Image caption: Taste on Main Becomes TasTe Italian Steakhouse.

When the culinary team at Taste on Main was challenged to create a standout dish for Monday nights, the result was a Lasagna that quickly became the beginning of something new. Taste has always been chef-driven. Handmade pasta has always had a place in its kitchen. As the culinary team evolved, the menu began moving in an unmistakably Italian direction. The menu has new language, rich sauces, and Italian classics-all served with plenty of focaccia and Chianti.

According to Tamra Tindol, President, “This is an evolution, not a reopening. The name may be evolving, and the menu may be speaking a new language, but the heart of TasTe Italian Steakhouse remains the same. We will remain open 7 days a week throughout the transition. We will offer 14 weekly meal services across lunch, dinner, and brunch.”

Daily happy hour will continue from 3 p.m. – 6 p.m., along with the restaurant’s all-day drink specials, including half-price bottles of wine every Monday. TasTe Italian Steakhouse will maintain its allocated spirits program, sourcing rare and hard-to-find bourbons, while expanding its wine list to showcase more Italian varietals.

TasTe Italian Steakhouse is a chef-driven restaurant in Buda, Texas. TasTe combines the traditions of an Italian steakhouse, with exceptional steaks, handmade pastas, an East Coast oyster bar, thoughtfully crafted cocktails, an extensive wine list, and allocated spirits program. TasTe is open seven days a week for lunch, dinner, and brunch. https://tasteonmain.com/

— Please Drink Responsibly —

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ONTARIO, Canada, Sept. 3, 2026 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Soap Opera Magazine (https://soapoperamagazine.com/), a leading digital publication covering daytime television, today announced the nominees for the first annual Maggie Awards, a new honors program recognizing outstanding performances and storytelling across all five American daytime dramas. The Maggies celebrate work that aired during the 2025 calendar year, and every winner will be chosen by fan vote. Winners will be announced October 1, 2026.

Image caption: Soap Opera Magazine Announces Nominees for the First Annual Maggie Awards.

The inaugural slate spans 13 categories: Leading Actress, Leading Actor, Supporting Actress, Supporting Actor, Younger Actress, Younger Actor, Guest Performance, Best Soap, Best Couple, Best Villain, Best Hero, Best Comeback, and Best Newcomer.

Nominations cover “The Young and the Restless” (https://soapoperamagazine.com/category/the-young-and-the-restless-spoilers/), “The Bold and the Beautiful” (https://soapoperamagazine.com/category/the-bold-and-the-beautiful-spoilers/), “General Hospital” (https://soapoperamagazine.com/category/general-hospital-spoilers/), “Days of Our Lives” (https://soapoperamagazine.com/category/days-of-our-lives-spoilers/), and “Beyond the Gates” (https://soapoperamagazine.com/category/beyond-the-gates/).

Nominees include daytime veterans Eric Braeden, Deidre Hall, Maurice Benard, Genie Francis, Jane Elliot, and John McCook, alongside Steve Burton, Scott Clifton, Cameron Mathison, Paul Telfer, Tamara Tunie, Karla Mosley, Maura West, and Kathleen Gati.

“Beyond the Gates,” the first new network daytime drama in more than 25 years, earned nominations in nine categories in its first eligible year.

“Daytime actors do some of the most demanding work on television, and they rarely get recognized for it outside one night a year,” said Amber Sinclair, Editor-in-Chief of Soap Opera Magazine. “The Maggies were built to give that work a second stage. This first slate represents legacy performers who have anchored their shows for decades and newer talent who made 2025 impossible to look away from.”

FANS WILL DECIDE EVERY WINNER

Unlike industry-juried awards, every Maggie category is decided entirely by daytime viewers. Voting is open now on the Soap Opera Magazine Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/SoapOperaMagazine) and closes September 28, 2026.

“Soap fans have never been shy about who deserves recognition, and now they get the final say,” said Sinclair. “These are the people who watch every single day, who know exactly which scene mattered and why. Handing them the ballot was the whole point.”

Each winner will receive an engraved Maggie trophy. The Maggies are named for the magazine itself and will be presented annually, with each year’s eligibility period matching the prior calendar year. The complete list of nominees in every category is available at https://soapoperamagazine.com/the-maggies/

ABOUT SOAP OPERA MAGAZINE

Soap Opera Magazine (https://soapoperamagazine.com/) is a premier digital publication dedicated to comprehensive coverage of daytime television. A revival of the print title published from 1991 to 1999, the publication delivers daily spoilers, breaking news, character analysis, and exclusive content covering The Young and the Restless, The Bold and the Beautiful, General Hospital, Days of Our Lives, and Beyond the Gates. Distributed through MSN, NewsBreak, and major social media platforms, Soap Opera Magazine serves a dedicated community of daytime television fans with timely, insightful, and fan-focused content. Soap Opera Magazine is published by Squid McGuffey Media LLC.

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LA MESA, Calif., Sept. 3, 2026 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — In March 2025, LegalizeFerrets.org filed Form FGC-1 with the California Fish and Game Commission — the formal petition, under Government Code §11340.6, asking the state to reconsider its classification of domestic ferrets as restricted wild animals under Title 14, §671. Preparing it properly took considerable effort. The Commission accepted it as Petition 2025-003.

Image caption: Fifteen years, same loop. California ferret advocates were told in 2011 that their environmental report was with the Department for review, with “no timing” for completion. In 2025, Petition 2025-003 was again sent from the Fish and Game Commission to the Department for “review and recommendation.” Advocates are still waiting for a final decision.

Government Code §11340.7 requires an agency, within 30 days of receiving a petition, to notify the petitioner and either deny the petition in writing or schedule it for public hearing. The statute also permits an agency to grant relief in part or take “any other action” it determines is warranted. The dispute is whether referring a petition for “further consideration” can leave it there indefinitely, without a final disposition.

In June 2025, the Commission voted unanimously to place the petition under “further consideration” and referred it to the Department of Fish and Wildlife for “review and recommendation.” More than a year later, no recommendation has returned to the Commission in an open meeting, and no final disposition has issued.

LegalizeFerrets.org has sued the Commission and the Department to compel a final answer. In seeking dismissal, the State argues that LegalizeFerrets.org “did not allege that the Department has a mandatory duty or the authority to take action under Government Code section 11340.7.” Advocates say that creates an obvious problem: the Commission sent the petition to the Department for “review and recommendation,” while the State now argues the lawsuit identifies no legal duty requiring the Department to complete that work.

For ferret advocates, that raises a question bigger than statutory interpretation:

WHY SHOULD THEY TRUST ANOTHER OPEN-ENDED FISH AND GAME REVIEW?

“We did the thing the process asks of you,” said LegalizeFerrets.org founder Pat Wright. “We filed the petition properly. The Commission considered it, sent it out for review and recommendation, and more than a year later it’s still unresolved. At some point, the public has to be able to trust that ‘further consideration’ actually leads somewhere.”

THEY HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE

The concern isn’t hypothetical.

At an official Commission meeting on April 7, 2011, ferret advocate Jeremy Trim asked whether an environmental report submitted in support of legalization had been reviewed. A Department of Fish and Game representative answered:

“We received a document, and it’s currently within the Department.”

Asked how long the review would take, the answer was direct:

“No, there’s no timing. It’s just as soon as we can get staff that have the expertise to review it and look at it.”

The Department described what was supposed to happen next: it would review the document, work with proponents if changes were needed, and return it to the Commission for a public decision.

THAT LOOP WAS NEVER COMPLETED. NO DECISION ON THAT REPORT WAS EVER BROUGHT BACK TO THE COMMISSION.

The pattern continued. A separate petition, 2016-008, was continued in 2016 so staff could review its environmental checklist — and no decision followed.

On April 20, 2023, Commission President Erik Sklar told advocates: “Unless you folks want to spend the money — it’s not easy and not cheap — to do a CEQA study and bring it to us, we really can’t do anything.”

Advocates funded the study through Sacramento State University research and returned to the Commission on August 22, 2023, with Wright asking directly: “We’re ready to get started. We’re going to take President Sklar up on his offer. What do we do?”

The Commission moved to the next speaker.

Then, in 2025, Petition 2025-003 was referred for another “review and recommendation.”

“Every time, it’s the same pattern,” Wright said. “Nobody says no. Nothing becomes final. It goes somewhere else ‘for review,’ and review has no deadline. We don’t have to guess where an open-ended review can lead. We watched it happen in 2011.”

WHAT THE LAWSUIT ASKS FOR

LegalizeFerrets.org is not asking a court to legalize ferrets, and does not dispute the Commission’s authority to deny the petition outright.

“Deny it. Grant it. Do the review the Department told us in 2011 it would do,” Wright said. “What we don’t think the law allows is an answer that’s built to never become final.”

OCTOBER 2 COURT HEARING

The State’s demurrer is scheduled to be heard October 2, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. in Department 16B of Sacramento County Superior Court. The State is asking the court to dismiss the case; LegalizeFerrets.org argues that the petition process cannot simply remain unfinished.

LegalizeFerrets.org has advocated for the legal treatment of domestic ferrets as companion animals in California since 2005.

Learn more about Legalize Ferrets, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, at: https://LegalizeFerrets.org/

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Legalize Ferrets
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Sept. 3, 2026 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Dark Matter Technologies (Dark Matter), an innovative leader in mortgage technology, today announced it has expanded its leadership team with two experienced executives: Salvatore Piccola as senior vice president of product strategy and Gil Valera as vice president of professional services. The additions strengthen two areas central to Dark Matter’s growth strategy: innovation focused on using AI to improve customer experience, help lenders realize efficiencies, and drive seamless implementation and adoption of its product capabilities.

Image caption: Dark Matter names Salvatore Piccola and Gil Valera to product strategy, professional services leadership roles.

Piccola will lead product strategy, direction and long-term evolution across the Empower® Loan Origination Solution, the built-in Point of Sale (POS) experience in Empower and the Exchange℠ Partner Marketplace. Valera will lead Dark Matter’s professional services and consulting organization, with responsibility for helping customers implement, adopt and realize value from the company’s technology. Both roles will report to CPO Stephanie Durflinger.

“Automation and AI are changing the game for our industry,” said Dark Matter CEO Vikas Rao. “The future is helping AI agents work in conjunction with humans, enabling paradigm shifts in the mortgage lending process. Sal brings the lender and product perspective to help us build toward that future, while Gil brings decades of experience making sure complex technology is adopted successfully and delivers value in the real world. Adding both of them makes us stronger where it matters: what we build and how customers put it to work.”

Piccola joins Dark Matter after nearly 24 years with PNC, where he most recently served as senior vice president and director of business innovation validation for home lending. During his tenure, he held leadership roles spanning mortgage operations, loan closing, business systems analysis, technology and business innovation, giving him experience across both the operational and technology sides of lending. Piccola holds an MBA in finance from Waynesburg University and a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Pittsburgh.

Valera brings more than 20 years of professional services leadership across mortgage technology, enterprise analytics, customer relationship management and consulting. He spent 13 years at ICE Mortgage Technology, where he served as vice president of professional services and led presales, consulting, training and customer success functions for enterprise mortgage customers. Before joining ICE, Valera held professional services and consulting leadership positions at Infor, MicroStrategy and SAP BusinessObjects, among others. He began his career at Ernst & Young.

ABOUT DARK MATTER TECHNOLOGIES:

Operating with the nimble nature of a startup and the disciplined maturity of one of the industry’s leading providers, Dark Matter Technologies delivers powerful technology with unparalleled automation and relentless innovation to leading mortgage lenders, servicers and companies nationwide. For more information, visit https://dmatter.com/.

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Image caption: Ampere Electric Receives Outstanding Advertising Performance Award.

During this campaign, Ampere Electric engaged with over 4,826 matched contacts, resulting in 1,511 direct sales contacts, showcasing the effectiveness of their targeted marketing efforts. The award highlights their measurable success and outstanding advertising performance within the specified timeframe.

Founded in 1987, this third-generation, family-owned business is currently owned and operated by Shane Viggiani, a licensed Nevada electrical contractor holding the NV C-2 license #88495, which is required for all electrical contracting work in Nevada.

Serving Las Vegas, Henderson, North Las Vegas, and Summerlin, Ampere Electric is renowned for delivering full-service commercial and residential electrical solutions with master-level precision. The company’s commitment to excellence was further recognized in April 2026 when Inc. Magazine ranked Ampere Electric as the #5 Fastest-Growing Private Company in the Rocky Mountain Region.

In addition to their outstanding business achievements, Ampere Electric has been featured locally on NBC Las Vegas Local Living, demonstrating how to conduct proactive electrical safety inspections. This initiative helps catch hidden fire risks, degraded panels, and loose wiring before they turn into costly emergencies, emphasizing their dedication to safety and community well-being.

“We’ve grown into a team of 40+ electricians, but we still operate with the heart of a local family business. When our technician knocks on your door, they arrive in a fully stocked vehicle ready to fix most problems on the spot. Because everything in an electrical system is interconnected, we always perform a comprehensive safety check, map out upfront pricing options, and let you decide what’s best for your home. Our goal is to set the agenda early so you feel prepared, while always delivering a true 5-star experience,” stated Shane Viggiani, Owner of Ampere Electric.

“Our vision has always been to keep Las Vegas families safe and powered. But as home technology evolves, ‘powered’ means something completely different than it did 30 years ago. Today, a truly safe home requires a smart, interconnected ecosystem that manages its own power, charges your vehicle, and protects itself from blackouts. We built Ampere Electric to be the master architects of that future.”

Powering Las Vegas and beyond since 1987, Ampere Electric is the Top-Rated Residential, Commercial and Emergency Electrical Service in Las Vegas. This locally owned and operated Las Vegas company provides premier residential and commercial solutions across the Las Vegas valley. With 24/7 emergency dispatch, same-day response times, text alerts, clean workmanship, and upfront communication. In Las Vegas, a city that is constantly changing, Ampere Electric’s rapid growth reflects its unwavering commitment to the safety and satisfaction of its Southern Nevada neighbors.

For more information, please contact Ampere Electric for all of your residential and commercial needs at (702) 979-1747, or visit their website at: https://ampereelectricnv.com/.

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