Day: December 5, 2022

California

California university shuts down historic railroad for good

After burning to the ground in the 2020 CZU Lightning Complex wildfire, attempts to restore a historic railroad in Santa Cruz County have failed — and it will be shuttered for good. The decision, made by Cal Poly, has been met with anger and frustration by a group of volunteers who have been fighting to […]

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Arkansas

Arkansas Supreme Court Blocks Regulators from Revoking Medical Cannabis Cultivation License

DENVER, Dec. 5, 2022 /CNW/ – PRESS RELEASE – Schwazze, a vertically integrated, multi-state operating cannabis company with assets in Colorado and New Mexico, announces the grand opening of its adult-use dispensary, R.Greenleaf, located in Los Lunas, N.M. The new store, located at 2245 Main Street in Los Lunas, officially opened its doors for business […]

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California

California’s Life Sciences Industry Generates $376B Per Year: Report – Commercial Observer

Money is flowing in and out of the life sciences facilities expanding throughout California. The state’s lab and biotech industries provide 435,693 jobs that generate $376 billion in total economic output, according to a new report from Biocom California, an association representing life sciences companies and research institutions.  Joe Panetta, the association’s president and CEO, […]

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City Council

Budget and parking ordinance on Wilkes-Barre City Council work session agenda | #citycouncil

WILKES-BARRE — At its upcoming work session, City Council will give Mayor George Brown’s $53.2 million balanced budget a final look before voting on it Thursday. The budget that does not contain a property tax increase is included in the agenda for the work session scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. Tuesday in Council’s chambers […]

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Mayor

New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker Runs for Re-Election – NBC Connecticut

Current New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker announced Monday that he’s running for re-election. During the announcement, Elicker highlighted his administration’s work to improve access to affordable housing and their efforts to open more youth and community centers. “I can’t express how excited I am to run for another term. If you look at what’s going […]

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Alabama

DA’s office moves to dismiss sex abuse charge against former Alabama lawmaker | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) – The Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office has filed a motion to have Perry Hooper Jr.’s sex abuse charge dismissed. Monday’s filing comes two weeks after the former Republican state representative was indicted for first-degree sexual abuse. Since then, the alleged victim has publicly called for the charge’s dismissal, saying the “turmoil […]

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Alabama

Capitol Journal – December 2, 2022 | #elections | #alabama

December 4, 2022 • News, This week on Capitol Journal – A Montgomery farewell for Senator Richard Shelby who is retiring after more than 40 years in Congress. More leadership positions are getting filled in the Alabama House of Representatives. Karen Goldsmith reports on innovative education techniques in Talladega County that could be a model for […]

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California

Lawyer Michael Avenatti sentenced to 14 years in California fraud case

SANTA ANA, Calif. — Incarcerated lawyer Michael Avenatti was sentenced to 14 years in prison on Monday in Southern California and ordered to pay more than $10 million in restitution after admitting he cheated four of his clients out of millions of dollars. The sentence should run consecutively to the five years in prison he is currently […]

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Arkansas

Arkansas Governor Hutchinson breaks ground on a new facility at North Arkansas College

HARRISON, Ark. (KY3) – North Arkansas College (NAC) held a public ceremony to signify the groundbreaking of the new Center for Robotics & Manufacturing Innovation (CRMI). Governor Asa Hutchinson, one of the project’s lead supporters, was in attendance Monday as the featured speaker. “This is a culmination of what we dreamed of and what we […]

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California

AB 257: Fast food pushes to halt California wage law

Businesses and restaurant trade groups said Monday they have submitted enough voter signatures for a ballot measure to overturn a landmark California law that could raise fast food workers’ wages to $22 an hour — signatures that labor advocates allege were obtained fraudulently. The fast food industry coalition, called Save Local Restaurants, had until Dec. […]

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