• How hybrid work is reinventing management

    When it arrived en masse for the COVID pandemic, remote working was hailed as an arrangement that boosted work-life balance and slashed commuter-related misery and pollution. But it would appear its golden days are over.

  • Honest to goodness: How to navigate change through purpose and culture

    Kate Barton explained how uplifting employees has helped The Honest Company through a time of upheaval. Last week at the Fairmont Millennium Park in Chicago, hundreds of comms pros from across the country and the world gathered to hear from the sharpest and most innovative minds in the field during Ragan’s annual Employee Communications and […]

  • Ol’ Reliable Toyota Camry is All Good and All-Hybrid

    The 2025 Toyota Camry, the best-selling passenger car in the U.S. for 22 years, is now offered only as a hybrid.

  • CA Orders State Workers Back in Office

    California state employees are being required to be back in office.

  • California orders state workers back to office

    California state employees are getting codified policy on how often they can work from home, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D) office announced Wednesday. Cabinet Secretary Ann Patterson wrote in a memo acquired by The Hill that the governor’s administration will require all state employees to work at least two days a week from the office starting

  • Work from anywhere with the Workpod mobile office in a briefcase from $166

    If you are searching for a convenient way to always have access to your very own personal office space, you might be interested in the WorkPod by Venque. A groundbreaking mobile office solution crafted for modern professionals. Whether you’re a freelancer hopping between coffee shops or a remote worker seeking tranquility in a park, the […]

  • Ragan Insider: Remote and hybrid work remains resilient

    Data from the 2024 Communications Benchmark Report shows in-person communications methods rising in priority as more employees head back to the office. Communicators could be forgiven if they’re feeling a little bit of whiplash. After loudly beating the drum for a return to office in 2023, corporate bosses appear to be taking a step back […]

  • 300 Wisconsin Officers Fired or Forced Out Are Back on Job

    Milwaukee and Waukesha have re-employed the most such officers.

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    Thanks to Netflix, 'Good Times' is back — and with even more shucking and jiving

    The new Netflix reboot of “Good Times” is, for good reason, being roundly criticized for trafficking in Black stereotypes and serving as more of a spoof of the classic 1970s TV series than a tribute to the original show, which was created by Eric Monte and Mike Evans and produced by Norman Lear. There were certainly tricky issues around the representation of Black characters in the original series, which premiered in 1974, especially around the elder Evans son, J.J. (played by comedian Jimmie...

  • The disease-busting hybrids that could bring back the majestic English elm

    The tree all but vanished in the 1970s. Now, thanks to two amateur nature lovers, it may soon grace our landscapes againConstable painted them. Shakespeare wrote of them. And Francis Drake sailed the world in a ship made from them. English elms were a mainstay of England’s landscape and culture – until they all but disappeared to Dutch elm disease in the 1970s.Since that devastation, when 25m elms were felled, enthusiasts and academics have searched for varieties resistant to the fungus spread...

  • Impeached Homeland Security secretary navigates working with Republicans who want him out

    Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas was expected to be testifying about his agency's 2025 budget Wednesday just as House Republicans advanced impeachment articles against him to the Senate. Instead, Republicans held off, choosing to wait until next week while they attempt to make the case for a full Senate trial of the first U.S. Cabinet official impeached in nearly 150 years. It has been two months since Mayorkas, a California native and the highest-ranking Latino in...

  • Sheriff’s Corner: Recognizing the hard work of dispatchers, corrections officers

    We would like to thank the staff of the Dispatch Center and Detention Center for their professionalism, dedication and commitment to protecting and serving the citizens and visitors to Cass County.