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DraftKings announces it will now allow betting on drone races in some states

The Verge

Residents of Colorado, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Tennessee, and West Virginia will be able to bet on the races via their phones, and regulatory approval is pending for betting on drone races in other states, the companies said. According to CNBC , drones used in the events are built by DRL, and each one is worth about $2,000.

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Candid and Urban Institute: Decoding our data on government funding to nonprofits

Candid

Nonprofits in Alaska (79%), West Virginia (76%), Arkansas (75%), and Mississippi (74%) would be particularly vulnerable. The pattern is consistent across the United States: In every state, between 60% and 79% of nonprofits receiving government grants would fall into deficita range that is both narrow and alarmingly high.

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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Mountaintop Mining – Seeing is rejecting.

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It’s called mountaintop removal and it is the most common mining in West Virginia and Appalachia generally. The answer is in the valley, where the streams and rivers run. ROCK AND DIRT ARE NOT NECESSARILY WASTE IN THE EPA CLASSIC SENSE Much has been made of the controversy over filling streams.

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The Station: Elon’s Tesla share sale, Ford teases a second EV truck and GM’s Cruise spending ramps

TechCrunch

TC Live, which is free, will be live-streamed beginning 11:30 a.m. West Virginia Democrat Joe Manchin criticized a potential expansion of the federal EV tax credit, calling it “ludicrous.” TechCrunch contributor Jim Motavalli explores whether bidirectional EV charging is ready for the home market?

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How reliant are nonprofits on government grants? 

Candid

The three states with the highest proportion of nonprofits receiving government grants are Vermont (47%), Alaska (46%), and West Virginia (44%). The proportion of nonprofits receiving government grants is fairly consistent across the country, with state averages ranging from 21% to 47%.

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The most innovative companies for energy in 2025

Fast Company Tech

The program, now being tested at 10 sites around the country, also promises a new revenue stream to customers who feed energy back into the grid. In July, just a year after first breaking ground, Form completed construction of its first large manufacturing plant, a 550,000-square-foot facility inside a former steel mill in West Virginia.

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U.S. South and Midwest hit with deadly storms and tornadoes, as threat of flash flooding looms

Fast Company Tech

Dozens of tornado and severe thunderstorm warnings were issued Wednesday and early Thursday from Texas to West Virginia as storms hit those and other states.

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