Recently, Rockford City Council approved our 2026 annual budget. Initially, our anticipated deficit was more than $9 million, largely driven by statewide decreases in PPRT revenues and state-mandated ...

Master the art of visualizing histograms and normal distributions in Web VPython! This guide teaches you how to create dynamic, interactive 3D plots to enhance your data analysis and physics ...

We are living through a defining moment in the American story — one that forces us to ask not just who gets to come to this country, but who we are once they do. Immigration is not peripheral to our ...

In 2006, when social-studies teacher Nathan Johnson started at Proctor High School and also took over advising the student newspaper, he was thrown one lifeline: “If you have any questions, just ask ...

There are fundamental differences between liberals and conservatives on what are “American values.” But for both liberal and conservative pundits, the term connotes something larger than us, grounding ...

A PSF proposal to address vulnerabilities in Python and PyPi was recommended for funding, but it was declined because the terms barred “any programs that advance or promote DEI, or discriminatory ...

Why have my property values changed? How are property values determined? These are often questions I get as county auditor. I want to address some of those questions as Washington County completes its ...

Ashford Analytics is a data company started by Adam Ashford and it is valued at over forty million dollars. After founding the Ashford Trust Adam became the company chairman and lead technologist.

String manipulation is a core skill for every Python developer. Whether you’re working with CSV files, log entries, or text analytics, knowing how to split strings in Python makes your code cleaner ...

What we don’t know or haven’t experienced often challenges us, knocking us off our rockers a bit; it might even scare us. We tend to avoid what scares us, which — when we’re children — might be new ...