Who will be the county’s next top executive? As supervisors near a decision, one candidate’s backers make a very public push At the time, Cindy Chavez, a Santa Clara county supervisor and former leader of the South Bay Labor Council, was the leading candidate, and the county made her a conditional offer. But that same day, ... 05/2/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
Fast-food operators look to AI, other tech as labor costs rise We thought the personal contact was important," said Mendelsohn, who has six El Pollo Loco restaurants in Los Angeles and Ventura counties. But when the industry's basic pay rose to $20 an hour, she ... 05/2/2024 - 4:55 am | View Link
Three candidates vying to be CEO of Georgia's 4th largest county Thurmond is a former state Labor Commissioner who steadied DeKalb’s sometimes erratic leadership over most of the last decade. In that same televised debate this week, Johnson noted that one of ... 05/1/2024 - 9:25 am | View Link
McDonald’s CEO Attributes Labor Inflation to California Minimum Wage Hike McDonald’s CEO Chris Kempczinski recently addressed concerns regarding wage inflation affecting restaurants nationwide, shedding ... 04/30/2024 - 6:45 pm | View Link
McDonald's CEO: California minimum wage hike driving labor inflation McDonald's CEO Chris Kempczinski says the company anticipates high single-digit labor inflation, which he largely attributes to the recent minimum wage law enacted in California. 04/30/2024 - 8:37 am | View Link
“Fresh from his criminal trial in New York, Donald Trump delivered a frustrated and often profane roughly 75-minute speech at a Republican National Committee donor retreat in Florida on Saturday, attacking one of the prosecutors pursuing him and comparing President Biden’s administration to the Nazis,” the New York Times reports.
Said Trump: “These people are running a Gestapo administration.”
“In his speech, he complained repeatedly about the criminal trial in Manhattan, to which he will return on Monday, insisted that Democrats use ‘welfare’ to cheat in elections and said he would need an attorney general with ‘courage’ as he mocked his former attorney general, William P.
Young America's Foundation, the American version of Hitler's Youth, and the college Republicans at the University of Wisconsin in Madison had collaborated to throw a wild shindig at the Library Mall in Madison. The invitation that they were sharing was something to behold:
They promised there would be American flags, free t-shirts, popsicles, Toby Keith and Freedom!
Well, isn't that interesting?
By Sneha Dey, The Texas Tribune
April 29, 2024
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The Colorado legislature convened Saturday for a final weekend of work in its 2024 session, which is set to end Wednesday. Major pieces of legislation are still pending, with lawmakers expected to debate gun regulations, housing, land-use policy, transportation, property tax reform and other priorities in the final days.
This story will be updated throughout the day.
Updated at 5:25 p.m.: A proposed excise tax on guns and ammunition to pay for victim services cleared a key Senate committee Saturday afternoon after Democrats turned on their own over its movement through the chamber.
The measure would create a 6.5% tax on gun and ammo dealers and raise an expected $39 million a year, according to sponsor Sen.
Since Mark Hamill's White House visit tells us how woke Star Wars has gotten, and we all know about wokester Star Trek, Starship Troopers and Helldivers are better choices.