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AAPI advocates, elected officials condemn Tuesday shootings at Atlanta-area spas
By Brooke Zauner and FOX 5 Atlanta Digital Team
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Asian American Pacific Islander community responds to deadly Atlanta-area spa shootings
Authorities said the confessed shooter, Robert Long, said he was not racially motivated to kill Asian women on Tuesday. Some say the context of the shootings and rise in crimes against Asian Americans cannot be ignored.
ATLANTA - In the wake of a Tuesday night mass shooting that left eight dead at multiple Atlanta-area spas, Asian-American Pacific Islander (AAPI) advocates are speaking out against an increase in crimes targeting the Asian-American community since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The panhandling measure, which went into effect as soon as it was passed, details the places where soliciting can now result in a $53 fine for each offense and jail time.
It s not quite as harsh as Daytona Beach s $200 fines, but it s likely to have the same effect. Just a few hours after Daytona Beach’s panhandling law went into effect in early February 2019, about 80 percent of the city’s street corner beggars put down their handwritten signs and disappeared.And two years later, Daytona Beach is still mostly clear of panhandlers. There has been a night and day difference from before our ordinance went into effect, Daytona Beach Police Chief Jakari Young said Friday. It s holding strong.
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Each Friday during the first 100 days of the new administration, we will provide a recap of significant initiatives and events that will impact employers.
In week four, the Administration’s labor and employment activity includes further reversal of Trump era initiatives at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), including a move to protect “Scabby the Rat”, the nomination of additional progressive pro-labor and pro-regulation officials to high level positions within the Department of Labor (DOL), appointment of a Senior and questions about the economic impact of the Administration’s proposed minimum wage increase.