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May 15 2024
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San Diego is hiking developer fees, months after moving to fast-track approvals
San Diego’s recent campaign to accelerate approvals of new housing and other projects is coming with a price tag: developer fee increases to cover additional city workers, new technology and other efforts. The City Council approved this week a sweeping new fee structure for the Development Services Department that aims to boost the department’s annual revenue by $15.6 million, from $113.1
San Diego Union-TribuneDec 06 2023
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I-Team sources: Police officer, National Grid worker killed in Waltham crash
A Waltham police officer and a utility worker were struck and killed at a roadside detail. WBZ-TV's Brandon Truitt reports.
I-Team sources: Police officer, National Grid worker killed in Waltham crash A Waltham police officer and a utility worker were struck and killed at a roadside detail. WBZ-TV's Brandon Truitt reports.
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CBS News (Online)May 15 2024
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Man smoked marijuana oil, took medication before deadly Florida crash, affidavit says
OCALA, Fla. — A man told investigators that he smoked marijuana oil and took prescription drugs hours before his pickup truck sideswiped a bus, killing eight farmworkers, in Florida, according to an arrest affidavit. Bryan Maclean Howard, 41, was charged with eight counts of DUI manslaughter after the collision Tuesday killed eight people and injured dozens more. The arrest affidavit said
"USA Today" ContributorMay 13 2024
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Walmart Will Cut, Relocate Hundreds of Corporate Jobs, WSJ Says
Walmart Inc. is axing hundreds of corporate jobs and asking most remote workers to return to offices, the Wall Street Journal reported , citing people familiar with the matter.
Employees in smaller offices in Dallas, Atlanta and Toronto are being asked to switch to bigger hubs including the retail giant’s corporate headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas, the WSJ said, citing one of the
BloombergMay 15 2024
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Read the Walmart memo ordering remote employees to relocate
Walmart chief people officer Donna Morris informed employees on Tuesday that the retailer would be slashing hundreds of corporate positions and asking that a majority of its remote workers relocate to one of three of its central hubs, according to a memo sent to staff and obtained by Quartz. The company also said that it will give some employees permission to work remotely, but only on a part-
QuartzMay 14 2024
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Ailbhe Rea: White Smoke from Labour HQ
Hi there, I’m Ailbhe Rea, a Bloomberg UK Associate Editor and Readout author. Hope you enjoy today’s newsletter.
Keir Starmer and senior members of his shadow cabinet have been locked in a meeting with trade union leaders since 1 p.m., amid tensions over Labour’s plans to overhaul workers’ rights if it forms the next government. (I have a full write-up here.)
BloombergMay 16 2024
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Columbia has more full-time employees than undergrad students, including an Earth Observatory DEI director
ANALYSIS: Columbia has 1,602 more full-time employees than undergrad students Columbia University’s Earth Observatory has its own DEI director and two supporting administrators as part of its 6,756 administrator army. The office currently includes Associate Director for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Vicki Ferrini, Senior Manager for Academic Affairs Nicole deRoberts, and Deputy Director
The College FixMay 15 2024
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Updated 2025 Social Security COLA estimate released
The cost of living adjustment (COLA) for retirement benefits may jump 3.2 percent in 2025, after April inflation data came in at 3.4 percent. The rate of price increases for last month ticked slightly lower from March's 3.5 percent. COLA is determined based on the dynamics of the consumer price index for urban wage earners and clerical workers, designed to help retirees get benefits that
NewsweekMay 09 2024
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They're gonna blow Up the Baltimore bridge to free the cargo ship that destroyed it
The enormous Dali container ship has been stuck in Baltimore since it hit and destroyed the Francis Scott Key bridge way back in March. The ship lost power and careered into one of the supports for the bridge, bringing it crashing down and killing six workers on the bridge. Now, engineers are planning to blow up the remnants of the bridge so they can finally re-float the ship and return it to
QuartzDec 21 2023
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A judge rules Rudy Giuliani must immediately pay $148 million to two election workers
A judge rules Rudy Giuliani must immediately pay $148 million to two election workers Though the defamation trial is over between former Trump campaign attorney Rudy Giuliani and two former election workers he was ordered to pay $148 million, fallout from the case is still following him. District Judge Beryl Howell ruled Wednesday that Giuliani must immediately pay the sum an eight-person jury
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