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Demonstrators rally at the Capitol in support of McDonald s workers on strike to be paid $15 per hour in 15 cities on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) [ JOSE LUIS MAGANA | AP ]
Published 3 hours ago | May 24
How do you get to a desired $15 per hour federal minimum wage without legislation? Step 1: Use a pandemic-caused recession to give people who are out of work the equivalent of nearly $15 per hour in unemployment benefits. Step 2: Continue to offer those benefits even after there are more job openings than people looking for work, thereby incentivizing the unemployed not to work for less than $15 per hour. Step 3: When employers canât fill positions, tell them to âpay more.â Totally brilliant strategy. In the interim, consumers only have to deal with poor service from understaff
May 20, 2021
4 hrs ago
Clerk Deborah B. Hendrick has released the names of individuals to be arraigned in the current term of the Circuit Court of Fayette County.
The following individuals will report at 1 p.m. on Friday, May 21 in the courtroom of the Fayette County Courthouse before the Honorable Paul M. Blake Jr., judge of the Circuit Court of Fayette County.
Calvin W. Adkins, 21-F-68, sexual assault in the third degree, a felony; soliciting a minor via computer to engage in sexual activity, a felony; employment of a minor to produce obscene matter, a felony (2 counts); use of obscene matter with the intent to seduce a minor, a felony
NT Health
Northern Territory nurses and midwives have been recognised tonight in Darwin at the 2021 Nursing and Midwifery Excellence Awards in a year of record nominations.
More than 140 nominations were received across nine categories recognising the outstanding efforts of nurses and midwives from all over the Territory over the past 12 months.
The 2021 gala event recognised both finalists and overall winners for 2020 and 2021, after the 2020 awards were postponed due to COVID-19.
All nurses and midwives who hold a current registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia and are employed in the Northern Territory at the time of nomination or within 12 months of nomination are eligible for the annual awards.
Barbara Hurley 2006 - 2021
Barbara Dawn Lynn Hurley, 14, passed away on January 23, 2021 at Milwaukee Children’s Hospital surrounded by her family. She went to be with the Lord.
Services will be held on Saturday, February 6, 2021 at 1:00 pm at the Beeman-Patchak Funeral Home, Boscobel. Pastor Lance Wetter will officiate with burial at the Blue River Cemetery.
A complete obituary is in the February 4, 2021 issue of The Boscobel Dial.
By ERIN MCGUINNESS
Credits: Dawn Wilde
January 20, 2021 at 9:00 AM
RARITAN, NJ - A long-time member and former president of the Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District Board of Education died from COVID-19.
Alsdorf “Al” Smith is remembered by former board members and friends as a dedicated, kind man with a true passion and knack for public service. He was wise in his leadership, placing confidence in new BOE members that would catapult them into several terms of public service. A rare man in the world of elected officials, Smith’s only agenda in local government was to serve the people of Raritan, according to those who knew him.