(Reuters) – Labor unions representing thousands of workers for the city of Philadelphia are suing Mayor Cherelle Parker over her effort to order municipal employees to return to offices five days a week starting this month without bargaining. District Council 47 of The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees represents more than 3,000 […]
BATON ROUGE, La. — Even as a legal challenge is already underway over a new Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in classrooms, the details of how the mandate will be implemented and enforced remain murky. Across the country there have been conservative pushes to incorporate religion into classrooms, from Florida legislation […]
Multinational automotive manufacturer Stellantis has indicated it might cease electric vehicle (EV) production in the UK unless the UK Government enhances incentives to boost EV demand. This move comes in response to the stringent zero-emissions vehicle sales targets set by the country. Stellantis’ managing director for the region Maria Grazia Davino said that these sales […]
California is poised to pass the state’s first regulations to protect indoor workers from extreme heat — a policy that could be implemented later this summer. A standards board at the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) voted unanimously on Thursday to approve the new workplace rules. That sends them on to the […]
Power lines lead into the coal-fired Intermountain Power Plant on March 28, 2016 outside Delta, Utah. The IPP generates more then 13 million megawatt hours of coal-fired energy each year to Utah and Southern California. (Photo by George Frey/Getty Images) The Intermountain Power Agency has new deadlines to submit a notice to decommission its coal […]
Hoping to curb New York’s ever-worsening retail crime challenges, state lawmakers last week passed a bill requiring many retailers to install panic buttons in their stores. This may sound logical, and it was undoubtedly well-intentioned. But the truth is that it’s a costly mandate that will do little to reduce retail thefts and other crimes […]
Indian stocks fell the most in over four years (per Reuters), as the vote counting is underway, with initial trends suggesting that the Modi-magic seems to be fading. The opposition INDIA gaining ground in the Lok Sabha elections over its 2019 tally, way higher than Street expectations. While Modi’s party Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led NDA […]
A new law in Vermont — the first of its kind in the U.S. — will require fossil fuel companies to pay for a share of the costs of weather disasters fueled by climate change. Republican Gov. Phil Scott allowed the bill to become law on Thursday night without his signature, after it passed in […]
A new proposal from Germany’s government would require large petrol station operators to also offer more high-speed chargers for electric vehicles. The draft, put forward by the Cabinet on Wednesday, would require companies with at least 200 petrol stations to offer at least one 150 kilowatt charger at every petrol station from the beginning of […]
Los Angeles Unified is pushing ahead with district-wide lesson plans based on the science of reading even after state lawmakers rejected legislation requiring the curriculum. About half of the 434 elementary schools in the nation’s second-largest school system have already adopted lessons aligned to the phonics-based science of reading, according to Superintendent Alberto Carvalho. The district […]
The Bundestag extended the mandate for Germany’s participation in the EU naval mission to enforce the UN’s arms embargo on Libya for a further year after a vote on Thursday. A majority of lawmakers in the German lower house voted in favour of the motion, meaning some 300 service personnel will remain part of the […]
Apr. 17—Santa Fe Public Schools can expect a challenging budget process as officials endeavor to comply with a new state rule requiring 180 instructional days without a major increase in funding. In his seven years at the district level, Superintendent Hilario “Larry” Chavez said at a school board meeting Thursday, “This has been the most […]