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Jan 18 2021
News
Biden labor secretary pick directed more than $1M to girlfriend's employer as mayor, filings show
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, President-elect Joe Biden's pick to serve as secretary of labor, gave millions of dollars to girlfriend Lorrie Higgins's employer, campaign filings showed.
Walsh's mayoral campaign funneled close to $1.2 million to LB Strategies, where Higgins is employed as a fundraising consultant, according to the filings. The transactions were originally reported in March
Washington Examiner
Feb 12 2020
Opinion
Trump budget proposal reins in unconstitutional, bloated Department of Education
If you love a constitutionally constrained federal government, President Trump’s latest budget request for Betsy DeVos's Department of Education will warm your heart. But there’s more to be done.
Let’s start with the best part: The budget would cut $6.1 billion in education spending overall and consolidate $19.4 billion worth of K-12 programs into simple block grants to states. That
Washington Examiner
Feb 14 2024
News
Hawaiʻi DOH confirms five cases of whooping cough in family who had visited Oʻahu
The Hawai‘i Department of Health has confirmed five cases of pertussis (whooping cough) among members of a single household, including a child who was hospitalized. The family had traveled from the United States mainland and stayed at a hotel accommodation on O‘ahu, according to department reports. All five cases were unvaccinated, according to department reports. DOH is coordinating with the
Maui Now News
Feb 19 2024
News
Louisiana+governor+declares+state+of+emergency+due+to+police+shortage
Louisiana GOP Gov. Jeff Landry has declared a state of emergency due to a police officer shortage. Landry’s executive order issued Thursday lifts limits on how many new employees Louisiana sheriffs can hire and on payroll increases for their departments. Landry, who previously had a career in law enforcement, said that police departments in the state are experiencing record-low employments “
New Orleans City Business
Feb 24 2024
News
PeaceHealth Peace Island earns national awards for excellence in patient experience
PeaceHealth Peace Island Medical Center has been recognized with a 2023 Human Experience Guardian of Excellence Award®, and for the first time, a 2023 Human Experience Pinnacle of Excellence Award®, by Press Ganey, the national leader in healthcare consumer and workforce engagement. PeaceHealth Peace Island has earned the Human Experience Guardian of Excellence Award® distinction now seven
The Journal of the San Juan Islands
Jan 16 2024
News
Federal investigators say Mississippi poultry plant directly responsible for 16-year-old's death
HATTIESBURG, Miss. — Inadequate safety standards at a poultry processing plant in Mississippi led to the death of a 16-year-old sanitation worker — the second fatality to occur at the facility in just over two years, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced Tuesday. Duvan Perez, an indigenous Mayan from Guatemala, died July 14, 2023, during a
"USA Today" Contributor
Feb 18 2024
News
Cougar attacks 5 cyclists in Washington, with one woman hospitalized
A cougar attacked a group of five cyclists on a trail in Washington on Saturday afternoon, sending a woman to the hospital, officials said. The bikers were on a trail northeast of Fall City, located about 25 miles east of Seattle, when they were attacked around 12:50 p.m. local time, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife said. Officers with the department said they "removed one
CBS News (Online)
Jan 13 2021
News
Trump administration bans imports of cotton and tomatoes from China’s Xinjiang region, citing forced labor
The Trump administration Wednesday issued a sweeping ban on imports of cotton or tomato products from China’s Xinjiang region, saying it had reviewed evidence of forced labor in the region.
The move is the administration’s latest effort to punish China over what Western officials and human rights groups call the country’s campaign of repression against the Muslim Uighur population of
Washington Post
Jan 27 2020
News
State Department bars NPR reporter from flying with Pompeo
WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department has denied a National Public Radio reporter a seat aboard Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s plane for an upcoming trip to Europe and Central Asia, the decision coming a few days after Pompeo lashed out at another NPR reporter.
NPR said in a statement Monday that correspondent Michele Kelemen wasn’t given a reason for being barred from the flight.
Associated Press
Dec 10 2016
News
Climate Change Conversations Are Targeted in Questionnaire to Energy Department
President-elect Donald J. Trump’s transition team has circulated an unusual 74-point questionnaire at the Department of Energy that requests the names of all employees and contractors who have attended climate change policy conferences, as well as emails and documents associated with the conferences.
New York Times (News)