Tukwila, Wash. – September 15, 2026 -- Nearly 500 public safety employees across King and Snohomish Counties have voted to affiliate with Teamsters Local 117, shifting representation away from the Public Safety Employees Union (PSEU) Local 519.

Workers approved the switch in an August 31 election

The vote, conducted by the union on Monday, August 31, 2026, resulted in an overwhelming majority favoring affiliation with Local 117. The workers span a range of classifications across numerous worksites in the two counties.

Berlin – September 15, 2026 -- Broken business processes are costing companies an average of $1.55 million each as artificial intelligence initiatives collapse under outdated workflows, according to a new report from Camunda.

New York – September 15, 2026 -- Jack Archer, the men's lifestyle brand that has dressed more than 400,000 customers since launching its signature Jetsetter Tech Pant, has secured an investment from Alex Rodriguez's A-Rod Corp, the companies announced.

The Woodlands, Texas – September 15, 2026 -- Cellipont Bioservices and Xiogenix have published a joint white paper showing that Xiogenix's ARES X20+ automated fill-finish platform maintained formulation volume accuracy of 98.2% at small scale and 103.6% at large scale across an approximately 17-fold increase in process scale.

The paper, titled "Scaling Cell and Gene Therapy Manufacturing with Automated Formulation and Fill-Finish," details Cellipont's evaluation of the platform across small and large-scale cell therapy manufacturing workflows.

Baltimore – September 15, 2026 -- Sixty percent of health plans collect social drivers of health (SDoH) screening data, yet just 7% describe their organizations as "very effective" at converting that data into action, according to new research from Sage Growth Partners.

Purchase, N.Y. – – September 15, 2026 -- The PepsiCo Foundation has awarded $500,000 in grants to 100 nonprofit organizations across the United States and Canada through its fifth annual Community Impact Awards, with each recipient receiving $5,000 to fund local programs in food access, water security, farming and workforce development.

Houston – September 15, 2026 -- ImmunoGenesis has appointed Reza Mazhari, Ph.D., and Mike Davis to its Board of Directors as the clinical-stage biotech advances its lead immunotherapy candidate toward key data readouts in mid-2027.

Louisville, Ky. -- September 9, 2026 -- Soar Higher Leadership and Business Coaching has launched the SOAR HIGHER LEADERSHIP program, a training course designed to address leadership skills gaps created by rapid AI adoption in the workplace. The company is enrolling students for September and October cohorts.

Everett – September 15, 2026 -- WaterTectonics has acquired the patents and intellectual property of Dynamic Water Technologies (DWT), becoming the exclusive Original Equipment Manufacturer of the Dynamic Scale Remover (DSR), an electrochemical cooling tower treatment technology.

New York – September 15, 2026 -- DoubleZero Foundation has added Kalshi's Elections and Politics markets to its DoubleZero Edge platform, extending low-latency order book delivery beyond the sports and crypto contracts it already carries for institutional and automated traders.