Deer blind death: Police shot man in self-defense, prosecutor says KALKASKA — Two Michigan State Police troopers who shot a suspect in a deer blind will not be charged in the case, Kalkaska County Chief Prosecuting Attorney Ryan Ziegler said. 05/11/2024 - 3:56 am | View Link
One killed in officer-involved shooting in Kansas City, Kansas Kansas City Kansas Police Department reported one dead another in custody after officer-involved shooting near 7th Street and Interstate 35 ... 05/11/2024 - 1:57 am | View Link
Police: Theft suspect stole 2 police vehicles while handcuffed, survived 11 officers’ gunfire A man in a hospital gown who stole two police cruisers while handcuffed and survived gunfire from 11 police officers is in no shape to see a judge. 05/10/2024 - 9:21 am | View Link
Armed man shot, killed by Lakewood police following report of carjacking The Lakewood Police Department is investigating a shooting involving one of its officers Wednesday near the area of W 4th Ave. and Wadsworth Boulevard. 05/8/2024 - 12:18 pm | View Link
Prosecutor: No charges after deputies shot, killed murder suspect (WOOD) — The Branch County Prosecutor’s Office says it will not file charges after a double murder suspect was shot and killed following a police chase in 2023 ... The two deputies fired “numerous ... 05/7/2024 - 7:19 am | View Link
Water leaking from the growhouse ceiling. Algae spreading on the floor. Standing water pooling at workers’ feet.
Those were just some of the conditions alleged by workers at the Denver marijuana grow operation of Green Dragon, a Florida- and Colorado-based cannabis company.
Two years ago, workers had enough. So they organized, battling what they claimed to be the company’s intimidation tactics to form the first agricultural workers union under a 2021 state law designed to improve working conditions on Colorado’s farms.
Now the workers have a contract with multiple built-in raises, paid vacation and a committee to address workplace safety issues.
“It’s important for ag workers to have a union because they can be taken advantage of,” said Jimena Peterson, organizing director for United Food & Commercial Workers Local 7, which helped Green Dragon employees negotiate their deal.
“Donald Trump pledged to double down on tax cuts if he wins a second term as president, drawing a distinction with President Joe Biden who has called for tax hikes on businesses and the richest Americans,” Bloomberg reports.
Said Trump: “Instead of a Biden tax hike, I’ll give you a Trump middle class, upper class, lower class, business class big tax cut.”
Take two brothers, steep them in the great music of the Sixties, wind them up and watch them go. Brian D'Addario and Michael D'Addario have been making great records and touring since they were in their teens. (Now they're in their twenties.) Along the way, they've written some incredible songs.
But this latest album looks to be the one that might finally push them to the top.