Washington – November 10, 2026 -- NGP VAN, the technology provider for Democratic and progressive campaigns, has launched a two-day, in-person Organizing Academy. The first session runs December 1-2, 2026, at the Crowne Plaza in Plainsboro, New Jersey, and will train approximately 50 organizers for the 2027 and 2028 election cycles.

Campaigns using NGP VAN tools knocked 217.3 million doors in the 2026 midterms

The launch follows data NGP VAN released days earlier on 2026 midterm organizing. Campaigns on its tools held 42.8 million successful voter conversations. More than 376,000 unique canvassers worked through MiniVAN, and Mobilize recorded nearly 19.7 million event signups, including 3.6 million first-time users.

OAKLAND – November 10, 2026 -- Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) has installed and energized 1,500 miles of underground power lines in high fire-threat districts since launching its undergrounding program in 2021, cutting wildfire ignition risk on those lines by approximately 98%.

Customers served by the underground lines also experience approximately 90% fewer outages, according to the utility.

CPUC proposed decision would cut PG&E's eligible undergrounding from 5,000 to about 1,100 miles

The milestone arrives as the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) weighs a Proposed Decision in the SPD-37 Joint IOU Application proceeding. If adopted, it would reduce eligible undergrounding in PG&E's plan from 5,000 miles to approximately 1,100 miles. PG&E says this would hinder permanent risk reduction in the areas of highest wildfire vulnerability.

Orange County – November 10, 2026 -- KLC Leadership Advisory is offering a six-week live virtual program, Aesthetic Business School (ABS), to help female aesthetics and wellness practice owners build and lead multimillion-dollar companies.

ABS targets the shift from practitioner to CEO

The curriculum addresses owners who built their practices as practitioners and now must run them as companies. Core disciplines are financial performance, team productivity, leadership and accountability, operational systems, patient growth and strategic planning.

Participants attend live group sessions, receive private coaching and apply the material to their own businesses through guided implementation.

Hollywood, Florida – November 10, 2026 -- Accor and Hard Rock International have announced a global strategic partnership that gives Hard Rock hotels access to ALL Accor's more than 125 million loyalty members, with loyalty, distribution and international development all in scope.

Hard Rock hotels can opt into the ALL Accor platform

Hotels in the Hard Rock brand portfolio will be able to join the ALL Accor distribution and loyalty platform. Accor will connect participating properties to its global sales and distribution network. Hard Rock will keep running its own direct marketing and distribution channels alongside it.

Two loyalty programs to be bridged, subject to closing

Once the deal closes, the partnership aims to link ALL Accor and Unity by Hard Rock. The source names point conversion and status matching for existing members as planned benefits. The announcement does not disclose financial terms or a closing date.

Las Vegas – November 10, 2026 -- Trimble has launched Trimble Connect Scheduling, an AI-assisted tool that links a construction master schedule to live project data and recommends adjustments before delays compound. The product was unveiled at the Trimble Dimensions User Conference as a native capability of the Trimble Connect platform.

Agentic AI engine monitors RFIs, weather and daily reports in real time

The solution is powered by an agentic planning engine that draws on the Trimble Connect common data environment and Trimble Connect Project Management. It reviews look-aheads, RFIs, weather forecasts, daily reports, submittals and BCF topics to calculate schedule risk continuously. The engine also cross-references current data with historical operational data and patterns to predict threats to the timeline.

Austin, Texas – November 10, 2026 -- Retired U.S. Army General Bryan P. Fenton, the 13th Commander of U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), has joined the Board of Advisors of supply chain verification provider SAGINT, ahead of new U.S. sourcing restrictions that take effect January 1, 2027.

Fenton brings 38 years of service and command of about 70,000 personnel

Fenton will advise SAGINT on critical minerals supply chain security and defense industrial base resilience. He will also advise on building a team that can adapt as quickly as the market. His career included command of all special operations forces in the Pacific, leadership of Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), and service as Senior Military Assistant to two Secretaries of Defense. At USSOCOM he led about 70,000 personnel across every military service.

SAGINT is adding customers, partners and markets at the same time, according to the company.

Wayne, N.J. – November 10, 2026 -- Forty-five technologists and technologist aides at ImageCare in Sussex County, N.J., have gone on strike after nearly two years without a first union contract, Teamsters Local 125 said.

Workers Cite Wages and Health Care Costs as Core Demands

The workers voted to join the Teamsters almost two years ago. They are seeking better wages and affordable health care in a first agreement.

Local 125 President Paxton Ryan accused the company of bad-faith bargaining and of refusing to offer a contract that recognizes members' worth. He said the union will stand firm until ImageCare addresses workers' concerns.

Canton, Ohio – November 10, 2026 -- Liberty HealthShare awarded $25,000 in grants to five Stark County hunger relief organizations, bringing its total giving to $50,000 over two annual "Day of Sharing" events.

Five organizations each receive $5,000 through the Sharing Hearts Fund

The nonprofit healthcare sharing ministry presented the grants through its charitable arm, the Sharing Hearts Fund. Recipients are Alliance Community Pantry, City Serve Food Pantry & Café, Compassion Delivered, Feed Kids First and Lake Township FISH. The money is intended to help the organizations supply food to thousands of individuals and families facing food insecurity across the county.

CEO Dorsey Morrow said the ministry was proud to back the groups for a second consecutive year and "continue this important work."

CHICAGO – November 10, 2026 -- LaSalle Network has rebranded as LaSalle Intelligent Solutions, adding AI advisory and outcome-led professional services to a recruiting and staffing business that has placed more than 130,000 professionals since 1998.

Firm organizes services across eight vertical markets

The Chicago-based company now structures its expertise around eight verticals: technology, engineering, accounting and finance, sales and marketing, supply chain, life sciences, professional services, and human resources and operations. The rebrand comes with a new logo, a new visual identity and a redesigned website.

LaSalle says its client base exceeds 15,000 companies. It operates from Chicago, with offices in Schaumburg, Dallas and Nashville.

Global – November 10, 2026 -- Only a fraction of AI-generated Linux kernel vulnerability patches can ship without modification, even with the best models available, according to enterprise Linux vendor CIQ. The company responded to OpenAI's announcement that it had discovered 948 Linux kernel vulnerabilities and generated patches it offered to the upstream Kernel.org project.

CIQ's kernel engineers use AI to explore fixes. Finding a bug and drafting a patch are now fast, the company says, but a fix that is safe, maintainable and compatible across years of supported kernels still takes expert engineers. OpenAI's own testing found that patches fixing the exploit could still cause performance issues, violate coding conventions or miss variants of the vulnerability.