Good afternoon, everyone. If we could have our seats to begin the last session today. I think this is a very impressive gathering as we have thelast session and reflection on the quality of our speakers. And the importance of this topic. I am chair of the ngas Economic Development and commerce committee. Delighted to be joined by Governor John Hickenlooper and the panelists today that we will introduce shortly. Begin, the topic is state economies and the future of work. As i look around, everybodys economy is booming. In arkansas, last year we reached the lowest Unemployment Rate in the history of the state. Reach that low Unemployment Rate, as is in many of our states, you look at how we can expand our working population, it increased the whoning, particularly those may have been difficult to find a job, dont have the level of training needed. That is the challenge we all face. Have done a we couple of things, in terms of technology. We initiated our Computer Science initiative to hav
Africas Parliament Passes a motion to take private land without giving any compensation. Causes outrage telling a young girl she would be on it if she were martyred for turkey. South korean prosecutors demand thirty years in prison for former president bargain hay. And a german court give cities the green light to ban diesel cars to help reduce air pollution. The russian president s call for a five hour ceasefire for the besieged syrian neighborhood of east and has failed to stop the bombing a pause was designed to allow civilians to leave the rebel held suburb of damascus the u. N. Says a thousand sick or wounded people need to be evacuated but after a brief lull which allowed people to venture out residents say government planes resume strikes so hard to reports from beirut. Some emerged from underground shelters to buy food and water others returned home to collect whatever is left of their belongings the relative calm gave the people of eastern some respect a five hour pause in the
From microsoft and walmart. This is under an hour. Good afternoon, everyone. If we could have our seats to begin the last session today. I think this is a very impressive gathering as we have our last session and the reflection on the quality of our speakers. And the importance of this topic. I am chair of the ngas Economic Development and commerce committee. Delighted to be joined by Governor John Hickenlooper and the panelists today that we will be introduced shortly. As we begin, the topic is state economies and the future of work. As i look around, everybodys economy is booming. In arkansas, last year we reached the lowest Unemployment Rate in the history of the state. Whenever you reach that low Unemployment Rate, as is in many of our states, you look at how we can expand our working population, it increased the training, particularly those who may have been difficult to find a job, dont have the level of training needed. That is the challenge we all face. In arkansas, we have don
To resign as president of the republic with immediate effect south africas scandal plagued president jacob zuma steps down after the ruling a. N. C. Party told him to go also. At least one person killed and more than twenty injured by a government who opened fire at a us high school. Russia can push the regime to commit to seeking a real peace in syria the u. S. And russia again trade blame at the u. N. In response to a chilling report from the special envoy for syria plus. Im Andrew Thomas in sydney where artists have responded to the moment incidents recorded at australias offshore refugee crisis. Welcome to the news hour jacob zuma has resigned as south africa. As president reluctantly heeding orders from his ruling party the a. N. C. Will go with immediate effect to bringing an end to almost nine scandal plagued years in power the n. C. Told him to quit on choose day and when he had gone by wednesday the party and else that it would bank moves in parliament to force him to leave i
Five outpolls ordered by russia such a cease fire that pause what next for port coming up. British shakeup in saudi arabia yes we have become used to change the Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman disappointed but why has his father the king suddenly dismissed the kingdoms top military commanders is it to do with the ongoing war in ghana in its third year. And dont mention the president just china raises the prospect of unlimited president ial terms there are suddenly a few more words and phrases you can search for online or at least. Will be explaining to us the complexities of working and reporting in the peoples republic. And millennialist could be the most overweight generation in history thats according to a new force and weve been talking to people about why that is when educate when were all educated about health more than ever before im headed home and next. Expect. The news grid streaming online through you tube facebook. Dot com and remember mondays great yesterday we began with