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(The Center Square) – Charlie Berens said he couldn’t be at a Madison committee hearing on non-disclosure agreements for data centers in person because he had to go to the casino with his grandma, but his video testimony began a public hearing on a Senate bill to ban NDAs for data centers. “I looked at these things online and really what I saw was the sentiment of people feeling like they were cut out of the process of having this huge, huge building with unprecedented building size with power usage and they didn’t know it was happening until it was too late,” Berens said. “The more we can allow communities to decide for communities, I think that’s going to create some communities will want these and some communities won’t. But the answer shouldn’t be cutting them out of the process.” Comedian Charlie Berens testified to start a Wisconsin public hearing on banning NDAs related to data centers (*except related to trade secrets) pic.twitter.com/eMohuiA9CY— Jon Styf (@JonStyf) February 18, 2026 Senate Bill 969 has an exception that allows trade secrets from being publicly disclosed without defining what a trade secret would entail. Many data centers have claimed that it is a trade secret to divulge the amount of energy or water used on a project or the name of the company involved in the data center. The bill says that if a prohibited NDA is used, a local government will not be allowed to approve the project. Sen. Andre Jacque, R-New Franken, did specifically mention energy load, land use, infrastructure costs and water requirements as something that local officials would need to know before making a decision on a project. “Unfortunately, we have witnessed a troubling pattern in Wisconsin and throughout our country, community leaders are signing secrecy deals with big tech companies and their agents to conceal material facts about the development of billion-dollar data centers from the public,” Jacque said. “They seek to hide vital information about the scope and impacts of their intended developments from the local officials charged with guarding their citizen’s welfare.” Jacque specifically named projects in Beaver Dam, Menomonie, Kenosha and Janesville where NDAs were used to “hide information from local government.” Jacque said that, if a data center deal is so good for a community, then an NDA shouldn't need to be used because "that's not a development strategy, it's a gag order to hide the warts." Rep. Clint Moses, R-Menomonie, called it a "90-10 issue" with both far right and Democratic supporters who are engaged in the data center disclosure issue. "It's really brought some odd bedfellows together," Moses said about the issue of a data center in his community. Brad Tietz, the director of policy for the Data Center Coalition, said that the NDA bill would put Wisconsin at a "competitive disadvantage" related to attracting data center projects. “NDAs are not tools to hide misconduct, they are standard business instruments used across virtually every industry to protect proprietary information and critical security details,” Tietz said.

A bill that advanced from a House subcommittee Wednesday would create an event permit for farm-to-table meals, expand the permissible sales of raw milk and allow cottage foods to be sold in grocery stores.  House File 2444 was introduced by Rep. Chad Ingels, R-Randalia, who said it was a way to give “easier access” to […]

OKLAHOMA CITY — A new member of the Oklahoma House was sworn in Wednesday morning after winning a special election for a vacant seat in a north-central district.  Rep. Dillon Travis, R-Maramec, who represents House District 35, said he looked “forward to protecting rural Oklahoma” after being sworn in by Oklahoma Supreme Court Chief Justice […]

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) wants to increase how fast meat plants can slaughter chicken, turkeys and hogs, raising alarm over food and worker safety and the welfare of livestock animals.  The post USDA seeks higher slaughterhouse line speeds; critics say workers will pay the price appeared first on The New Lede.

More than !,000 workers were already employed and had to stop work Feb. 6.

Une accusation américaine à l'encontre de la Chine ravive les tensions entre puissances nucléaires et relance le débat sur l'avenir du contrôle des armements, sur fond de rivalité stratégique accrue et de méfiance croissante entre États dotés de l'arme atomique.

გერმანიის კანცლერი ფრიდრიხ მერცი საკუთარი ბირთვული იარაღის შექმნის წინააღმდეგ გამოვიდა.

Me propozim të një prokurori publik nga Prokuroria Themelore Publike për Ndjekjen e Krimit të Organizuar dhe Korrupsionit, dje, gjykatësi i procedurës paraprake në Gjykatën Themelore Penale në Shkup urdhëroi paraburgim për një periudhë prej 48 orësh për dy persona, të cilët më parë ishin marrë në pyetje si të dyshuar. Siç raportoi Prokuroria Publike, […]

Загальна кількість репортерів, вбитих під час виконання ними своєї роботи з 2022 року зросла до 16, з них п'ятнадцять – на території України та одна – Вікторія Рощина – під час ув'язнення в Росії

The House Fiscal Agency presented its overview of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s Fiscal Year 2027-2028 executive budget recommendations to the House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday, detailing a deficit in the state’s general fund by fiscal year 2028 but a positive balance in the state’s school aid fund.  Based on these balance sheets, the House Fiscal Agency […]

Ish-krerët e Ushtrisë Çlirimtare të Kosovës – Hashim Thaçi, Kadri Veseli, Rexhep Selimi dhe Jakup Krasniqi – u deklaruan sërish të pafajshëm, duke thënë se akuzat ndaj tyre nuk janë provuar gjatë gjykimit.

O ator Lázaro Ramos está em Berlim para a estreia mundial do filme "Feito Pipa", de Allan Deberton. Em entrevista à RFI, ele fala sobre a boa fase do cinema brasileiro, que tem conseguido apresentar histórias universais mantendo sua própria identidade.

Kari Lake, rêvebira cîbicîkar ya Ajansa Medyaya Cîhanî ya Amerîkî (USAGM), got ku hikûmeta Amerîkayê planeke berfireh û lezgîn pêşkêş kiriye ji bo piştgiriyê bide gelê Îranê di gihîştina agahîyên azad de. Di hevpeyvînekê de ligel kanala Newsmax, Lake got ku ev gavek e ji bo piştgirtina gelê Îranê ji ber wêrekîya wan. Hefteya borî, Lake ragihand ku wê pêşniyara dabînkirina 10 milyon dolaran kiriye ji bo xurtkirin û destpêkirina xizmetên VPN da ku Îranî karibin xwe bigihînin nûçe û...

美聯社2月18日消息，波蘭軍方宣布，已禁止中國汽車進入軍事設施，以防止技術高度發達的車輛採集敏感信息。

美联社2月18日消息，波兰军方宣布，已禁止中国汽车进入军事设施，以防止技术高度发达的车辆采集敏感信息。

The commission that oversees the massive project to build new Hudson River rail tunnels said Wednesday it has received the federal funding it has been owed.

O caso da morte do estudante Quentin Deranque, após um confronto entre grupos políticos rivais em Lyon, no centro-leste da França, tem forte repercussão no país. O partido França Insubmissa é cravejado de críticas por seus supostos vínculos com o "Jeune Garde", grupo antifascista suspeito de envolvimento na morte do universitário e ativista da extrema direita.

From stage setup to fan engagement, Jennifer Phanord explains what it takes to make the Super Bowl halftime show a success — all while drawing on her Haitian roots. The post Haiti at the Super Bowl: A conversation with a Haitian American sporting events pro appeared first on The Haitian Times.

Un hombre de 75 años y oriundo del municipio bonaerense de Tigre está siendo investigado por haber recibido dos transferencias de más de medio millón cada una el mismo día que Hayden Davis publicó una foto junto al presidente argentino para promocionar su criptomoneda Una comisión parlamentaria acusa a Milei de usar su investidura para beneficiar a particulares en la estafa cripto la estafa de la criptomoneda $LIBRA, después de que se constatara que recibió 1 millón de dólares en activos digitales desde una cuenta atribuida a Hayden Davis, señalado como promotor de la operación en la que miles de personas fueron supuestamente estafadas hace un año. El destinatario de la transferencia fue identificado como Orlando Rodolfo Mellino, de 75 años y oriundo del municipio bonaerense de Tigre. Según los datos incorporados a la causa, la transferencia se realizó el 30 de enero de 2025, el mismo día en que Davis se reunió con el presidente argentino, Javier Milei, y difundió una imagen junto al mandatario en redes sociales. El ultraderechista ha sido acusado de promover la criptomoneda y causar pérdidas millonarias a sus seguidores, porque compartió en la red social X el número de contrato de esa moneda digital, desconocida hasta el momento y que no era de acceso público. La información sobre Orlando Rodolfo Mellino ha surgido de registros aportados por la plataforma de intercambio cripto Bitget, que confirmó que una de las billeteras bajo análisis estaba asociada al jubilado. De acuerdo con un dictamen del fiscal Eduardo Taiano, minutos antes de la publicación de la foto de Davis con Milei, dos direcciones vinculadas al empresario enviaron el valor equivalente a 507.500 dólares cada una a una cuenta identificada como “CPS9”. “Esta información permitió conocer que el propietario de CPS9 es Orlando Mellino”, señala el documento judicial. Pocas horas después, esa suma fue reenviada —en cuatro transferencias realizadas en apenas 13 minutos— a otra billetera cuyo titular aún no ha sido identificado. Sospechas sobre el circuito financiero Los investigadores evalúan ahora si estas cuentas funcionaron como plataformas de salida para blanquear fondos y facilitar la conversión del dinero virtual en efectivo. El expediente también ha incorporado movimientos posteriores al derrumbe del valor de $LIBRA, que causó pérdidas a más de 100.000 billeteras y cuya promoción contó con la “colaboración imprescindible” de Javier Milei, según una comisión de investigación de diputados. Tras la caída de la criptomoneda, Davis compensó al empresario estadounidense Dave Portnoy, quien había invertido cinco millones de dólares en el proyecto. Como el inversor mantiene públicas sus billeteras virtuales, los peritos pudieron rastrear la dirección desde la cual se efectuó el reembolso, lo que contribuyó a reconstruir parte del recorrido del dinero. La investigación busca determinar ahora si Mellino actuó como intermediario, prestanombre o eslabón operativo dentro de una estructura más amplia vinculada a la presunta criptoestafa. El informe de la comisión parlamentaria, firmado por 15 diputados, incluye pruebas que comprometen a Milei desde el origen mismo del caso $LIBRA. Según dijo a elDiario.es el pasado mes de noviembre Oscar Agost Carreño, diputado disidente del PRO (partido de Mauricio Macri, aliado de Milei), se registró un rug pull (en español, tirón de alfombra, significa que desarrolladores detrás de un proyecto lanzan un token, atraen inversores para que aumente su valor para luego repentinamente retirar los fondos y llevarse el dinero) que se repitió varias veces. Por esa maniobra, 114.410 billeteras sufrieron pérdidas, 498 perdieron más de 100.000 dólares; 3.144 perdieron entre 10.000 y 100.000 dólares. Sólo 36 ganaron más de 1 millón cada una.