

by Jack Kelly | May 7, 2020 | Coronavirus, Featured

The head of the World Economic Forum’s Latin America team warned Wednesday that the COVID-19 pandemic could devastate the region’s economy if governments fail to act, but leaders from key industries are envisioning strong post-pandemic recoveries. Marisol...

Weeks after state’s first pandemic election, voters in northern Wisconsin slated to return to polls

by Jack Kelly | May 5, 2020 | Campaign2020, Featured

Just weeks after the controversial decision to hold Wisconsin’s early April elections amid a pandemic, voters in Wisconsin’s 7th Congressional District are being asked to return to the polls on May 12. The special election in Wisconsin’s northernmost congressional...

Washington state’s top election official says Postal Service critical to state’s elections

by Jack Kelly | May 5, 2020 | Featured, Politics

An underfunded or broke United States Postal Service could threaten the freedom and fairness of Washington’s elections, the state’s top election official said last week. Secretary of State Kim Wyman, a Republican, urged Congress to provide emergency funding to ensure...