Rauner Vetoes Raising Minimum Teacher Salary to $40,000
SPRINGFIELD, Ill.—Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner vetoed a bill Sept. 16 that would have raised the minimum salary for teachers in the state to $40,000 in the 2022-23 school year. Teachers
SPRINGFIELD, Ill.—Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner vetoed a bill Sept. 16 that would have raised the minimum salary for teachers in the state to $40,000 in the 2022-23 school year. Teachers
New York, NY – Expectant Traffic Enforcement Agents, along with friends and family waited in happy anticipation of their upgrade from Level I to Level II at a Special Operations
TACOMA, Wash.—Teachers in Tacoma voted almost unanimously Sept. 14 to ratify a contract that will give them raises averaging 14.4%, and returned to work Sept. 17, ending their seven-day strike.
LAWRENCE, Mass.—Locked-out gas workers’ offer to help after a series of explosions Sept. 12 killed one person, injured at least 25, and damaged over 80 homes has gone unheeded. The
ALBANY, NY – Six members of the Yonkers Police Department are recipients of the New York State Police Officer of the Year Award.
WASHINGTON—After an August court ruling invalidating most of President Donald Trump’s executive orders to curtail federal employees’ unions and make it easier to fire workers, some federal agencies are complying—but
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—Missouri may be the only state where voters will have a chance to raise the minimum wage this year, as a Michigan ballot initiative got pre-empted by the
NEW YORK, NY –Mayor Bill de Blasio and Comptroller Stringer, have announced a new goal to double the investments of the NYC Pension Funds in climate change solutions to $4
LORDSTOWN, Ohio—The U.S. Department of Labor announced Sept. 12 that it will give an $875,000 grant to help workers laid off from the General Motors plant in Lordstown and three
NEW YORK, NY – New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer, on September 17th, held a town hall style hearing in Harlem regarding the problem of lead-poisoning in children.