Day: July 24, 2023

California

Kaiser workers set to picket Southern California medical facilities – Daily News

Kaiser Permanente workers plan to picket Kaiser hospitals and medical facilities throughout Southern California this week, claiming low wages, understaffing and employee burnout have  undermined patient care. Workers are see here at a September 2022 rally to protest safety issues and understaffing. (File photo by Dean Musgrove, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) Kaiser Permanente workers plan […]

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Alabama

Lawrence County GOP Chairman says he will not resign from school board over controversy | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. LAWRENCE COUNTY, Ala. (WHNT) – The Lawrence County Republican Party is under scrutiny after the organization’s Facebook page used a photo of a GOP elephant […]

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City Council

Morrow city council member called ‘un-American’ over effort to have ballots in Vietnamese, Spanish – WSB-TV Channel 2 | #citycouncil

MORROW, Ga. — A Morrow city councilwoman is being called “un-American” for trying to add ballots in Spanish and Vietnamese in an upcoming city-level election. Channel 2 Investigative Reporter Mark Winne spoke with councilwoman Van Tran about the pushback she’s getting. Tran said growing up in Vietnam, which was heavily influenced by communism, she didn’t […]

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Mayor

Democratic candidates vie for endorsement in Hartford mayor race

Three key players in Hartford politics were battling Monday night for the Democratic Party’s endorsement to be the city’s next mayor in a contentious race that will be decided in the coming months. Democratic state Sen. John Fonfara and former Sen. Eric Coleman have been clashing with Hartford Land Bank CEO Arunan Arulampalam, a relative […]

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California

Santa Barbara’s daily, one of California’s oldest, stops publishing after owner declares bankruptcy

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Pulitzer Prize-winning Santa Barbara News-Press, one of California’s oldest newspapers, has ceased publishing after its owner declared the 150-year-old publication bankrupt. The newspaper became an online-only publication in April. But its last digital edition was posted Friday when owner Wendy McCaw filed for bankruptcy. Managing editor Dave Mason broke the […]

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Arkansas

Several long-term road projects slated in Northeast Arkansas

Progress is slowly being made on a number of road construction projects throughout Northeast Arkansas, and several new ones are slated to begin, Arkansas Highway Commission Chairman Alec Farmer told Talk Business & Politics. Farmer, along with several other civic leaders including U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Jonesboro, and ARDOT Director Lorie Tudor, were featured speakers […]

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California

Santa Barbara’s daily, one of California’s oldest, stops publishing after owner declares bankruptcy

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Pulitzer Prize-winning Santa Barbara News-Press, one of California’s oldest newspapers, has ceased publishing after its owner declared the 150-year-old publication bankrupt. The newspaper became an online-only publication in April. But its last digital edition was posted Friday when owner Wendy McCaw filed for bankruptcy. Managing editor Dave Mason broke the […]

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Alaska

Ask a Cat: Contractors, crushes, and wedding behavior | #alaska | #politics

Ask a cat is an advice column featured in the Alaska Landmine. Have a question for the Cat? Email askacat@alaskalandmine.com or click here to submit via a form (anonymous) to get the answers to any of life’s problems. Dear Cat, Why can’t contractors ever finish a job on time and in budget? I would really like to […]

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California

California Dem Says His Party Is Throwing Money Away

A Democratic legislator in California said in a Los Angeles Times op-ed that his own party’s big spending is not solving the state’s problems. “As many Californians know, we’ve already spent billions of dollars on the same problems—with very little to show for it,” state senator Steve Glazer wrote in the Times earlier this month. […]

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City Council

Hot topics in the air ahead of tonight’s Richmond City Council meeting | #citycouncil

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Monday, July 24’s highly anticipated Richmond City Council meeting could launch some major changes in Richmond. Topics on the agenda range from exotic animals to pedestrian safety, but many proposals have evolved since their initial introduction, so 8News is filling you in on the latest. First on the list… lions and […]

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