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A “help wanted” sign hangs in the doorway of Aspen Pie Shop downtown as customers enjoy an afternoon meal on the patio in Aspen on Friday, July 16, 2021. (Kelsey Brunner/The Aspen Times)
A security company turns away upward of $50,000 in business, a hotel cancels two beer tastings, and a restaurant says it can’t take on any more diners.
That lost business isn’t due to tight public health regulations but what has transpired in their wake a labor crunch that is stretching the output of both employers and their employees in the Aspen area, and one that mirrors what is happening nationally.
Ann Rostow: Red States Explode with Bad Proposals
By Ann Rostow–
Red States Explode with Bad Proposals
I’ve lost track of the varieties of anti-trans laws now popping up throughout our country’s red state legislatures, although I’m assuming that some of them are being proposed for show. In addition to the main ones the anti-trans girls’ sports laws and the bans on puberty blockers for pre-teens we now have Florida’s “Fairness in Women’s Sports Act,” which not only bars trans girls and women from participating in school athletics, but also subjects them to the possibility of genital inspections. That one passed the state house the other day on party lines, although it looks as if it will die in the senate. Tennessee and Arkansas are working on bills to require parental consent for any GLBT content that might be discussed in schools.
new one that s been built through harry connick s program or brad pitt s program. and so many other houses that are either abandoned or undergoing reconstruction. it is going to be an awfully long time before this entire city is back years, if not decades. that will wrap it up for our coverage. anderson cooper will be back at 10:00 tonight. carol? something that hasn t changed, you know, even through all of the hell those people have been through in new orleans, friendliest and nicest people you would ever want to meet. awesome. they sure are. it is a great place to come spend time. thank you, john. that does it for us. let s head to cnn newsroom with kirkuk. with kyra phillips. miners trapped and sending messages of hope, even humor. remarkable videotapes of the men who could spend the next several months buried a half mile down. five years since hurricane katrina and back in new orleans. we are talking to the people. hearing from the men who defined the govern