 A judge in Texas has stopped a federal ban on non-compete clauses in contracts. It was supposed to take effect in September. Transportation Executive Jordan Cain applauds the ruling. Small businesses, startups are going to benefit tremendously for not having to work around non-competes. The FTC approved the ban on non-competes earlier this year, saying that those clauses hurt workers by limiting movement from job to job. That boil water advisory that had been in effect for all of Washington, D.C., now lifted. Tests came back okay.