web development

My guest tonight on APR notebook is Jimmy Wales. He's from Huntsville, and he created Wikipedia. No, I'm not kidding. Okay, raise your hand if you've ever been to this online encyclopedia. If your hand didn't go up, it's okay, but it's a fair bet you're in the minority. Published reports put the number of people who visit Wikipedia, the one in English and the 300 other foreign language editions in the billions every month. That's billions with a B.

The Digital Equity Act tried to close the digital divide by teaching computer skills to older rural Alabamians. Trump calls the plan racist and is acting to end it. The act also distributed laptops in rural Iowa and worked to get people get back online in North Carolina after Hurricane Helene washed away computers and phones.

Two dueling lottery bills both stalled in the state Senate yesterday amid deep disagreements over how to enact the proposal.Alabama senators debated both…